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Monday, December 31

• Postage Due cartoonist profiled
  Asheville Citizen Times
  (Today's strip marks the end of "Postage Due", at least here on postalnews.com. You can still read the archived strips at postagedue.postalnews.com.)
• Nothing prevents local post office from ensuring that residents get those special Christmas packages
  Reno Gazette Journal

  Sunday, December 30

• For Norfolk mail carrier, helping to save a life is part of the job
  Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
• Neither Rain Nor Snow. But Impatient New Yorkers?
  New York Times
• Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing painkillers from mail
  Associated Press

  Saturday, December 29

• Letter: Beware giving tips to U.S. postal workers
  Columbus Dispatch
• Postman pulls a slow one on Santa’s helpers in Pennsylvania
  Reading Eagle
• Bullet holes investigated at U.S. Postal Service building
  Charlotte (FL) Sun-Herald

  Friday, December 28

• DMA digs in for do-not-mail fight
  DMNews.com
• NALC Postal Record for January 2008
  NALC web site
• The Future of the Post in Delivering Movies
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
  meanwhile, Walmart is getting out of the video download business -Endgadget.com
• PRC seeks comments on regulation of non-postal services
  Federal Register
• Neither snow nor rain, but grandkids? Sure!
  Man who put his stamp on Allentown post office retiring after 42 years
  Allentown Morning Call
• Mailman robbed in Youngstown
  Youngstown Vindicator
• USPS Previews 2008 Stamps
  Press release
• 'It does look kind of silly'
  Letter carrier sports shorts during snowstorm
  Fort Collins Coloradoan

  Thursday, December 27

• Kansas post office reopens after bomb threat
  Kansas City Star
• Holiday rush, understaffing mean long lines, safety woes at post office
  Workday Minnesota
• Reward offered in mail theft: postal truck hit in Illinois
  Lake County News-Sun
• Thieves Steal Holiday Mail From Gated Community
  WTLV TV Jacksonville
• Wineries toast mail law
  Detroit News
• From ticket sales to sorting mail
  Post office is community icon
  Evansville Courier Press
• Money may be motive in Christmas Eve murder of letter carrier and family
  Seattle Times

  Wednesday, December 26

• Postal 'Santa' Delivers On Christmas Day
  KMGH TV Denver
• Mailboxes a disappearing icon
  Florida Times Union
• Remote mail run lives up to post office credo
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  Tuesday, December 25

• People still mailing gifts on Christmas Eve
  KHON TV Honolulu
• Manistee steams over orders to move mailboxes
  Detroit News
• Surveillance Photos Of Postal Robbery Suspect Released
  WCVB TV Boston
• A busy Christmas Eve keeps those Postal Service Santas and elves hopping
  Waco Tribune
• Updated: No Overtime Says USPS CFO
  see also the original post
  PostalProfiles.com

  Monday, December 24

• E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season
  New York Times
• Cutting the Stack of Catalogs
  Business Week

  Sunday, December 23

• Christmas has a Zip Code
  Southwest Florida Herald Tribune
  (and click here for a listing of other POs with Christmasy names)
• Letter carrier finds choice of career delivers every day
  The Oklahoman
• Postal workers wrap up busiest week of the year
  Des Moines Register

  Saturday, December 22

• IRS says FedEx drivers are employees, not contractors
  Bloomberg
• Postal Service Updates Transformation Plan to Reflect New Law and New Technologies
  Government Technology
• Letter carrier released from hospital after pit bull attack
  Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel
• 2 teens beat, rob letter carrier
  Memphis Commercial Appeal

  Friday, December 21

• Congress Spreads Holiday Cheer – Leaves Town
  Also: Lieberman Endorsement of McCain Could Have Repercussions
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin
• Postal truck hijacked, looted in Boston
  Boston Herald
  See also the video report from WHDH-TV
• Contract carrier sentenced in mail thefts
  Charleston (WV) Gazette
• Man pleads to scheme targeting post offices
  Concord (NH) Monitor
• Mail carrier rescues fallen customer
  Burlington County (NJ) Times
• Congress Blocks Seven AMP Consolidations
  also: Annual Revenue Forgone Payment to USPS Assured, and more from the NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update via Postcom.org
• Pitney Bowes CEO notes anniversary of postal reform law | postalnews blog
  Press release
• Postal worker sentenced
  Capital Times (Madison WI)

