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May 01, 2008
- FTC Report: U.S. Postal Service Needs More Freedom and Less Protection -
- Post office “test mailers” needed: The Real Deal
- USPS says safety only issue in post office closing -
- Unconscious driver crashes into Lincoln Park post office
- FedEx wins reprieve in Senate bill
- Postman saves wheelchair-bound senior from burning home
- Postal strike averted after Deutsche Post AG wage agreement

April 30, 2008
- Post Carrier Accused of Warning Customer About 'Mail Cover' Surveillance
- Irving, TX carrier delivers dog to mayor's doorstep -
- Endorsement Reaction - Federal News Radio
- Post Office Won't Let Charity Reuse Boxes
- Threats delay mail deliveries
- Mail Carrier to be recognized for saving neighbor's life
- Pushing the Envelope: Interview with USPS's Paul Vogel
- Carrier convicted of mail fraud after claiming disability
- Woman arrested for stealing mail, USPS key
- Postal worker helps police nab burglar

April 29, 2008
- Look For The Union Label -
- APWU: Six More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
- Send recyclables for free? Well, yes ... but not here
- Washington-Times Herald will soon be delivered by U.S. mail
  Also - U.S. Postal Service to Deliver Indiana Newspaper
- APWU: Arbitration-Case Backlog at 25-Year Low
- The National Postal Museum Needs Your Help
- Canada Post Manages Thirteenth Consecutive Year of Profitability

April 28, 2008
- Rally to protest Lafayette post office closing
- Jackson, MO postmaster reassigned to supervisory position after investigation -
- Rural Mail Carrier Pleads Not Guilty
- Postal collection reminds Juan Rodriguez of his years of service

April 27, 2008
- APWU Local 903 says region's postal service will suffer
- Mystery of mail man missing 23 years -
- Neighbors march in support of injured letter carrier
- Retired postal employee runs Internet radio
- Same face, same time
- Post office’s plastic gear lost to offices, recyclers

April 26, 2008
- Rural postal carrier indicted for mail theft
- Clerk craft losing new jobs to mail handler craft -
- APWU: Off-Site Safety and Health Inspections MOU
- Handbook EL-312 Revision: Headquarters EAS Positions -
- Handbook F-21 Revision: Rural Replacement Carrier Training Pay Procedures
- Sweeping Changes Debated for Landmark Family and Medical Leave Act
- Postal Service Form 3849 Revision Notice
- TSP Fact Sheet
- Cracking the zip code of Atlanta cool
- Junking 'Junk Mail' How To Get Only The Mail You Really Want

April 25, 2008
- Attacker of postal worker gets 7 years
- Pissed at the post office - Mail carriers say skewed system steals money out of their pockets -
- Federal jury convicts Stanley resident and former postmaster for attempted murder-for-hire
- Board of Governors to Meet May 6-7, 2008 in Washington, DC
- Attorney General to testify before Congress on bill to ban mailing of cigarettes
- Postal Service Provides 'Sneak Peek' at Classic Car Stamps
  View Car Images

April 24, 2008
- Chicago area postal employee victim of triple slaying
- SteelCloud Awarded Contract by U.S. Postal Service
- FedEx to launch int'l express service with Canada Post

Strange, but true
Australia's postal service announced it is raising the maximum weight limit for men and women letter carriers by 33 pounds to attract more recruits. Australia Post had a 198-pound limit for "posties" because its 110cc motorcycles had a safe working limit of 286 pounds, allowing 88 pounds for mail. Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported that testing by motorcycle manufacturer Honda indicated the vehicles could safely carry a "postie" weighing 231 pounds. Loads, however, must be limited to 55 pounds. -

April 23, 2008
- Honduran man charged in attack on postal worker in Atlantic City
- Queens Residents Protest Poor Post Office Service -
- Mail carrier carjacked in Tipton, CA
- All Out on May Day! -
- Video: Carrier Saves Babies Life
- Canada Post under fire
- Congressman Towns Backs Bill to Protect Stamp Vending Machines
- APWU: Workers Memorial Day
- Former mail carrier charged with stealing mail

April 22, 2008
- Postal authorities recover mail from Unicoi Route
- Working Life (High and Low) -
- Albany, NY mail carrier saves baby falling from window -
- NALC Golden Gate Branch 214 call for abusive Supervisor to be removed from supervising carriers -
- Private Contracting Would Help Postal Service, Experts Say -
- Deutsche Post Workers to Widen Strikes Hurting Business Mail
- Linwood mail delivery meeting set
- Strategic review of Canada Post announced
- Guide Dogs Help Deliver Mail With First-Ever Canadian Braille Stamp

