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Thursday, May 31

• U.S. post office shows off recycled packaging
  Reuters
• Postmaster General Takes Umbrage With Wachovia Ad
  Advertising Age
• Customer slugs postal workers
  Grand Rapids Press
• Siemens Awarded 161 Million Euros Flats Sequencing System Subcontract from Northrop Grumman/USA
  Press release

  Wednesday, May 30

• Mail buried at postal worker's home
  Raleigh News and Observer

  Tuesday, May 29

• Burrus: Congressional Intervention On Contracting Would Interfere With Collective Bargaining
  APWU News
• USPS follows up on sex offenders
  KDFW TV Dallas-Fort Worth
  click here to read the new USPS policy
• Postal issues rule at Catalogers' Convention
  DMNews.com
• Northrop wins $874.6M U.S. Postal Service contract for FSS machines
  Los Angeles Business
• PRC recommends temporary rate relief
  DMNews.com
  ... but mailers aren't impressed, according to Postcom.org

  Monday, May 28

• One man's marketing is another man's junk mail
  Asbury Park Press

  Saturday, May 26

• Harkin Introduces Senate Bill To Outlaw ‘Contracting Out’
  NALC Bulletin
• 18 years to life for murder of letter carrier
  Canton (OH) Repository
• Mail carrier attacked by three dogs on route
  Santa Maria (CA) Times

  Friday, May 25

• USPS expects sellout of Star Wars stamps
  Kansas City Star
• Jury gets case of slain mail carrier
  Canton (OH) Repository
• NALC local chief faces embezzlement charges
  San Mateo Country Times

  Thursday, May 24

• Post office employee took gifts from mail
  Toledo Blade
• Texas Postal Worker Jailed for Mail Theft
  KCBD TV Lubbock
• USPS proposes new address quality standards
  DMNews.com
• What every mailer must know about the USPS’ rate case
  DMNews.com

  Wednesday, May 23

• Slow mail brings Postal Service investigation
  Island Packet (SC)
• Growing postal fees stick it to businesses
  Seattle Times
• Chicago Tribune offers catalogers alternative delivery
  DMNews.com
• Intended target testifies about killing of postal worker
  Canton (OH) Repository
  also- click here for video from WOIO TV
• Greco: DM needs 'positive, coordinated responses'
  DMNews.com

  Tuesday, May 22

• Mail Handlers file national grievance over four week delay in retroactive payments
  Mail Handlers Update
• NYC Carrier Accused of Sexually Assaulting Customer
  1010 WINS New York
• Gas Prices Taking A Toll On Rural Mail Carriers
  KOTV Tulsa
• Armed Robbery At Virginia Post Office
  WRIC TV Richmond
• Higher postal rates shaping up as trouble for smaller companies
  Paramus Post
• Third shift created at USPS center to improve mail service
  Las Cruces Sun-News
  also: New Mexico Senators: More workers could improve mail delivery
  Associated Press
• NYC pooches still going postal
  "An Associated Press story last week incorrectly reported that not a single letter carrier in the New York area reported being bitten last year. In fact, there were 67 recorded dog bites on postal carriers ... in 2006, compared with 54 in the previous year."
  NY Daily News

  Monday, May 21

• Appeals Court upholds NLRB sanctions against USPS in Albuquerque
  Tenth Circuit Court web site (Adobe .pdf file)
• US Postal Service Gets Favorable Reviews Despite Higher Price of Stamps
  Rasmussen Reports
• New rates may prompt changes in managing mail
  Federal Times
• Mail not only metered, but measured
  Charleston (WV) Gazette
• BOG Member Barnett Implicated in Rove's Plan to Keep Minorities Off Voter Rolls
  Democracy for New Mexico
• PRC wants more comments on postal law
  DMNews.com
• Catalog group responds to DMA letter
  DMNews.com

