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December 2006 Postal News
Sunday - December 31, 2006
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Dispute stops
mail delivery to tenants -
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You’ve Got
Mail. And That’s Just for Starters
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Your Mail Is
Officially Not Safe
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Stephanie
Salter: A guide for 2007: What would USPS do?
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Medical
examiner says guard at O'Hare died of multiple
injuries
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Postal
employee falls to death aiding in accident
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Falling In
Love Postal Style
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Star Valley
won't give up fight for zip code
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The catalog
jam: buried under a pile of 100
Saturday - December 30, 2006
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Danville post
office worker mauled by pit bulls -
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Colorado mail
carriers push through routes
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see photo -
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US mail takes
rare 3 days off -
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Wisconsin tax
mailing has Social Security numbers visible
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Friday - December 29, 2006
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It's Official
- USPS Closes Tuesday
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Postal truck
kills guard at O'Hare
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Mail carriers
brace for another big storm
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Altering
postal operations should pay off in the future
Thursday - December 28, 2006
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Bush
Declares Tuesday a National Day of
Mourning
Wednesday - December 27, 2006
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Mail runs
heavy with snow backlog
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Postal Going
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Postal
Problems for Aboite Businesses
IN
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Cape woman
suspected of stealing mail
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Illinois man
receives letter sent in 1946
Tuesday - December 26, 2006
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Former postal
supervisor found guilty of indecent assault
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USPS
Testimony Before PRC Regarding BCSs and OCRs
Rejects -
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Santa looks
an awful lot like the postman on Christmas Day
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Elvis remains
King of rock 'n' roll, and stamps too
Monday - December 25, 2006
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Carriers
playing Santa
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Police
officer, postal worker indicted
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Time warp?
Postcard delivered more than 20 years after it
was mailed -
Sunday - December 24, 2006
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Postal
Dedication
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Linebacker
Paris Lenon Once Worked for USPS - Says
Carriers "Got It Made" -
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Ohio Man
Accused Of Putting Threatening Letters In 32
Mailboxes
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Post Office
Will Be Delivering Checks On Christmas Day
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Mail carriers
get to play Santa Claus
Saturday - December 23, 2006
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Postal Service is Refusing to Deliver to an Area
Terrorized by Dog
Also see
Dog kills
mail delivery; few informed
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Some mail
carriers log 20-hour days
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Vanity, thy
name is postage stamp
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Traditional
Christmas cards – how traditional are they?
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Postman
brings something special to December customers
Friday - December 22, 2006
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APWU: Rate
Commission Assails USPS Consolidation Plan
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Burrus: What
Will You Do?
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President
Burrus' Response to Healthcare Premium Cost
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Federal
Circuit to the Rescue
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Carriers
Volunteer to Work Sunday
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Colorado Post
offices open; delivery hours extended
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Postal
workers in limbo
Thursday - December 21, 2006
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Price Caps
at the Old Stamping Ground -
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The PRC and
the Postal Regulatory Commission
Also see
Dan Blair
begins reign as PRC chair
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Postal
Service stands by ties to Santa during holidays
despite critics
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USPS
rectifies letter to Santa outrage -
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How Postal
Reform Will Affect Direct Marketers
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Dean of Delivery: Mail
Carrier, 74, still doing job
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see
photo
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Weather
"Cancels" Postal Service
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Post office
fate remains murky
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Postal
Service to Raise Overseas Rates
Wednesday - December 20, 2006
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Bush Signs
Postal Reform Act
Also see:
Bush to sign
new law for postal reform today
|
Collins on
hand as Bush signs law changing postal
operations |
McHugh postal
reform signed into law
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PRC Says USPS
END Program Reflects Flaws or Absent Information -
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New Mail
Tracking History System for DPS
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Ask
President Burrus: What About This One Level
Upgrade
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Postal
Service working to keep mail en route despite
storm
Also see:
Post office
suspends some service
Tuesday - December 19, 2006
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Going Postal
by Ralph Nader -
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USPS
Reassessment of Injured Employees -
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What the New
Postal Reform Law Means to You
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Going postal?
