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How Phantom Accounting Is Destroying The Post Office

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Unified Budget, Privatization, Deficit, Postal Service, Accounting, Mail, Post Office, Usps, Politics News
David Morris

The post office deficit that is driving management to commit institutional suicide by ending six-day delivery, closing half of the nation's post offices and mail-processing centers, and laying off more than 200,000 workers, is make-believe.

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White Powder Mailing Case Costing Taxpayers Millions

AP | DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: White Powder Mailing Case, Amanda McMurrey, Post, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Mail, White Powder, Usps, Video, Politics News

DALLAS — Federal authorities are tracking what they call the most prolific mailer of white powder in U.S. history with an eye toward solving a c...

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Postal Service Moving Ahead With Closures

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Postal Service, Postal Service Plant Closures, Postal Service Plant, Usps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting plan that will close nearly 250 m...

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Postal Service Halts Controversial Plan

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Postal Service, Post Office, Post Office Closing, Usps, Politics News

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urb...

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Post Office Bans Shipment Of iPads To Troops Overseas

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Video, Lithium Battery, Lithium Ion Battery, Post Office, Ap, Post Office Lithium Battery, Usps, Technology News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and ...

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Postal Service Suffers Significant Losses

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Postal Service Losses, Usps, Postal Service Quarterly Losses, Mail Service, Mail, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking...

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Postal Service Makes Announcement About Cuts

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Post Offices Closing, Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service, Post Offices, Rural Post Offices, Usps, Usps Cuts, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of r...

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Postal Service Wants Wide Authority To Make Big Changes

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Postal Service Jobs, Video, Post Office Closings, Postal Service, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Postal Reform House, Postal Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With financial losses mounting, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is urging the House to quickly pass legislation that would ...

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Senate Passes Bill Affecting Post Offices

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Postal Bill, Video, Post Office Bill, Postal Reform Senate, Post Office, Postal Reform Bill, Usps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, voting to give the struggling agency an $11 ...

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U.S. Postal Service Releases 2 New Stamps

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Video, Civil War, Battle of Antietam Stamp, New Orleans Stamp, Civil War Stamps, US Postal Service, Usps, Stamps, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service is releasing two new stamps paying tribute to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, specifically the Battle of...

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McCain Blasts Proposal To Keep Post Offices Open

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, John McCain, Post Office Closings, Post Office Cuts, Mail Delivery, John Mccain Post Office, Postal Service Bill, Post Office, Saturday Mail, Usps, Postal Service Cuts, US Postal Service, Politics News

By HOPE YEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- A Senate bill aimed at saving the U.S. Postal Service would make it harder to close thousands of lo...

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Senate Weighing Postal Service Measures

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Post Office Cuts, Postal Cuts, Postal Service, Saturday Mail Delivery, Senate Post Office, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a short-term cash inf...

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New Orleans Tries to Hold on to Its Mail Plant During USPS Cuts

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: White House, U.S. Senate, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Baton Rouge, National Association of Letter Carriers, November Elections, U.S. Congress, New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, American Postal Workers Union, Jobs, Hurricane Katrina, Usps, Dallas, Health Benefits, Politics News
Susan Buchanan

Plans to move regional, mail-processing activities from Loyola Avenue in downtown New Orleans to Baton Rouge are not a done deal, according to the U.S. Postal Service and union spokesmen last week.

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Can an Edible Stamp Save the U.S. Postal Service?

John Malik | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Postage Stamps, Homaro Cantu, U.S. Postal Service, Stamps, Government Accountability Office, Usps, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News
John Malik

When I asked about states that do not have official fruits such as Pennsylvania or New Mexico, Mr. Assef assured me that Mr. Cantu has created stamps out of indigenous fruits in those states, so New Mexico gets prickly pear and South Dakota gets gooseberries.

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Cherry Blossom Centennial Stamp To Be Introduced

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: DC News, National Building Museum, Video, Stamp Collecting, Cherry Blossom, Stamps, Usps, United States Post Office, Tidal Basin, 2012 Cherry Blossoms, U.S. Post Office, Dc Around Town, Japan, National Cherry Blossom Festival 2012, National Cherry Blossom Festival, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service on Friday announced the upcoming introduction of its Cherry Blossom Centennial 45-cent Forever stamps. This ...

