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May 2006 Postal News

Wednesday - May 31, 2006
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Suspects sought in robbery of postal carrier TX
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Plan to reorganize mail delivery in Vermont is shelved
- State of the union on postal reform
- Harkin Wants Postal Decision Put 'On Hold'
- Mail loophole has some California politicians fuming
- USPS Issues Periodicals Rule
- Lockheed Will Bolster USPS Reader
- Postal Worker Hazards

Tuesday - May 30, 2006
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Postal workers' outcry over plan goes unheard TX
- Postal worker accused of possessing child pornography
- Gaylord, MI Postal Move Pending
- OPM Takes Steps to Insure Retirees Receive Full Benefits in First Check
- Washington Mutual, USPS Seek to Extend Suspension on NSA
- FedEx to Buy LTL Carrier Watkins Motor Lines
- USPS Governors Meeting to be held June 6-7

FYI News
- May 30, 1836:
When the post office of New Salem, IL is relocated to Petersburg, the postmaster lost his position - who was the postmaster? Abraham Lincoln.

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NOTED WITH INTEREST: Legal Help for Veterans

Monday - May 29, 2006
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Limbaugh's complaint
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Postal consolidation plan reconsidered MA
- Stamp's savings not eternal

Saturday - May 27, 2006
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Anthrax case over; problems persist
- Ex-letter carrier guilty of trading kid porn
- Gmail to provide USPS tracking?
- Size Matters: Tallest dam postage stamp unveiled

Friday - May 26, 2006
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Mail Carrier Allegedly Kidnapped and Beaten by Ex-Boyfriend
- Canada Post Employees - Husband and Wife - Busted
- NAPUS Newsletter is Online PDF
- Blue Boy Stamp Comes to Washington: Sold for $1m in 1981
- Keezletown Post Office Orphaned

Thursday - May 25, 2006
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Orange County Carriers Bitten by 94 Dogs
- USPS taps Lockheed Martin for processing system
- Clerk pleads guilty to stealing money out of mail
- Man gets probation in post office scam
- Loss of Claim in Mail Held Fatal to Suit Against Postal Service
- The mail must get through ... but it may be two weeks late
- Online Memorial: Lori Hayes-Kotter - Murdered USPS Supervisor
- Mailbox carried away by thief
- Letters fold as stamps hold on
- Unique Plan to Solve Mail Problems
- Scottsdale wins ZIP code battle

Wednesday - May 24, 2006
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APWU: Five Consolidations Cancelled
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Who's delivering your mail? A USPS Investigation
- Stamps: The Latest Place to Advertise
- Veterans Angered by File Scandal: VA Has Consistently Scored
  Poorly on Information Security
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Lockheed Martin wins Postal Service reader system work
- Las Flores mix-up with Postal Service
- Dennis Post Office to close KS
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Houston dogs bite mail carriers the most | It's canines vs. carriers

Tuesday - May 23, 2006
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Rate Proposal Would Hijack Postal Service Burrus Update
- Postal Service Cops Going Hollywood
- Business owners left without mail for two weeks FL
- Postal pension games
- UPDATE: US Postal Service Reissues Purple Heart Stamp
- Mold Shuts Down Post Office
- USPS to Offer Co-Branded Priority Shoe Boxes to Retailers

Top FYI News
- Veteran's records stolen from private home | Veterans: Protecting Yourself if Your Records Were Stolen

Monday - May 22, 2006
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Missing Postal Employee's Body Found
- Wait a minute, Mr. Postman
- Where have all the sidewalk mailboxes gone? New Orleans
- USPS Runs With Priority Mail Shoe Box
- Bulk mail is bouncing back
- Again, city is dog bite capital

Saturday - May 20, 2006
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Man charged in attack on mail carrier PA
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Hope, fear for missing USPS custodian after flood
- Postal Service Employee Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
- Secret messages on postage stamps helps man escape from jail

Friday - May 19, 2006
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Falsification of Compensation Form Leads to Removal and
 
Conviction of Letter Carrier
- US Postal Service enhances employee rewards (subscription)
  Click on Comments for full story 