Not in Texas City
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Two postal
trucks hit by apparent gunshots on 95
RI
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HP stamps
deal with Postal Service
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Postal
Officials: Facilities Sufficient
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Valassis and
ADVO to Amend Merger Agreement and Settle
Litigation
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Postal
workers deliver morale during holiday season
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USPS quietly
cancels 18-year network outsourcing deal
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Inside the
post office is delightful
Monday - December 18, 2006
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USPS Seeks
Mail Storage and Retrieval System for LLV's -
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Shipping
Showdown: Who Gets Your Package There Fastest
and Cheapest
- ABC News -
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It's The
Busiest Mailing Day Of The Year
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New evidence
of mail theft INSIDE White Station post office
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Valassis and
ADVO in Settlement Discussions
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AT&T Inks $12
Million Networking Contract with US Postal
Service
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Modern times
catch up to 120-year-old post office
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DM News:
Postal reform, at long last
Sunday - December 17, 2006
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Video
Coverage of SF Murder-Suicide of Postal
Employees -
Saturday - December 16, 2006
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Labor TV
Show: Going Postal Again: SF Postal Workers
Speak Out -
Friday - December 15, 2006
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NALC: Special
National Rap Session Planned for January 28 -
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NALC: Major
Fight Pledged Against Outsourcing
Bulletin PDF -
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APWU Says:
APWU Leads The Way in Bargaining -
- Also from APWU:
Non-Members
to Receive Ballot Mailing |
Members to
Vote
On Tentative Agreement
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Make Your
Cash in the USA and Let USPS Wire it Out of the
Country
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Mail Handlers
Tentative Agreement
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USPS quietly
cancels 18-year network outsourcing deal
Thursday - December 14, 2006
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Postal
Service delivers ... spam?
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Postal
workers remember slain supervisor and dead
carrier. -
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Giordano
named Vice President, Public Affairs and
Communications
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PostCom
Postal Podcast Number 6
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A Christmas
Poem from APWU Central New York
by Mike Singer: Editor APWUCNYAL
Mike has written a timely and interesting
Christmas poem you may want to check out. THANKS
George H. -
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Rules on
bypass mail revised again
AK
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Shhh! Santa
has helper embedded at post office
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USPS approves
sorting tech for flats
Wednesday - December 13, 2006
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Mail
Handlers: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED
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NNA Urges
Bush To Sign Postal Law Capping Increases
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Collins' work
on postal reform worth the effort
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Holiday cheer
returned to sender
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Twin's Letter
To Santa Returned To Sender
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More: Union
protests postmaster
Tuesday - December 12, 2006
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Postal
workers say boss creating unsafe work
environment -
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USPS and the
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
Launch Web Site
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Mail Carrier
Injured When Flatbed Truck Strikes His Van -
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Congress
demands answers on anthrax
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Ex-post
office manager gets probation
VA
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Postal
accountability bill will modernize service
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Chicago
Survey: Mail Delivery Takes Longer In City
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Children's
Letters To Santa Burned
Monday - December 11, 2006
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APWU:
Congress Passes Flawed Postal ‘Reform’ Bill -
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MORE DPS
CHANGES COMING 12/15/2006 -
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NALC Pres.
Young Addresses Recently Passed Postal Reform
Bill -
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Attorney
Gives His Opinion on "How Not To Fix The Post
Office"
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Mail Handlers
Contract Update #17 (12/10/2006)
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Rural letter
carriers agree to new contract
Federal Times
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Postal
employee arrested in assault of bar manager
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Town of
DuBois won't sit still for possible post office
closing NE
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Technology
catches up with letters to Santa
Sunday - December 10, 2006
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Senator Susan
Collins - Postal Reform Press Release -
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House, Senate
pass landmark postal reform measure
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Postal Reform
Passage Could Delay rate Increases
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Postal
Officials are Denying Plans to Consolidate
Postal
Operations
Across the Nation
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TV Viewers
Complain About USPS Commercial
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APWU CONTRACT
- THE WAY WE SEE IT
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Saturday - December 9, 2006
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Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act Passes
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Federal
Times: APWU panel approves postal contract
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USPS Money
Orders from Nigeria - Merry Christmas!
