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March 2007 POSTAL NEWS
Saturday - March 31, 2007
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National Move Asking Customers to
Relocate
Their Mailboxes? -
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Private Carriers Worry Postal Service
Union -
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Commentary Regarding Contract Carriers -
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Are You a Contract Carrier for USPS? If
so, read this.
Then read this >
Contract courier makes plea deal
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Postal supervisor steals from US
Postal Service -
Friday - March 30, 2007
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Area Where Postal Worker Killed to Keep
Home Mail Delivery
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It’s Official: APWU Contract Signed
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Rate increases may permanently
damage mail industry -
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PRC's Blair hopes for expedited
decision on rate reconsideration
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Introduction to DM News' Essential
Guide to postal news, Deliver
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Post office may move some operations to
New Orleans
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Motorists sue over junk mail from
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Thursday - March 29, 2007
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Going Postal - Look What's In An
Already Controversial
Mail Delivery Contract -
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Postal Employee Health and Pension
Benefits - Shielded? -
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Ex Postmaster pleads guilty to stealing
postal funds -
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Carrier arrested for distributing drugs
on route -
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Postal Service admits ZIP code error
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Postal employee charged in online
gambling bust
Wednesday - March 28, 2007
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Postal workers under investigation back
on job
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MailExpress Introduces Industry's
First Money Back Delivery Guarantee for Expedited Mail
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Fujifilm Launches YourStamps
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Live from National Postal Forum: Potter
Preaches Teamwork
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USPS to Build on $1.9 Billion Share of
International Shipping Market
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PRC's Blair hopes for expedited
decision on rate reconsideration
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Three schools close as precaution after
receiving mailed bomb threats
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Postal Service Helps Drive Development
of Alternate-Fuel Technologies
Tuesday - March 27, 2007
- Nation
Gets Sneak Peak Of The Forever Stamp
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PMG Potter Speaks at National Postal
Forum
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Communication is key in new postal
environment: Potter
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APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on
IT/ASC Contract
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APWU: National Election Committee
Amends Rules
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Intelligent Mail bar codes available
for flats mail May 1, 2007
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Unleashed dog halts mail service to
entire neighborhood
Monday - March 26, 2007
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Video: Meltdown at the Kensington Post
Office
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Mail Processing to Remain in
Bloomington
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USPS OIG Investigator Says Miami Cop
Attacked Him -
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Delivering Change at the Post Office
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Postal Service hasn't
earned right to rate increase -
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Mailers Council calls on USPS board to
avoid another rate case
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Remote Control Mail Launches Postal
Mail Revolution
Sunday - March 25, 2007
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At odds with the postal service
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They’ve Got Mail, but Look Who
Delivered It -
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Postal Service Continues Plans to Close
AMCs
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Eliminating Saturday mail delivery
would be bad for customers
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Senate to Hold Hearing on Employee Free
Choice Act
Saturday - March 24, 2007
- Former
Carrier & 'Pimp of the Year' gets near-max term
Also see:
Sex network brings 23-year prison term
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Remember those Alamo mailboxes?
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My Trip to the Postal Service
Bomb-Detection School
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Woman critical after postal vehicle
bumps her
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Mail-sorting work to stay in
Bloomington
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USPS Sells NYC James A. Farley Post
Office for $230M
Friday - March 23, 2007
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Readers, carriers respond to mis-delivery problems -
Also see:
More Mail
Delivery Setbacks |
Chicago Has Worst Mail Delivery in Nation
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Young and Potter Agree to Resume Contract Bargaining -
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Contract postal carriers get more
routes
-
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Postal Worker Files Lawsuit To Avoid
Daily Lunch Break -
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Bombs in Mailboxes
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PRC seeks mailer input on postal reform
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Rep. Susan Davis Introduces Bill to
Track Mail-In Ballots
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No mail for messy Canada neighborhood
Thursday - March 22, 2007
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OIG Reviews SOP in 9 Areas -
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Update: Jury convicts former postal
worker in 28 minutes
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Losing last local-only mailboxes
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Forever Stamp Will Debut at National
Postal Forum
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Former Topeka Postal Employee Charged
with Embezzlement
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Three charged in Ocean City drug sting,
one was postal employee
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Mail advertising means 11 million jobs
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Stolen mail, fake ids found in Anderson
motel room
Wednesday - March 21, 2007
- Mail
delivery problems spark fears of fraud
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Former postal worker denies trying
to arrange
wife's murder
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Unions Press FBI to Brief Congress on
Anthrax Investigation
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Suspected mail thief leads Lake Oswego
cops on foot chase
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Comply or face regulation, says DMA
chairman Wilhelm
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Let's break up the monopoly of the post
office
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An Elite ZIP Code Becomes Harder to
Crack
Tuesday - March 20, 2007
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Postal Service looks at delivery
change
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Al Gore to Deliver Postcards to Capitol
Hill -
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THE MAIL KEEPS COMING LATE
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Our View: U.S. Postal Service isn't
delivering Merced Sun-Star
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‘Exhausted’ postman stashed bags of
mail UK
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Postal Rates Set to Increase
- Time.com
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Iowa contingent lobbies USPS in
Washington, DC
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USPS Governors Ask for Certain
Reconsiderations of Rate Increase
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APWU: Reflections on The Great Postal
Strike
Monday - March 19, 2007
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BOG Sets May 14 for New Prices
Read the
Decision of
the Governors of the United States Postal Service
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To Mail or Not to Mail
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More on the Anti-Junk Mail Legislation
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Feds step up hunt in mail-threat case
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'Secret' remedy for dry hands
- Good for postal employees?