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Police, Postal Authorities Raid Keller, TX House
- Postal truck break-downs blamed on gas problems MA
- DYMO Stamps(TM) Retail Launch Offers Next Generation of
  Internet Postage
- Authorities: Oakland Postal Fire Likely Electrical
- Mail carrier delivers mail and a aiding hand
- Return to sender, address unseen
- USPS Net Income Rises in March

Thursday - May 18, 2006
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Two dogs attack Tiverton letter carrier RI
- HealthSouth to Pay Additional $3M to Settle
- AMBER Alert US Postage Stamp to be Issued During National Missing Children's Day
- Junked mail conflict builds at post office
- Deciphering the FEHBP Code
 - 1 cent stamp gets letter delivered
- UPS Sets $1 Billion Aside for Expansion of Global Air Hub
- Letter carriers worry about being bitten by dogs
- Post office blaze under investigation
- Major trucking accident destroys mail FL

FYI News:
- FBI searches farm for Jimmy Hoffa
- CIA Nominee Defends Surveillance Program

Wednesday - May 17, 2006
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March Financials: Net Gain After $45M Escrow Allocation
- Mail Carriers Get Hit With High Prices At The Pump
- 3-alarm fire damages West Oakland Post Office
- Mail theft a sign of increasing workloads: Canada postal union
- ROYAL Mail is planning to axe up to 40,000 jobs, union leaders say

Wednesday - May 17, 2006
- Woman sentenced to 10 months in mail theft
- Unaddressed postcards against US Postal regulations
- Celebrating the Wonders of America on 40 US Postage Stamps
- 'PhotoStamps' available via Adobe Photoshop Services
- Stamps.com Launches PhotoStamps for Business
  Also see: Zazzle(R) Offers ZazzleStamps(TM) for Businesses | U.S. Postal Service Expands Popular Personalized Postage for Businesses
- US postal service rectifies Web site references to nation
- Late mail frustrates Chamber of Commerce
- Postie dumped mailbags to go boozing in pub UK
- DUI charge filed after car crashes into post office

Tuesday - May 16, 2006
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Postmaster Disciplined for Allowing Shutting Down Office for Funeral 
- Legislative provision would benefit Postal Service competitors
- Supreme Court Declines To Hear Anthrax Lawsuits
- USPS, Washington Mutual, Temporarily Suspend NSA Proceeding
- Postal employees await test results on materials
- Customized Postage Goes Commercial
- Post Office pushes big newspaper increase

Monday - May 15, 2006
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Letter Carriers $3.1M injury settlement doesn't take away pain
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Stamps used to fund veterans' pensions
- Mailers Fear New Rates Won't Reward Efficiency
- Do we still need a postal service? CA
- Mail handler finds mercury-leaking pack NJ
- Congress Seeks Stamp Solution
- USPS to Unveil First Delivery Van Converted to Hybrid
- USPS Gains Share of US Air Market
- PHONE BOOK MISTAKE RESULTS IN POST OFFICE CALLS
  GOING TO SEX LINE

FYI News:
- Thieves Drill Into Gas Tanks For Fuel
- Postal worker fights robbers with chair Australia

Sunday - May 14, 2006
- Downsizing America's future
- Shirt-Maker Cashing in on Postal Tragedy?
- Google: Letter Carrier Food Drive
- 30 of San Leandro's mailboxes will be cut

Saturday - May 13, 2006
- Change of Address Bites Back
- Mailing of Bricks Hits Brick Wall
- Newest NAPUS Newsletter is Online PDF

Friday - May 12, 2006
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Post Office Responds to Residents Concerns
- For City Carriers: “Bumping” and How this Affects You
  New Article: The Belden Factor - Denny Belden: AKA: VetCarrier
- Postal employees in court in 2 cases
- Remember when the postmaster knew you?