April 21, 2008
- Former postal worker sentenced for money order scam -
- PRC Invites Public Comment -
- Postmark Power
- Ludicrous policies at local post office -
- Retired postal workers have town to call their own
- American Idol Gets Another Stamp of Approval
- NAPUS Newsletter
- Worker Walkouts at Deutsche Post Mean Empty Mailboxes

April 20, 2008
- Women who collected completed tax forms April 15 at postal unit not from IRS, post office
- Man on bicycle killed by postal truck
- YOU GOT THE WRONG MAN! -
- Strikes threaten German postal service, Berlin transport

April 19, 2008
- APWU Opposes NLRB/USPS Settlement Agreement Relating To Weingarten Violations
- Contractors Are Antidote to Postal Service's Billion-Dollar Losses -
- Two-vehicle accident claims life of carrier
- Man in postal uniform robs Union City bank
- Mail Carrier May Have Known Man Who Shot Him
- Mail carrier climbs on car to fend off dogs
- Tallahassee merchants call for later postal pickup times
- 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive is Saturday, May 10

April 18, 2008
- McAllen, TX post office worker charged with stealing from mail -
- End of the route for the ‘Mailman’?
- APWU: Mail Network Protection Act Gains Eight More Co-Sponsors
- More on misuse of postal funds
- Postal Inspectors Return Funds From Nigerian Internet Scam
- Mail Carrier Attacked By Pit Bull

April 17, 2008
- Teens accused of shooting BB gun at mail carrier
- Ross-Simons Slams Proposed USPS Rule Change For ‘Slim-Jim’ Processing
- OIG Audit: USPS Voyager Card Program -
- Mail carrier accused of vandalizing trees on route
- Error leads to post-dated tax returns

April 16, 2008
- Grandmother In Shock: Grandson Shot Mail Carrier
- 'FINE' TIME FOR POSTAL COP -
- APWU: Donation to Save Small-Town Post Office
- A Call for Action On Tax Scams
- More mailbox explosives found
- Earth Class Mail Expands Markets

April 15, 2008
- Postal worker shoots 2 neighbors, then himself, in Harlem
- Postmaster Steals Van to 'Teach' Carrier a Lesson - Police, Not Amused -
- Burrus Asks Bush to Appoint Postal Service Advisory Council -
- APWU Members Lead the Charge In Defense of FMLA -
- St. Louis mail carrier shot, wounded on his rounds
- TX Rep. Smith wants to name a post office after a lobbyist -
- Same Uniform: Different Commander in Chief
- Mail carrier robber imprisoned
- Three homemade bombs found in rural mailboxes
- New Carrier Route Map Data with Record Coverage
- Postage hike won't help mail service
- Remote post office robbed

April 14, 2008
- USPS snubs Mac users with changes to Click-n-Ship service
- Postal service truck robbed
- Postman is Volcanoes favorite

April 13, 2008
- Postal protest: Mansfield employees say move is hurting service - Postal employees picket - "Save Our Mansfield, Ohio USPS." -
- Our position: Extravagant spending with government credit cards has no justification -
- Burrus comments on Obama "He’ll Take Us in the Right Direction -

April 12, 2008
- 8 charged in postal crimes, mail fraud -
- Check's in the mail: McCausland gets donation from American Postal Union for post office
- USPS - Leaving a Green Footprint -
- PRC okays USPS' competitive products price increase
- Wintery weather stops mail delivery in Duluth
- Rain, sleet or snow but no bumpy roads
- Postal workers attacked by wild turkeys

April 11, 2008
- Former letter carrier sues Postal Service -
- Stop junk mail and help save the world -
- Boy, those postal folks like to eat, don't they?
- The post office won't think twice on closing
- Postal union decries bulk mailing change

April 10, 2008
- Court Says Carrier Must Work Saturdays
Read summary here. -

- Take The Money and Run - GAO Report
- Lavish $13500 Postal Service Dinner Party Held At Orlando Restaurant -
- Postal officials defend $13,500 steak dinner -
- At the U.S. Postal Service, workers spent over $35,000 on Internet gambling and casino sportsbooks. Other ridiculous expenses include an 81-person dinner outing at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse totally over $14,000. -
- This Round Is On You - Mike Causey: Fed News Radio -
- Federal Times: Internet dating among inappropriate government card purchases -
- Postal Service cuts and runs
- The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?

