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7/3/08—
Taking a bite out of crime! Two men suspected of robbing a mail carrier and leading a high-speed chase were captured when police dogs took bites out of them.

7/2/08—
Bah hum bug! Direct mail fundraising campaigns are feeling the heat this July as they gear up for the holiday mailing season with conservative campaigns.

7/1/08—
Postmaster Potter to catalogers: "You got hammered." Potter says the USPS^® needs to take more risks with pricing, and that catalogs need to be looked at in a more holistically way.

6/30/08—
No post? No way! Residents in a tiny town in Royalston, MA, vote to create a revolving account for Post Office^™ expenses, after the town’s only postal operator leaves her position.

6/27/08—
The House Committee has approved an amendment offered by Congressman Jack Kingston for the USPS^® to study the cost-effectiveness and fuel consumption of a five-day delivery system and consumer demand of Saturday postal delivery.

6/26/08—
USPS^® seeks "home-based independent contractors" to perform EEO investigations. An investigator will be paid on a “per case” basis of $1100, upon successful completion of the case.

6/25/08—
The EMA Foundation releases the 2008 Economic Jobs Study, revealing approx. 8.4 million jobs and over $1 trillion in revenue are associated with the mailing industry.

6/24/08—
Capital One claims that the U.S. Postal Service^® is breaking the law by refusing to agree to a Negotiated Service Agreement, similar to the deal it implemented with Bank of America earlier this year.

6/23/08—
With severe flooding resulting in evacuations throughout the Midwest, the USPS^® is trying to locate the temporary addresses of displaced residents, so mail can continue to be delivered.

6/20/08—
Smile, you’re on camera! If you live in Makiki, Hawaii, a thief may have your tax stimulus check in addition to your identity.

6/19/08—
FedEx Corp. posts its first quarterly loss in 11 years, due to rising fuel costs and a slowing economy. The shares dropped 2.1 percent.

6/18/08—
Go figure. Postal Reform needs reform itself in the near future, due to overbearing costs and continued mail volume decline.

6/17/08—
Flooding in Iowa and Wisconsin closes Post Offices until further notice. Get the skinny on temporary facility locations.

6/16/08—
Mystery surrounds postal worker deaths. The Post Office^™ in Euless is still reeling from the mysterious deaths of two Postal Service^™ employees last weekend.

6/13/08—
When it rains, it floods. In the wake of flooding and power outages, Cedar Rapids, Iowa is suspending all mail service in the Des Moines-based Hawkeye District.

6/12/08—
"Ultimate Factories: UPS," will premiere at 9 p.m. tonight on the National Geographic Channel. It looks at the inner workings of United Parcel Service Inc.'s Worldport air cargo hub at Louisville Int. Airport.

6/11/08—
Higher gas prices deliver postal woes. With gasoline now $4, the U.S. Postal Service^® is paying an extra $8 million in order to fuel its nationwide fleet of vehicles.

6/10/08—
You’ve got mail—no you don’t, because you’ve opted out. Catalog opt-out programs spark debate.

6/9/08—
A look back at “Missile Mail” attempts. On June 8, 1959, a U.S. Navy submarine launched 3,000 letters via missile from Virginia to Florida.

6/6/08—
“It’s in the mail”…or maybe not. A Middlebury, VT postal worker is charged with stealing mail, after 21,000 pieces of undelivered mail were found in her home.

6/5/08—
Want easy access to the 2008 voter registrations applications and vote-by-mail requests? You won’t find it at your local Post Office™.

6/4/08—
They can’t get no satisfaction. The American Postal Workers Union is organizing opposition to an air freight carrier's plan that could eliminate 6,000 jobs in Wilmington, OH.

6/3/08—
Mail thieves, mail thieves, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Three postal employees have been arrested for theft and/or delay of mail in unrelated cases.

6/2/08—
Hey, whatever works. Financial services companies are backing off their seemingly relentless direct mail efforts to acquire new customers.

5/30/08—
All in a day’s work. U.S. postman Henry Gutierrez rescued an elderly man who was pinned under the front tire of his full-size pickup, while delivering mail on his Thursday mail route.

5/29/08—
Delivering mail and saving lives. Hundreds of postal workers sign up with the National Marrow Donor Program, a drive organized and run by the U.S. Postal Service^® since 1997.

5/28/08—
It started with a little white powder…the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U. S. Postal Service^® broke the law when a Destin postal supervisor threatened an employee for filing a labor complaint.

5/27/08—
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…your mail? A small plane carrying 4,000 pounds of mail crashed in Montana, strewing mail in a swath two miles long and 150 yards wide.

5/23/08—
Is junk mail really a treasure trove? The New Community Coalition thinks the U.S. Postal Service^® is making money off of paper waste.

5/22/08—
Freedom of the press—limited to only those who own it? Mailing rate hikes pinch small magazines; blame placed on Time Warner.

5/20/08—
A Q&A interview with U.S. Postal Service^® executive Jim Cochrane, looks at new pricing and the competitive landscape.

5/19/08—
Houston, we have a problem. Houston, Texas leads the nation in Postal Carrier dog bites. The announcement kicks off Dog Bite Prevention Week.

5/16/08—
Scandal in Europe! The Daily Telegraph and Postcomm locked horns this week over whether Postcomm was or was not proposing the abolition of Saturday deliveries.

5/15/08—
E! Television series: Offensive to postal workers? The APWU President thinks so. He wants “Going Postal: 15 Shocking Acts of Violence,” pulled from promotion and broadcast.

5/13/08—
Missing your mail? Thousands of pieces of undelivered mail have been found at the home of a former U.S. Postal Service^® employee.

5/12/08—
Could eliminating Saturday mail keep postage costs from rising in the future? Executives ponder the cost-cutting alternative.

5/9/08—
I want my money! Social Security checks go missing for an entire ZIP Code™ of people in Easton and Bangor, Bethlehem.

5/8/08—
Say what?! Dr. Alex Wodak, director of alcohol and drug service at St Vincent's Hospital, says selling cannabis can save Royal Mail.

5/7/08—
Who got hit harder by last July’s shape-based postal rate structure? Check out the postal debate between two magazines: Time Inc. vs. The Nation.

5/6/08—
His parents must be proud! Nine-year-old newspaper delivery boy proclaimed hero after saving elderly woman’s life.

5/5/08—
Want to support U.S. troops fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere overseas? Take advantage of programs offered by the U.S. Postal Service^® and the Adopt a U.S. Soldier program, online at www.adoptaussoldier.org.

5/2/08—
What happened to promoting recycling!?? Gary Adler of Castle Rock, Colorado, is battling with the U.S. Postal Service^® over re-using Priority Mail^® cardboard boxes for his nonprofit organization.

5/1/08—
Postman to the rescue! Letter carrier George Kustka saves a wheelchair-bound senior from her burning home.

4/30/08—
An Irving postal carrier, fed up with loose dogs, claims responsibility for placing a Chihuahua in a makeshift box on the doorstep of Mayor Herbert Gears.

4/29/08—
Think you’ve got it bad? Postal workers in San Francisco, CA will be picketing on May 2 to have their supervisor removed for his alleged harassment and discrimination.

4/28/08—
Pissed at the post office. Mail carriers say skewed system steals money out of their pockets.


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