  Sunday, May 20

• You've got mail carriers, Chicago
  USPS adds 200 new mail carriers in the city to remedy nation's worst service ranking
  Daily Southtown
• Man accused in death of mail carrier to go on trial
  Canton (OH) Repository
• Police, firemen's groups want to know what happened to campaign mailing
  Waco Tribune

  Saturday, May 19

• Congressional Objection to Contract Delivery Services Growing
  also: Senate Panel Questions OPM Denial of Medicare Part D Subsidy
  eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
• Post Office Box rent hikes part of postal rate increases
  Independent Coast Observer (CA)
• The rarest stamp is one attached to a real letter
  Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

  Friday, May 18

• Postmaster faces misconduct charge
  PM awarded phony contract to wife
  Aspen Times
• Mailers, USPS discuss future of flats
  DMNews.com
• Will Increased Postal Rates Hurt eBay? - Seeking Alpha
  "The postal increase that went into effect on May 14 has been a nightmare for eBay sellers."
  Seeking Alpha blog
• Alabama postal clerk accused of stealing gift cards
  Birmingham Press Register
• USPS tests Seamless Verification with Friend-to-Friend postcards
  DMNews.com

  Thursday, May 17

• Contract employee, family members charged in mail theft ring
  Greensboro News-Record
• No consolidation of Gaylord postal facility
  Gaylord (MI) Herald Times
• USPS says rate changes going smoothly, but some mailers concerned
  DMNews.com
• New Orleans' Population Tracked By Postman
  WDSU-TV New Orleans
• N.Y.C. named safest for letter carriers - none chomped in '06
  NY Daily News
• USPS May Revise Slim-Jim Specs
  multichannelmerchant.com

  Wednesday, May 16

• Man buys $8,000 worth of stamps to use forever
  Mechanicsburg (PA) Patriot News
• Fox News report says 39 cent stamps are worthless
  Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
• Growth now, mail routes later
  Residents frustrated with service as USPS plays catch up
  Victorville (CA) Daily Press

  Tuesday, May 15

• APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City
  APWU News
• PRC Chairman discusses rate increase
  The PRC's Dan Blair took part in an online discussion of the new rate structure.
  Washington Post
• Post office robbery leads to chase, arrests
  Beaufort (SC) Gazette
• Artist stamps his mark on forever
  Baltimore Sun
• Editorial: Sorting out the post office
  "This week's hikes in US postal rates point to the need for more reform, starting with labor costs."
  Christian Science Monitor
• APWU: News Reports Paint Misleading Picture of Postage Increase
  APWU News
• USPS loses some of its immunity against consumer lawsuits
  postalnews blog
• Postmaster Arrested After Entering Office
  Employee Entered Office Wearing Black, Carrying Bag
  WSMV TV Nashville

  Monday, May 14

• Beaumont REC workers might have to go 750 miles to stay with postal service
  Beaumont Enterprise
• The shape of new postal rates raising ire of businesses
  Associated Press
• DMA opposes catalog coalition's stance on Standard flats rates
  DMNews.com
• New periodical rates: a fair plan , or a sellout to Time-Warner?
  NPR's On The Media talks to Free Press President Bob McChesney, and PRC member Ruth Goldway.
  WNYC New York

  Saturday, May 12

• North Carolina rural carrier charged with mail theft
  Burlington (NC) Times-News
• Rate increase threatens religious magazines
  Religion News Service
• Postal worker convicted of workers comp fraud sentenced to 5 months
  Rockford (IL) Register Star
• Economist: Post office may not last 'forever'
  "Charles Guy, who studied the economics of mail for 26 years inside the Postal Service, says... increases may become an annual ritual." (You mean the USPS will do what UPS and FedEx have always done?)
  St Louis Post Dispatch

  Friday, May 11

• House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies
  APWU News
• Alaska bush communities get a break on postal rate
  Anchorage Daily News
• Canada: lawsuit alleges dog bit postman's private parts
  Vancouver Sun