- Post office heist nets $21G; 3 put in vault
- Mail Moves America
- Postal Employee Wins $100,000 in Fishing Contest
- Postal service really let me down this time
- Why is mail service so poor?
- Delay in campaign mailings questioned
- Postal service looking to consolidate Watertown and Oakville offices

More Postal News
April 09, 2008
- APWU Endorses Sen. Barack Obama -
- APWU: Union Members Urged to Help Save FMLA Protections
- Millions Squandered On Government Cards -

- Postal Inspectors Want to Track Your USPS Vehicle
USPS is seeking a business solution for Tracking Devices and reviewing supplier responses that meet task requirements...more -

- True or False - You Decide
Regarding the new, and soon to be in your area, Flats Sequencing System USPS says " FSS can sort flat-size mailpieces into delivery sequence, increasing efficiency by reducing carriers’ time sorting mail, and allowing carriers to begin delivering mail earlier in the day." Source: USPS -

- NALC speaks out against murder of union members -
- Cheaper Pricing? Just Say the Magic Word -
- Fixit: Letter carriers can smoke on breaks

April 08, 2008
- NAACP sides with Richmond-area postal workers about "unrealistic goals" -
- Postal employee implicated in credit card scheme
- USPS: Lafayette's not profitable for us -
- National Postal Forum Flats Symposium
- Using the S-Words
  Mike Causey, Federal News Radio -
- First it was dogs; now . . . turkeys?
- US Postal Service Offers Free "E-Recycling"

April 07, 2008
- Frustration increases over Truckee post office -
- US Postal Service Again Honored as 'Most Trusted' -
- Tossed rock breaks windshield on postal truck
- Opinion: Postal service in Tradition unsatisfactory
- INTERNET LAW - THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND INTERNET FRAUD
- Mailboxes are on the agenda again for the Killeen City Council
- PRC Unveils New Website

April 06, 2008
- Snail mail a bother to others -
- Postal Service Again Vexes Penny Pinchers -
- In the mail soon — a new generation of direct marketing
- Kind hearts, missing checks

April 05, 2008
- SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES NATIONAL POSTAL SUPERVISORS
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- North Side residents want to send gangs a message -
- A message from the PMG - When the going gets tough... -
- Battle looms over bypass mail - AK
- Postal inspectors raid home in identity theft probe
- Texas SSI Checks Apparently Sent to Wrong Zip Code
- Harmony post office suspends service after 94 years
- She said she had set this fire by intentionally placing a space heater close to a couch and it was all done in collusion with a postal employee...

April 04, 2008
- Consumers can 'police' their own mailbox - Opinion
  Don Soifer: executive director of the U.S. Consumer Postal Council -
- Ten More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
- Carrier Attacked in Mobile, AL
- BOYCOTT USPS UNITY DAY - San Antonio APWU -
- New technology allows Freedom to have its own mailing identifier

April 03, 2008
- Federal Court Dismisses APWU Suit -
- APWU Board Assails McCain For Crossing Strikers’ Picket Line
- ID theft traced to bogus USPS change of address form -
- New equipment to lower USPS costs as revenue declines -
- Hard Blow to Direct Marketers in UK
- California Man Arrested on Suspicion of Mail Theft
- Newborn Identity Information Missing
- Postal purgatory
- Postal Service High-Speed Sorters Get Smarter, Faster

April 02, 2008
- Harlingen, TX Postal Employees Running Scared
Video: Look For Video Here -
- Almost 3 Dozen Virginia Postal Workers Test Positive For TB -
- Snail mail makes this columnist positively postal -
- Another Postal Rate Hike -
- Former mail carrier 'Baby V' still knows how to deliver
- Former clerk accused of misappropriating over $13,000.00
- Postal Service may not deliver Wentworth facility
- Official NALC merchandise
- Two Letter Carriers Recovering After Attacks
- Man Sets Lamont Post Office On Fire
- Potomac man oversaw US stamp program for two decades

April 01, 2008
- How to Outlast the Do-Not-Mail Movement -
- USPS clerk indicted for theft of mail
- Pit Bulls Attack Mailman and Police Officer - One Killed
- Old post office evokes wealth of memories