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Fanciest Postal Code Is About To Be
Split Up
Sunday - March 18, 2007
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Mail fraud
Opinion - Pitt-Tribune
As an unwilling and lifelong "customer" of the U.S. Postal Service, I feel
more than qualified to respond to
letter writer William Burrus of the American Postal
Workers Union and his bizarre defense of his federally
protected racket -- oops ... I mean profession ("Union mail works," March
7 and PghTrib.com). "Earning" artificially inflated wages for unskilled
labor that is not subject to market forces, competitive pressures or any
accountability is nothing to brag about. -
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Post
Office Strike!
On this date in 1970 at 12:05am the U.S. postal strike began. The strike
involved approximately 152,000 postal employees in 671 locations. The U.S.
Army was ordered to deliver the mail by President Richard Nixon.
Later that year the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 gave birth to the
United States Postal Service and the Post Office Department was gone
forever. -
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St. Patrick's Day on Steroids and the
U.S. Mail Gets
Delivered Through it All -
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Put A Stamp On It: Politics of Postage
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Vero Beach City Council to go behind
closed doors over postal case
Saturday - March 17, 2007
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Postal service aims to improve
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Cluster Boxes May Replace
Door-to-Door Delivery In Dangerous Areas:
The postal service is considering ending home mail delivery to the area
where a postal worker was killed and instead use a centrally located group
of outdoor locked boxes in an effort to protect letter carriers. -
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Postal Service Asking Customers to
Think Flat
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Hundreds protest use of private mail
carriers
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Beaverton PM says contract letter
carriers just as
good as unionized carriers
This postmaster says: "Along with USPS employees, our contractors’
dedication to excellence is helping us continue to improve the level of
service we provide to our customers. Contractors already deliver mail in
several communities in the metropolitan area, elsewhere in the state and
throughout the nation. They are required to provide the same service – and
do it just as well – as unionized USPS employees." -
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More Postal News
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New Contract Provisions Offer
Additional Protection
Against Excessing
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Carrier Lost in Prichard, AL
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APWU: Local Negotiations - Get Ready -
Set - Go
Friday - March 16, 2007
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Former postmaster faces numerous
charges
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Fairhope, AL letter carrier pleads
not guilty to theft
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Tyler, TX Girl Hospitalized After Mail
Truck Accident
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Comply or face regulation: DMA chairman
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Old insurance checks among Kingsport
woman’s stack of backlogged mail
Thursday - March 15, 2007
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NALC's Young: It's Time to Stop The
'Run Amok' OIG -
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Mail route plan leads to union clash -
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US Postal Service To Debut R2-D2
Collection Boxes
Also see:
www.uspsjedimaster.com -
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PRC Chairman Dan Blair Addresses USPS
and PRC
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An Opportunity Better Not Lost
- by Gene Del Polito
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US Postal Service Employee Meets Man
Who Saved His Life
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Report: Postal-bag cuts mean layoffs
for 250
Wednesday - March 14, 2007
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13 million reasons to love Contract
Delivery Service -
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Do-Not-Mail Lists Now Being Considered
in 12+ States -
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Predictability, flexibility key issues
at USPS/PRC regulatory summit
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You've Got Mail - But it isn't always
USPS delivering it
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Letter carrier dies after truck hits
trees
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PRC chairman seeks mailer feedback on
rulemaking
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Postal employee jailed in husband's
shooting death
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Postal worker receives rare award
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Making do with less, USPS
Tuesday - March 13, 2007
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Mail Delivery Shouldn't Contracted Out
- revisited
PEN Editor: I believe this column warrants your attention again - read the
comments posted at the bottom of the story. Also see:
Would
you let your pizza guy deliver your paycheck, or ballot? -
See next news story below.