  Thursday, December 20

• APWU Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’
  APWU News
• Senate bill would delay postal service consolidations
  Sioux City Journal
• Postal worker arrested for selling oxycodone to co-workers
  Woburn (MA) Daily Times Chronicle
• NALC's Young accuses OIG of abuses, bungling and waste
  NALC Postal Record
• Why Does Postal Management Allow Non-Compatible Disk Mailers To Claim Automated Rates?
  eKEY Technologies

  Wednesday, December 19

• USPS consolidates HR systems
  Federal Computer Week
  see also: Postal Service Hi-Tech Human Resources Transformation a Success
• USPS Operating Gudelines for Christmas Eve
  APWU News
• A Postal Paradise
  Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise
• Tons of mail keep U.S. troops busy
  Miami Herald
• Sick leave plan falls short, manager groups say
  Federal Times
• Text of Board of Governors' Approval of Bank of America NSA
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• Labor Dept. Accused of Union Sabotage
  Washington Post

  Tuesday, December 18

• Congressman blocks Bronx postal consolidation
  Press release
• Not even the flu can stop U.S. mail, but it can slow it down
  Terre Haute Tribune Star
• USPS's CFO Delivers Corporate Mentality
  CFO.com
• Postal van and mail go up in flames
  Allentown (PA) Morning Call
• 'This is a little like tax day'
  The Rocky Mountain News
• FERS Flu Part Deux
  Federal News Radio
• Infectious goodwill at post office
  Palm Beach Post

  Monday, December 17

• Still Choosing the Mailbox Over the In-Box
  New York Times
• Weird News: Christmas card mailed in 1914 finally arrives
  Kansas City Star
• Snail mail lines move slowly
  Roanoke Times
• Business data exposed on Canada Post website
  Globe and Mail
• On the Job
  Letter carrier talks about the job
  Worcester Telegram & Gazette

  Sunday, December 16

• Two MRSA cases at Tennessee post office
  Shelbyville Times-Gazette
• Thousands Of Postal Workers Not Paid
  Update: confirmation of the story we reported on Friday: 14,000 rural carriers didn't get their paychecks last week.
  WCSH TV Portland ME
  Earlier:
  Rural pay snafu?
  postalnews blog
• Students work to protect kids who write to Santa
  Stamford Advocate
• Homeless get mail with general delivery
  New York Daily News
• Rural carrier indicted in keeping of mail
  Springfield (MO) News-Leader

  Saturday, December 15

• Postal Price Pinch
  Eugene (OR) Register-Guard
• 9 postal employees indicted, accused of conspiring to steal mail
  WWL TV New Orleans
• Canada Post 'heartbroken' over rude Santa letters
  Ottawa Citizen
• Norman Postal Training Center opens doors to families, storm crews
  Norman Transcript
• Senate approves extension of breast cancer stamp
  Press release
• General Dynamics wins $40 million contract for flats automation
  Press release
• Customers miffed over removal of vending machines
  Raleigh News and Observer
• DHL, U.S. Post Office Lead Climate-Friendly Survey
  The Daily Green

  Friday, December 14

• WSJ: Why UPS Shares May Suffer Post-Holiday Blues
  postalnews blog
• Mail truck goes up in flames in New York
  White Plains Journal News
• Growth in online shopping puts extra pressure on shipping firms
  Toledo Blade
• Accused post office employee speaks out
  WRDW TV Augusta GA

  Thursday, December 13

• Why do FERS employees use up their sick leave before retiring?
  (No prize for guessing...)
  Mike Causey's Federal Report
  (Note- on the second page of the column, Causey mentions the LA clerk buyout rumors: bottom line- VERA yes, buyout no)
• Mail carriers up to the challenge
  Norman (OK) Transcript
• Contract employee charged after alleged assault at Alabama post office
  Anniston Star Police Blog
• MSPB affirms removal of mailhandler in threat case
  Press release
• USPS gets grant, increases Ft Wayne REC staff
  Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
• Now-ex Fort Worth postal worker gets prison over theft
  Houston Chronicle
• Rep. Lynch Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’
  Bill would require the Postal Service to bargain with unions before engaging in "significant" subcontracting.
  APWU News
• Board of Governors Approves Proposal That PRC Says Could Cost USPS Millions
  APWU News

  Wednesday, December 12

• Pennsylvania postal employee accused of hiding, delaying 18,000 pieces of mail
  Associated Press
• Appeals court upholds demotion of supervisor who falsified time clock rings
  United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• BOG Approves appropriation request, Bank of America NSA
  USPS News Link
• Contract trucker dies in Charleston WV accident
  West Virginia Metro News
• USPS signs lease on new South Florida distribution facility
  GlobeSt.com
• Boy, 14, struck by mail truck in Delaware dies
  KYW TV Philadelphia
• Probe opened into bag of stolen mail
  Salisbury (MD) Daily Times
• No video of heist try at post office
  Jersey Journal
• Letters: Help mail carriers by leaving lights on late in day
  Sheboygan Press
• Florida letter carrier provides free lawn mowing
  UPI
• PSDS developer Yancey Rowe dies
  Washington Post