March 31, 2008
- Postal Service offers $50000 reward in contract worker robbery -
- Despite Protest From Postal Workers, Red Bank Restricts Parking On Hudson Ave
- Chicago postal worker critical after West Side crash
- Port St. Lucie grows into its own mail service
- MDA: Letter carriers deliver for three important letters

March 30, 2008
- Jackson postmaster on leave during probe of alleged rules violations
- A reason to respond a bit faster -
- APWU: Make Your Voice Heard! Object to Proposed FMLA Regulations that Threaten Medical Privacy, Other Protections
- Incorrect change-of-address card causes nightmare
- Vets' mail was in limbo - It took three weeks for delivery to the VA's outpatient clinic -- because there was no mailbox

March 29, 2008
- APWU: FMLA: Here We Go Again
- USPS tries to foil dog attacks -
- Revision Of Handbook M-41 - City Delivery Carriers Duties and Responsibilities  Duration of Address Changes -
- PS Form 3971, Request for or Notification of Absence Revised
- New USPS Campaign Targets Unscheduled Absences
- FBI Focusing on 'About Four' Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks -
- President Grants Pardon to Former Postal Employee -
- What percentage of my retirement annuity or amount must I select in order to provide for my nonfederal surviving spouse to continue receiving health benefits after my death?

March 28, 2008
- Update: Reward offered in North Side shooting of letter carrier
- Background Checks of Contract Employees -
- USPS will install mailbox units in all new Casper developments

March 27, 2008
- Letter carrier shot in holdup attempt
- Dublin: Postal Service not meeting demands -
- Commission, Postal Service agree to talks
- Aspinwall postal station won't reopen

March 26, 2008
- Postal Service Can't Account for Millions, Audits Say -
- Chicago Postal worker dies in Bedford Park crash -
- Truck of mail caught fire near San Marcos - TX
- Postal Service can be maddening
- Postal employee injured when woman drives car into post office
- USPS Moves to Improve Address Quality for Mailing Industry

March 25, 2008
- PRC Ruling Exposes Unhealthy Relationship Between USPS and Influential Mailers
- PRC: Postage Hike Exceeds Limit on Worksharing Discounts
- President Grants Pardon to Former Postal Employee -
- Postal Carrier, Others Busted In ID Theft Scheme
- Postal worker pleads guilty to delaying, hiding mail
- Competition a good thing for postal service market
- Will The Real Fed Please Stand Up
- USPS emphasizes responsible use of sick leave -
- Woman drives car into post office
- LOST IN THE MAIL: POSTAL WORKER SPOTS
- 1 in 10, including Postal Service, fail to pay stormwater fees

March 24, 2008
- Banking On A Sick Leave Bank -
- Postal Operators - A Global Decline In Mail Volume
- Question: As the cost of first-class postage continues to rise, have the volume of first-class mail and the number of postal employees increased or decreased?

March 23, 2008
- Resolutions in support of labor action against the war -
- Doctor Says Brain Tumor Made Rural Carrier Throw Mail Away -
- Officials: dogs becoming real problem for postal carriers
- Stephen R. Erkins v. United States Postal Service
- Residents Blame Post Office For Jail Time, Late Fees -
- ELM Revision: Restoration of Annual Leave and Forms Required for Back Pay Claims
- Handbook EL-312 Revision: Medical Suitability
- Student Fights To Move Post Office

March 22, 2008
- Former Postal Worker Implicated In ID Theft Ring
- National level grievance filed on 2008 rural mail count
- Postmasters head for the Hill
- FedEx Watch - Submitted by PEN Reader
- Postal employee taken to hospital after collision in mail truck
- USPS mailbox blown up on Chicago Northwest Side
- You may think it's junk mail, but we postal employees know it's our paycheck

March 21, 2008
- Ex-postal worker denies disability fraud charges -
- Report: Junk mail is "lifeblood" of the Post Office -
- Canada Post looking for new technological solutions to deter dog attacks
- USPS brings sexy back to the recycling game with "Mail Back"
- PRC verifies USPS rate increases

March 20, 2008
- Gloom of night mail draws complaints -
- Ex-postal official sentenced to prison - Also see Ex-Postal Manager Sentenced In Sex Assault Case -
- Postage going up to pay for HBO ad?
- Talks aim to reopen Liberty postal station
- Nortel picks up Postal Service extension
- Get ready: More U.S. postal changes en route

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