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Letter Carriers to Picket Beaverton
Post Office March 15
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PMG Potter Vows Chicago Delivery Will
Improve FAST
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Postal service's response to picketing
in Brick -
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Postal Service launches USPS.com Week
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Man Sought After Sending Mail Bombs
From Orlando
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Don’t move that mailbox
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Neither rain nor snow - but fire stops
mail
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USPS teams up with SBA
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Bargain mail
Monday - March 12, 2007
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120 Postal Employees Protest
Postmaster -
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Maureen Deprince battles back
without legs or eyesight
How to help -
see
www.nalcbranch908.com/maureen.html
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Do-Not-Mail Movement Gains Traction in
State Legislatures
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DMA’s Greco again asks postal governors
to reject catalog rates
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Reject the PRC’s recommended postage
hike
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In-town Chicago mail system worst in US
Sunday - March 11, 2007
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Chicago's Mail Delivery Now Worst In
Nation -
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After wind snatches letter, getting
refund is no breeze
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Veteran mails war medals but his
daughter receives empty box
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UPS Delivery Problems
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Forever Stamp's Sticking Point
Saturday - March 10, 2007
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USPS aims to save with "independent carriers"
See PEN's
Contracting Delivery
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Congressman Stupak calls for postal
dispute resolution
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Postal Service releases details on
Janus mail bomb
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Man accused of exposing himself to EH
mail carrier
Friday - March 9, 2007
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APWU Encourages USPS Board of Governors
To
Approve Postal Regulatory Commission Ruling
Read Burrus Letter to BOG -
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Alsip mayor: boycott post office -
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Stamp Rate Hike? Lets Hit the Brakes
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'Do Not Mail' Bills Deliver Dissent -
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R2-D2 Mailboxes: May the postal service
be with you
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Trade Group Requests 120-Day Postal
Case Implementation Period
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Postal Governor Vote on Rate Case
Expected Next Week
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Deutsche Post CEO denies reports
company may stop delivering mail
Thursday - March 8, 2007
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Letter carriers protest plan for
Oregon contract carrier
Also
see:
Mail delivery shouldn’t be
contracted out -
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City sends message regarding collection
boxes -
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Postal clerks accused of stealing from
the mail
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USPS Grants First Scholarship Awards on
Postal History
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Postal officials grilled
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More Mail Delivery Complaints
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Junking junk mail bill a smart idea
Wednesday - March 7, 2007
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Title Says 'Mail Fraud' but Story Reads
'Going Postal'
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Maryland withdraws do-not-mail bill;
Vermont, Arkansas introduce their own
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Fake Bomb Found in Postal Drop Box
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The dark side of the 'forever stamp'
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1000 Late Social Security Checks Should
Be In Hand
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France Plans to Replace 48000-Vehicle
Postal Fleet with EVs
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Check Out USPS Small Biz
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Pair arrested with 40 pounds of stolen
mail
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USPS, PRC announce regulatory summit
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Postmaster wants to make door mail
slots history
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Will postal rate hike finally bring
catalogers together?
Tuesday - March 6, 2007
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APWU: Retroactive Pay to Be Issued May
18
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USPS confirms investigation into stolen
mail under way
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USPS says FSS on track -
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Colorado, Montana kill do-not-mail
bills
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Mailing industry urges “en masse”
response to halt increases in catalog rate
Monday - March 5, 2007
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Time to stop the mountain of junk mail -
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Postal Rate Crisis: What You Need to Do
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PEN says - Another Clueless Person On
'Going postal' -
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Signed, sealed - but is it delivered?
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More On USPS Hiding Clocks
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Time stands still when you're waiting
in line at the post office
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Downtown Biloxi Post Office Celebrates
New Facility
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Mail truck hits pedestrian
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Residents fear for safety getting mail
Sunday - March 4, 2007
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USPS Fires Employee That Stole Pres. Roosevelt's Gun -
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Postal clerk kills wife then self
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N.J. congressman wants hearings on
anthrax case
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Biloxi Post Office rebounds
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1500 line up at post office to get
passports
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Junk mail rates
Saturday - March 3, 2007
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House Approves Employee Free Choice
Bill
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Taxes on competitive products - New Postal Law
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DMA Calls on Members to Protest
Exorbitant Rate Increases
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Postal rates rise as service declines
Montgomery, AL -
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THE FOREVER STAMP
Friday - March 2, 2007
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APWU - Management Sign Off On Contract
Q&A's
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Contracting Delivery - Selling Off
Delivery Services
Read more
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Second postmaster charged as
"coconspirator"
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Mailman arrested, charged with
delivering pot
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Postal regulation vs. mailer incentives
Thursday - March 1, 2007
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Ex-NJ postmaster indicted
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APWU: Strange Bedfellows -
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Postal Service fixes long waits by
removing clocks -
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Great-grandmother says someone at USPS
stole the cash
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Northrop wins $874.6M US Postal Service
contract for FSS
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Church thief has also been a postal
thief
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Deadly anthrax mystery still at an
official dead end
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USPS 'Deliver' Magazine Launches
Companion WebSite
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Postal Industry Leaders Gather for
Forum on Postal Reform Law
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Is it time for a change?
Mailboxes will not be moved
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