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Feds Intercept Pot Shipment Sent To Publishing House

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: St Martins Press Pot, St Martin's Press, Pot Intercepted, Video, Marijuana, Post Office, Usps, Pot, Mail, Books News

Crime-related documents website The Smoking Gun reported yesterday that three parcels, containing 11 pounds of pot, were intercepted on their way to p...

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Undead Letter Office

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Book News, Post Office Cuts, Dracula, Books, Post Office, Usps, Classic Books, Epistolary Novel, Comedy News
Laurence Hughes

The Count returned last night in a foul mood, his attempt to acquire stamps foiled because the village post office closed before dark. "Fools!" he raged. "Eliminating evening hours -- I shall make them pay!"

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Report Holds Grim Sign For Postal Service

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, US Postal Service Broke, Usps Loses, Postal Service, Postal Service Loses, Post Office, Usps, US Postal Service Losses, Postal Service Broke, US Postal Service, Usps Losses, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume...

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Things Get Worse For U.S. Postal Service

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, Holiday Shopping, Congress, Shipping Services, Bankruptcy, Retirement Pension, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Stamps, Usps, Reuters, Mail, US Postal Service, Health Benefits, Business News

* Postal Service says mail volume down 6 pct * Package business grew due to holiday shopping * Agency lost $5.1 bln last...

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Postal Worker Trying To Grab Cell Phone Dies In Freak Accident

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Man Dies Trying to Retrieve Lost Cell Phone, Video, Postal Worker Freak Accident, Man Drowns in Storm Drain, Postal Worker Falls Into Storm Drain, Usps, Miami News

A U.S. Postal Service employee died early Tuesday morning in Miami while trying to recover a dropped cell phone from a storm drain. The freak acci...

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WATCH: Postal Worker Caught With Truckloads Of Stolen Mail

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Fedex, Congress, Video, U.S. Postal Service, Tlc, Hoarding Buried Alive, Firefighters, Hoarding, Budget Cuts, Usps, Stamps, Myfoxhouston, Postal Worker, Business News

On top of a financial crisis of devastating proportions, it looks like the U.S. Postal Service has yet another problem on its hands: an employee that'...

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USPS Competes With FedEx In Package Tossing

The Huffington Post | John Stephens | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: North Hollywood, Fedex, Video, Mail Man Throws Package, Usps, Postal Worker Tosses Package, Postal Worker, Los Angeles, Business News

Just one month after a FedEx worker tossed a computer monitor over a customer's fence, breaking it and igniting a firestorm of negative publicity for ...

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Occupy The Post Office?

Pamela Powers Hannley | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Offthebus, United States Postal Service, Occupy Tucson, Usps, offthebus2012, Arizona, Job Cuts, Arizona Jobs, Politics News
Pamela Powers Hannley

As more than 500 Tucsonans listened to a presentation by USPS rep Brian McCoy this week and waited to voice their opinions at the open mike, protesters from Jobs with Justice, Occupy Tucson, and the local postal workers' union chanted, waived signs, and signed petitions outside...USPS proposes to cut the number of facilities from 487 to 252 and reduce the workforce through lay-offs and attrition

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Fixing the United States Postal Service

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Competition, Gamification, Innovation, Postal Service, Usps, United States Postal Service, Postal Service Cuts, Technology News
Gabe Zichermann

The USPS has tremendous potential to innovate itself out of the hole it's in. Why oversee the demise of postal delivery when you can reinvent the organization for the future?

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Metro Detroit Post Offices Slated For Closure

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Riverview Post Office, Michigan Post Offices, Video, Wyandotte Post Office, Post Office Closings Detroit, Detroit Post Office Closings, United States Postal Service, Usps, Postal Closing, Wyndotte Post Office, Wyndotte Postal Closing, Detroit News

Wyandotte's Post Office has become the latest casualty of cuts to the nation's postal service. The office which has operated since 1855, is scheduled ...

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