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Junk Mail
Meets Democracy: How to Stop the Flow
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Flight of
fancy: forged airmail stamp captures
imaginations
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'Dear Santa'
letters flood North Pole, Alaska
Friday - December 8, 2006
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USPS and
Rural Letter Carriers Reach Tentative Agreement
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APWU Rank and
File Approve Tentative Agreement
click here for more
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Lawmakers
Unexpectedly Take Up Postal Service Overhaul -
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BREAKING
NEWS: Postal Reform Passage Imminent
To Read H.R. 6407 <`Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act'>
Click Here
and enter H.R. 6407 in the search box for Bill
Number.
- PEN
Editor: If you are a carrier what is your
opinion on gifts from
the customers on your
route?
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Postal worker
sentenced in child porn case
- subscription
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Rock Hill, SC
postal worker killed in car accident
Thursday - December 7, 2006
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Condemning
USPS Confirm to Perdition?
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USPS
Delivers Final Proposal Loaded with Insults to
Carriers -
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One postal
union reaches tentative contract; another heads to arbitration
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Government
Leader says: PMG Embraces Employees and
Competition
to Improve
USPS' Performance
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Postal
support delivered
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NJ Offers
No-Solicit Bill
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USPS tests
technology to speed delivery
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USAID, USPS
sign AT&T deals
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San Jose Post
Office Shut Down By Chemical Spill
Wednesday - December 6, 2006
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APWU, USPS
Reach Tentative Agreement
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USPS Expands
Mail-Sorting Technology to Improve Service,
Reduce Cost
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Legislators
make last-ditch push on postal bill
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UPS Using
Mountain Bikes
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Oberstar
announces MDI and USPS reach agreement on
plastic trays
Tuesday - December 5, 2006
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Postal
Service and NALC to Take Their Differences to
Arbitration
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APWU:
‘Substantial Progress’ Made in Contract Talks
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Petition:
Fire Manhattan's postmaster -
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OIG Postal
Investigators in Battle Creek, MI Today
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Mailers decry
inaction on postal overhaul measure -
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AT&T Inks $12
M Networking Contract with US Postal Service
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Feds
investigating explosives in mailboxes
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Snow And Ice
Impacting Mail Deliveries
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Update: Rare
stamp on ballot a forgery, experts say
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DM News:
NALC, USPS talks fall apart
Monday - December 4, 2006
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Portuguese
postal workers strike to protest company
sub-contracts
PEN Editors Note: This is exactly one of the
options USPS may be seeking under new contract
agreements. -
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DM News Says:
Stamp Out New Jersey's No-Solicit Bill
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Mailboxes
vanishing, one by one, as fewer letters get
written
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Experts to
view mystery stamp -
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Mailbox
installer goes to jail for tax evasion -
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POST OFFICES
PREPARE FOR 'DEAR SANTA' LETTERS
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Teddy
Roosevelt Gun Thief Relieved After Guilty Plea
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DHL Express
raises average rates for express, ground
shipments
Sunday - December 3, 2006
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World Trade
Center Mail Keeps Coming
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see
photo
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Former
councilor nixes lawsuit against post office
Saturday - December 2, 2006
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NALC Prepares
for Arbitration
Also: OPM
Extends Open Season to December 29
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Mail Handlers
and USPS Extend Bargaining -
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Postal
supervisor may have been killed by co-worker
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Postal
Mechanic Charged with Stealing Priceless
Revolver
Used by President Teddy Roosevelt
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Dwight Drum,
retired postal employee, races on at
Zoomster.com
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APWU
Headquarters Seeks Local Presidents’ E-Mail
Friday - December 1, 2006
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Deadline for
postal talks passes with no settlement -
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Absentee
Ballots Intercepted at Post Office - Former
Carrier Will Face Jury
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