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Wednesday - January 31, 2007
- Dept. of Labor Seeks Comments on The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -
- Former Currituck Co., NC postmaster investigated for embezzlement
- Memorial dedicated to postal workers year after Goleta killings -
- Mail Center Owner Accused Of Stealing From Customers' Boxes
- Ticking package causes evacuation - was just a box of toys
- Rig Hauling Mail Burns, I-70 Shut Down
- Hashknife Posse Leaves Today On 49th Annual Pony Express Ride

Tuesday - January 30, 2007
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APWU: Union Receives ‘Man-Year’ List -
- USPS promises, but residents skeptical NM -
- Mailman Speeds Through His Workday With a 'Hello' for Everyone
- Fire destroys Adirondack post office
- Ex-New Yorker's Get 8 Years for Post Office Robbery

Monday - January 29, 2007
- Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study -
- NALC RAP SESSION INFO -
- A Brief Conversation Rekindles the Commitment APWU
- Mailbox graffiti spurs demand for cleanup
- US Lost Mail Turns up in Juarez House
- UPS Franchisees Force UPS to Distribute Pornographic Material

January 29, 2007
- Postal Service could stand improving
- Deal struck to keep Kinsey post office open MT
-
The Goleta Post Office Massacre: One Year Later
- UPDATE: Stolen Mail in Juarez

January 28, 2007
- Who's got your mail?
- Crowds force passport fair to shut down early

Saturday - January 27, 2007
- Shared savings plan could help Postal Service save energy
- Ten thousand bicycles for Sri Lanka's post offices
- Postal Worker Saves Baby Chicks Sent In Mail
- School revives art of snail mail
- Ottawa postal worker rescues lost toddler shivering in snow

Friday - January 26, 2007
- Rio Rancho residents promised better postal service
- NAPUS Newsletter
- Icy paths endangering mail carriers, slowing delivery UT
- Always Send Ducks Express Mail

Thursday - January 25, 2007
- USPS Hopes to Reduce Workhours Dramatically During Next 12 Months -
- Mail Handlers Ratify New Contract -
- Undelivered mail recovered in Caledonia -
- Postal employee helps free entangled elk (video inside)
- Raleigh's first female postal worker retires

Wednesday - January 24, 2007
- OSHA fines USPS more than $5,000 for 2006 incident -
- APWU: Save Our Service Rally Minneapolis -
- Sarbanes Oxley Act Now Applies to USPS -
- Retirees can expect faster full annuity checks – in 2008 -
- GAO Questions Administration's Decision to Decline Drug Subsidy -
- Twice a Hero - Carrier saves lives...twice. -
- Post Office, Voting Firm At Odds Over Ballot Problems
- Weather leads to some bumps, breaks and bruises for workers
- International Post Corporation Re-elects US PMG as Board Vice Chairman

Tuesday - January 23, 2007
- Commission says plans for postal service flawed
- Postal Service aims to assist after mail dumping exposed -
No Digital Driving Allowed
- “Savage” dog stops neighborhood postal service
- Residents to get a special delivery
- Comments on USPS Rate Case Due Jan. 31
- Administration continues assault on our privacy
- Yakima won't be losing postmark
- Postal Service cites vote problems CO

Monday - January 22, 2007
- APWU Officers Subject of Criminal Enforcement Actions -
- ACLU and CNSS Seek Records on Warrantless Mail Surveillance -
- New Postal Law - COP Waiting Period -
- FAQ's Regarding New Postal Laws
Q. Are there any early outs for CSRS employees planned as a result of the new law? A. No. There are no early outs or buyouts planned as a result of the new law.
Q. Is it true that by 2016 retirees won't have to pay for health benefits? A. No. By 2016 the Postal Service will be nearly fully funded for its part of retiree health benefits. Retirees will continue to pay their part. -
- Pam Anderson goes postal over stamp
- APWU: Shirley Jasper Named Maintenance Division NBA

Sunday - January 21, 2007
- Ex-postmaster witness to mail transformation -
-
Mesa mail delivery change debated
- Lubbock Postal Carriers Deliver Through Snow
- Driver Killed In Collision With Mail Truck
- Dog's behavior closes mail route

Saturday - January 20, 2007
- Carrier who died aiding motorist leaves a legacy of helping others -