  Thursday, May 10

• Beating the postal-rate hike means banking online - MarketWatch
  MarketWatch
• Pushing the envelopes
  Postal Service will launch new rates Monday that focus on package size as well as weight.
  Kansas City Star
• L.A. mail delivery is slow but improving
  Daily Breeze
  download the OIG report
• Josephine Baker Unfit for the Mail?
  (It Wasn’t Even a French Postcard)
  New York Times

  Wednesday, May 9

• Mending the Mail Mess in Chicago
  WLS TV Chicago
• Tennessee postal worker sentenced in theft
  Kingsport Times News
• Mail practices sent into flux
  Postal rate changes are making businesses think outside the box, with shape, flexibility as factors besides size
  Newsday
• Hawaii carrier sent to prison for stealing mail
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
• Postal software ready; Standard flats still unknown
  DMNews.com
• Devastation
  Kansas tornado destroys Post Office and homes of postal employees
  USPS News Link
• DYMO offers free two cent stamps
  DYMO.com

  Tuesday, May 8

• Hate junk mail?
  From yesterday's 'TODAY' show. Includes a video segment telling how to avoid unwanted advertising mail. (But not until you watch an advertisement, of course...)
  MSNBC
• Oldest postmaster in nation is rural Ohio woman, 91
  Cleveland Plain Dealer
• 15th Annual Food Drive Set for Saturday
  NALC web site
• Nonprofit mailers fear discounted rates may be revoked
  DMNews.com

  Monday, May 7

• Five Years After Attacks, A Better Anthrax Cleaner?
  DefenseNews.com
• Turks say they "saved" USPS
  Turkish Daily News
• JPostal changes worry residents of tiny village
  Juneau Empire
• EEOC denies USPS request for reconsideration in class action case
  Postalflame.org

  Saturday, May 5

• One Last Bite of the Apple?
  e-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

  Friday, May 4

• Sioux City union members picket mail processing center
  Sioux City Journal
• Two post office heroes to be honored
  Williamsport (PA) Sun-Gazette
• Ex-postmaster admits misusing postal funds
  Asbury Park Press
• Contracting Out: Does Opposition Depend on Who Is Affected?
  Burrus says the NALC is selective when it comes to opposing contracting out
  APWU News
• Commentary: We can do better communicating DMers’ needs to PRC
  "a couple of the governors... seemed clueless regarding questions raised about the postal service"
  "there appears to be a full-fledged food fight going on between the heads of the two largest postal unions"
  DMNews.com
• Rep. Susan Davis introduces bill requiring postage-paid absentee ballots
  TheHill.com
• Postal hike tests nonprofits' resourcefulness
  Palm Beach Post
• Shape-based postage: 8 ways to save
  DMNews.com

  Thursday, May 3

• Mail carrier’s SUV burns mail cargo
  Allegan (MI) News
• Grievance settlement adds career employees in Gaylord
  Traverse City (MI) Record-Eagle
• Postal hike will burden reading program
  Nashville Tennessean
• Contract postal unit worker charged with theft
  Honolulu Advertiser

  Wednesday, May 2

• Governors Accept PRC's Revised Rate Recommendations
  Priority Flat-Rate Box Price Lowered
  USPS News Release
• USPS asked to delay increase in Standard Mail flats
  DMNews.com
• San Diego: Mail Taken In Postal Van Break-In
  KGTV San Diego
• Chicago USPS poor mail delivery at issue
  DMNews.com

  Tuesday, May 1

• Rates a hot topic at mailers' meetings
  - Postage rates No. 1 topic at VT/NH DMG forum
  - Chicago DM Days crowd reacts to rising postal rates
  DMNews.com
• DM Days keynoters talk change, connectivity
  "You know direct marketing's not the same anymore when two former executives from one of the ad agencies handling the USPS account — don't mention direct mail in their keynote presentation"
  DMNews.com
• Despite profit loss, Pitney Bowes looking forward
  DMNews.com
• St Pete out of sorts over postal move
  St Petersburg Times

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