  Tuesday, December 11

• Burrus asks PMG for Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers
  APWU News
• Mail tossed along road
  Newark (OH) Advocate
• Ex-postal worker sentenced to jail for ID thefts
  Reading (PA) Eagle
• Opened mail pops up along North Bend streets
  KCBY North Bend OR
• U. S. Post Office Needs Reliable Database, Study Reveals
  Government Technology
• Postal problems in northeast Houston
  KHOU TV Houston
• 'Tis the season to mail swiftly
  Springfield (MA) Republican
• Thieves Hit Jackpot -- in Your Mailbox
  KLAS TV Las Vegas

  Monday, December 10

• Congress in 2007 Home Stretch!
  eNAPUS Legislative Bulletin
• Texas window clerk indicted on mail theft charges
  Press release
• Post office pilfering: Who's hiding campaign mailings?
  Manchester (NH) Union Leader
• Health Plan No Brainer!
  Federal News Radio

  Sunday, December 9

• Mailman Grinch's Brooklyn home decorated with Christmas cheer
  New York Daily News

  Saturday, December 8

• Postal Service sacks Santa's elves
  Louisville Courier Journal
• Postal Service buys site for major distribution center near Richmond
  Richmond Times Dispatch
• Contract driver dies in 'gruesome wreck'
  Shreveport Times
• Mailman arrested for stealing cards
  New York Daily News

  Friday, December 7

• No Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers
  USPS News Link
• E-mail hoax could derail mail to troops
  Orlando Sentinel
• Postal Service Ends M Bag Subsidy
  National Public Radio
• Dallas ex-postal worker admits to stealing mail
  Associated Press
• Netflix's Postal Woes? Don't Go Postal
  Seeking Alpha
• Letter: USPS should take 'service' out of its name
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Kodak and Indros Group bring Personalized URLs to Direct Mail | postalnews blog
  Press release

  Thursday, December 6

• Junk mail spurs growth for top printer makers
  MarketWatch
• Post Office surcharge could slash Netflix profit
  Boston Globe
• Over 1,000 Social Security checks late; postal service investigating
  Louisville Courier Journal

  Wednesday, December 5

• Rural Contract Arbitration Award Announced
  USPS News Link
  click here for the text of the award, posted by RuralInfo.net.
• D.C.'s Identity Lost in the Mail
  Washington Post
• Family loses home mail service
  KXLY TV Spokane
• Mail service will be faster this year, Las Cruces postmaster says
  Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News
• Why postal workers pay less for health insurance
  Mike Causey's Federal Report
• Judge dismisses race, gender bias suit vs. Postal Service
  Philadelphia Daily News
• Retailers join movement to curb the cascade of catalogs
  Kansas City Star

  Tuesday, December 4

• Postal vehicle plunges into icy waters
  WPVI TV Philadelphia
• Indictment: Postmaster wanted murder-for-hire
  Charlotte Observer
• Opening Santas Mail (and Answering It)
  New York Times Blog
• Can search engines reform the DM industry?
  DMNews.com
• USPS rate structure still unpredictable
  DMNres.com

  Monday, December 3

• Earnings statements for management employees go online
  USPS News Link
• Voting by mail: The idea polls well
  Modesto Bee
• Candidate's mailing shows up two weeks late
  Manchester (NH) Union Leader
• In Digital Age, Real Mail Delivers
  Hartford Courant
• Vindication at Valassis?
  Advo purchase, first panned, now panning out
  Crain's Detroit Business
• llinois Mail Carrier Cleared in 'Hatch Act' Probe
  St Louis Post Dispatch

  Sunday, December 2

• Marijuana found in Florida mail sweep
  St Augustine Record
• You’ve Got Mail
  Bring back the pneumatic tubes?
  New York Times

  Saturday, December 1

• Resident: El Paso Post Offices Incompetent
  KFOX El Paso
• Post office still confused over 'Toys for Tots'
  Connecticut Post
• Messy letters make Santa's crew less jolly
  Des Moines Register
• Marketplace: Post Office gives Netflix negative review
  Public radio's Marketplace program covers the controversy over discounts for Netflix.

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