- Icy Delivery
Postal service letter carrier Alice Mays passed an icy, fallen tree on her appointed rounds Thursday in Muskogee, Okla. Another snowstorm is expected to hit today. See Photo

- Carbon monoxide levels trigger fine for Suffolk post office -
- Post office reroutes mail around problem dog -
- Editorial Update: Arbitrator’s decision costs millions -
-
Catch-22 at house number 33
- 'The checks in the mail' just doesn't cut it
- Ky. postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash, cards from mail
- State should reprimand the Postal Service
- Tiny Kinsey fights for post office MT
-
Deliver mail, not powder
- Fight that began in parking lot ends in the post office

Friday - January 19, 2007
- Investigators: Postal worker likely dumped mail on other occasions
Also see: Where's the mail? -
- Former employee sues Postmaster General -
- Postal Workers' Checks Are Lost - In The Mail -
- Cape post office halts transition to curbside boxes
- Trooper: Driver said he 'didn't care' - wreck killed USPS special agent
  Also see:
Trial begins in fatal road-rage case
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Letter: Not second-class citizens

Thursday - January 18, 2007
- New Postal Law: COP Waiting Period
  Note: Read the above law Here
- Retired postal worker arrested after standoff
- Postal union (APWU) seeks to oust supervisor
- APWU: Two Consolidation Studies Scrapped
- APWU: Official Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals
- Does USPS Employment Lead to Distrust? Vote in Poll -
- Postal Rate Increase to Drive Major Changes in Mailing Industry
- Shreveport police shoot, catch pit bull in Highland neighborhood
- USPS Changes Couple's Address Without Notice
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Thieves Use Your Mailbox To Get To Your Wallet
-
Manhattan Is No Place for Bronx Mail, Group Says
- Customer Had Rather Have Toilet Instead of Mailbox in Front of His Home?
- USPS asking mailers for more comments regarding mailing standards

Wednesday - January 17, 2007
- Retired Postal Employees May Perform USPS Retail Services?
- Editorial: Arbitrator’s decision in postal police case costs millions,
 
does nothing -
- USPS Chief Financial Officer: Carrying a Full Bag
- Federal Workers Owe Billions in Unpaid Taxes. -
- Did a USPS Secret Agent Infiltrate UPS? Humor
- Ice Storm Slows Mail Delivery
- Derailment affects mail deliveries
- British postal worker attacked by cat

Tuesday - January 16, 2007
- Good Call: Help Desk Delivers for Postal Service
- Attacks have mail recipients in dog house
- New Postcard Web Service to Change the Face of Direct Mail Marketing
- City looks into postal service issue MO
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Study finds USPS scores lowest on B2B sites
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Pony Express rides again

Monday - January 15, 2007
- Mail Delivery Change Angers Homeowners
- Mailbox Gate
- USPS Sees 4 Years Positive Income, High Levels Customer Service -
- Postcard arrives decades late, mystery attached
- Stamps Go Up In Canada Monday, But Does Anyone Still Care
- A parcel from Santa arrives in the Bronx, a few weeks late

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Sunday - January 14, 2007
- Postal worker indicted for gambling on the job -
- Bobblehead Postman - See This Photo
- City could deliver bad news to mailbox blockers
- The Schroeders: Letter carriers have a first-class relationship
- USPS town hall meeting set at PAC FOR Jan. 25

Saturday - January 13, 2007
- Burrus Update: An Open Letter to The Union Membership
- Anti-Consolidation Resolution Introduced
- Former postal supervisor gets probation for stealing -
- Bitter Cold Latest Hazard For Mail Carriers

Friday - January 12, 2007
- More USPS Delivery Being Contracted Out -
- FCW Report: Postal Service ready to ensure better delivery -
- APWU: Membership Ratifies Four-Year Contract -
- Tally postal worker fired after dumping mail
- Ask President Burrus: What's the reason for limiting the number
  of Part-Time Regulars (PTRs) to 2.5 percent? -
- Mail Sorting Services to Stay in Helena MT
-
Woman admits she faked $250000 worth of postage
- Man gets two-year sentence for mail theft
- 2007 will be a good year for DM, says Winterberry Groups’ Biegel

Thursday - January 11, 2007
- Senator Collins Introduces Resolution Reaffirming
 
Constitutional Protection for Sealed Mail -

- PEN OPINION: In our opinion this story tells what will happen frequently as USPS starts to hire more and more contractors to deliver mail - replacing USPS letter carriers. -