Thursday - May 11, 2006
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Securities & Exchange Commission Files Fraud Charges Against
 
New Jersey Letter Carrier
- Don't raise postal rates quickly
- Postal Service Legislation Attracting Controversy
- Ex-postal worker charged in bank fraud scheme
- Postal consolidation would be bad for Oshkosh
- PMG Potter Wins Industry Leadership at the World Mail Awards
- Retired postal worker lends home for 'Dateline' sex sting
- Postal Rate and Fee Changes Postal Rate Commission
- No date set for Aberdeen postal service hearings
- Board of Governors to seek postage rate increase Federal Times
- Bush Nominates Williams to be USPS Governor

Wednesday - May 10, 2006
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Postal Service fights overhaul bill's accounting language
- 'You've Got To Face It': The Postmark Is Going The Way of the Telegram
- Ex-postal carrier pleads guilty
- POSTAL EMPLOYEE ESTABLISHES MSPB ELIGIBILITY
- BOG Nominations Sent to the Senate
- Nexternal Partners with Endicia to Enable USPS Label Generation
  with Postage
- Postal service's change-of-address filings at historic levels

Tuesday - May 9, 2006
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Albuquerque office overhauled again
- George W. Bush's War Stamp Tax
- Prank call on bomb threat on tour bus leads to charges
- Detectives Recover Mail, Possible Link to SB Postal Thefts
- Mailers Concerned with Rate Hikes, Express Need for Postal Reform
- World's Largest Food Drive Scheduled for May 13
- Director of Product Development for Thrift Savings Plan Announced

FYI News
- Wal-Mart, French trader face off over Mr. Smiley

Monday - May 8, 2006
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Hewitt Associates to Serve 5 Million in Federal Retirement System -
 
Including U.S. Postal Service 
- Postal woes still irk locals
- Rate Case Worries Mailers
Also see: Rate Case Renews Reform Cries
- Postal service campaign proves direct can be hip
- Car slams into semi carrying mail
- Postman killed by a truck South Africa
- Tampa Post Office Might Remain Forever Closed

Saturday - May 6, 2006
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Bomb threat call traced to woman at USPS VA
- Mail carrier thrives on friendships with customers
- Postage hike irks Valley residents, businesses
- USPS to use retread tires

Friday - May 5, 2006
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Agencies Tent the Mall, and a Mailman Really Delivered
- APWU: 19 Congressmen Express Concern About 'Consolidation'
- APWU: Dues Error to be Corrected
- Contingent comes away from PMG meeting with hope to save center
- Postal workers plan picket Friday in Rockford
- Brookside fights postal bureaucrats NJ
- Austin, TX wants postal service to use hybrids
- Mail show thousands returned to New Orleans area in last 3 months
- Threat halts mail at apartment complex MI
- Postal Service Introduces Priority Mail Shoe Box
- First Class Volume Slips, Standard Is Up
- Pikeville post office jobs safe, for now KY

FYI News
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CIA Director Goss Abruptly Resigns
- Congressman Patrick Kennedy blames car accident on medications

Thursday - May 4, 2006
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NALC: What's the deal with DOIS? PDF
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NALC: Wal-Bank? Scary move by retail giant PDF
- Letter Carrier Charged With Burning US Mail NY
- Proposed Pricing Incentives Change the Future of Mail

Wednesday - May 3, 2006
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USPS seeks price adjustments: Governors propose "forever stamp" 
- Post Office Pitches New 'Forever' Stamp Washington Post
- To read PRC Documents: Click Here
- USPS Rate Increase Request_R2006-1_Complete.pdf
Postal Service Offers Rate Increase Deal | Another Postal Rate Hike Coming?

- Postman change envelops neighborhood feelings  
- Lost in the mail
- After 16 years, ex-neighbor (a UPS driver) arrested in woman's killing
- Stopping Junk Mail
- City carrier's retirement is occasion for neighborhood party

Tuesday - May 2, 2006
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May 2006- Dominating the game, both inside and outside PDF
 
NALC Presidents Message
- Consumer Alert: Ads That Look Like Bills
- Man Robs Post Office - Escapes in Postmaster's Car WV
- House has yet to name postal reform negotiators
- R.R. Donnelley Adds Tracking Capabilities To Co-Mailing
- Campbell Soup Company and Letter Carriers Help Stamp Out Hunger
- Japan postal system to have more employees after privatization

Monday - May 1, 2006
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USPS Should Add 'Deceased' Card Similar to NCOA Postcard  
- PRC: No Changes to Bank One NSA
- A Weighty Issue
- Postal delivery is no easy reach

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