- Direct Mail Faces Year of Reckoning
- FIRED JUROR GETS PAYBACK
- Two women arrested for thefts
- Doctor W. D. Strinden wrote a letter to the Lufkin daily News and said "Gerald Ford may have been a heckuva guy. He may even have been a unifying force in the nation following Nixon's resignation as claimed, although I saw no indication of it at the time. However, as a taxpayer and a user of government services - including the post office - I am fed up with government holidays." -

- PostCom Postal Podcast Number 8
- Letter: Eliminating mailboxes is postal service failure
- Congress renews focus on postal issues
- Peachtree Data acquires DSF2 license from USPS
- Post office wants boxes at curbside

Wednesday - January 10, 2007
- 2 Colo. Carriers Charged With Throwing Away Mail
- Mail carrier accused of drunken driving in truck crash -
- US Postal Service: 'Intelligent Mail' Fully Operational by 2009
- PRO-CON: Is Bush's mail claim an abuse of power? NO
- Police: UPS thief opened hundreds of packages

Tuesday - January 09, 2007
- NPMHU: The APWU's New Motto: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Sue 'Em -
- Follow Letter of Law
- PostCom Postal Podcast Number 7
- Longtime postal worker gets accustomed to life as a retiree
- Melissa Data tool qualifies mailings for maximum postal discounts
- Woman Sentenced For Mailing Herself Pot

Monday - January 08, 2007
- Signed, Sealed and Delivered: 1978 USPS Strike Against Mandatory
  Overtime, Speedups & Work Conditions
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- Ask President Burrus -
- New Postal Law - USPS News Link
- Whoops: UPS Ads Pimp Postal Service
- APWU: Contract Ratification Balloting Extended to Jan. 12
- Pa. Man Gets Letter Postmarked 1954
- Postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
- Postal worker, Vicky Lynn Bell, remembered by her co-workers
- First wiretapping, now letter-opening? | Editorial: First Class mess

Sunday - January 07, 2007
- Postal Police in Baltimore Awarded Millions in Lost OT -
- You open my mail, you deal with it
-
When parking collides with mailbox access, make way for delivery
-
Does "Big Brother" Need To Be Stamped On His Forehead, Or What?
- I Mailed a Letter to France - Who pays the French to deliver it?
- Why "Going Postal" Continues Unabated in the US Post Office -
  See Steve's video here

Saturday - January 06, 2007
- Sketch Issued in Postal Attack
- Memo to Demo leaders: Downsize government -
- Stolen postal satchel leads to two arrests
- Postal Service's study on sorting relocation delayed MT
-
Parked cars in Middletown hinder delivery of mail DE
-
Who's got mail?

Friday - January 05, 2007
- Self-serve post office opens to mixed reviews
- George Bush, snooper in chief -
- ACLU to Challenge Bush's New Mail Opening Power -
- Sen. Susan Collins questions president's changes to postal reform bill
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- APWU Files Suit on Jurisdictional Disputes -
- Postal worker accused of stealing customer's cash
- Remember Jennifer Sanmarco?
- Two arrested in Pacific Beach mail theft

Thursday - January 04, 2007
- The New York Daily News says: "President Bush added a "signing statement" in recently passed postal reform bill that may give him new powers to pry into your mail - without a warrant." -
- Postal workers are splendid but their managers need fired -
- DirectMag says "Great. We won. Congress has passed a postal reform bill, and our worries are over, right? Wrong. -
- Postal employee 1 of 4 indicted in gambling ring case
- Postal workers on time despite holiday pileup
- BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO MEET JAN. 9-10, 2007 IN WASHINGTON, DC
- Why did post office close for Ford?

Wednesday - January 03, 2007
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Ford mourning marks third day without mail -
- Former Ohio postal employee to forfeit guns, land, money,
  spend two years in prison

- Trying to stamp out unwanted junk mail -
- Delayed parcels coming, really!
- Sign Of The Internet Age: Removal Of Blue Mailboxes
- Going postal - again

Tuesday - January 02, 2007
- Survey: Most oppose day off with pay for national day of mourning -
- Vote By Mail Spreads Across USA

Monday - January 01, 2007
- Postman Critical After Attack
- Making Snail Mail Still Matter -

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