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Saturday, May 31

• Three Texas postal employees charged for theft, delay of mail
  KHOU TV
• Congresswoman to oppose Milwaukee plant move
  Business Journal of Milwaukee
• Two accused of defrauding Postal Service
  Mount Pleasant (MI) Morning Sun
• Vandals damage postal vehicles
  Des Moines Register

  Friday, May 30

• Ask President Burrus: Casuals vs. OTDL
  APWU web site
• Postal worker saves man
  Napa Valley Register
• Postal Service's dispute with Eagan, Dakota County over mail-sorting facility escalates
  St Paul Pioneer Press
• OPM suspends contract for electronic retirement system
  "The move came just days before OPM was scheduled to launch wave two of the retirement project for employees at the U. S. Postal Service."
  Government Executive
  see also the press release from OPM

  Thursday, May 29

• Postal Worker Time-Off Scam
  Queens Gazette
• USPS may build new facility near Nashville airport
  Nashville Tennessean
• Two Postal Workers Indicted For Delaying Mail
  WVTM TV Birmingham AL
• Postal workers leave stamp on bone marrow registry
  Royal Oak Daily Tribune
• USPS Targets Large Shippers; Signs DHL Pact
  Dow Jones
• Fundraising By Mail - Good Luck
  NonProfit Times

  Wednesday, May 28

• Mail Scattered as Postal Worker is Killed in Auto Accident
  KRIV TV Houston
• Supreme Court rules against USPS in retaliation case
  New York Times

  Tuesday, May 27

• Federal court sides with Florida postal worker in white powder case
  Destin (FL) Log
• Schumer intervenes in USPS real estate deal
  White Plains (NY) Journal News
• Print is still effective in the Web age
  DMNews.com
• USPS closes small town PO in Indiana
  Kokomo Tribune

  Sunday, May 25

• Contract carrier dies in Colorado crash
  KJCT TV Grand Junction

  Saturday, May 24

• Postal Service gathers mail scattered by plane crash
  Billings Gazette
• Boulder postal worker wins $200K in discrimination case
  Boulder Daily Camera

  Friday, May 23

• ‘Time is running out’ for rehired annuitant bill
  Federal Times
• Iowa attorney general sues direct-mail operator
  Des Moines Register
• Former mail carrier sentenced in mail thefts
  Paradise (CA) Post
• Feds Arrest Man After Attack On New Mexico Postmaster
  Socorro Mountain Mail

  Thursday, May 22

• One Person’s Junk Mail Is the Postal Service’s Treasure
  Telluride Watch

  Wednesday, May 21

• Postal employees not happy about working in the Tenderloin
  San Francisco Weekly
• Ethanol Vehicles for Post Office Burn More Gas, Get Fewer Miles
  Bloomberg
• Siemens Wins $245 Million Order from USPS to Replace 550 AFCS Machines
  Press release
• Teen Gets Prison Time For Postal Carrier's Shooting
  KETV Omaha
• Maintenance Delays Post Office Opening
  Bristol (TN) Herald Courier
• Towns trying to get post offices
  Cullman (AL) Times
• Colorado postal worker gets probation in indecent exposure case
  Vail Daily

  Tuesday, May 20

• TV boxes let Netflix users bypass mail delivery
  Associated Press
• Castalian Springs post office fights its way back to normal
  The Tennessean
• Ex-postal worker gets prison for disability benefits fraud
  Billings Gazette
• Eagan to ask for congressional help on USPS relocation issues
  Sun Newspapers (MN)

  Monday, May 19

• Going Postal
  Mailing rate hikes pinch small magazines, thanks to Time Warner
  New York Review of Magazines
• Internet pushes some corner mailboxes out of business
  Houston Chronicle
• Police investigate teens' midday beating of postal carrier
  Columbus (OH) Local News

  Sunday, May 18

• Parcel shipping: USPS set to go the "first mile"
  Interview with USPS executive Jim Cochrane looks at new pricing and the competitive landscape
  Logistics Management

  Saturday, May 17

• APWU Wins in Private-Sector Campaigns
  APWU News
• Potter names Pulcrano Vice President of Sustainability
  USPS News Link
• Houston Leads Nation in Postal Carrier Dog Bites
  KRIV TV Houston
• Former Postal Service carrier gets probation in mail thefts
  The Tennessean

  Friday, May 16

• Police: Man attacks mailman with garden spade
  WISH TV Indianapolis
• Another REC site closing: East Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  see also: Postal facility closing a blow to E. Pittsburgh
• Postal Workers Protest "Terrorism" On The Job
  Video from the NALC protest in San Francisco earlier this month.
  Google Video
  click here for the supervisor's side of the story, as reported in the original SF Guardian posting

  Thursday, May 15

• USPS to close Selma (CA) REC site
  Selma Enterprise
• Senator wants purple heart stamp re-issued as “Forever Stamp”
  WSLS TV Roanoke
• USPS refuses to release overtime data
  Sheboygan Press
  see also: Does the Postal Service know how much it pays employees? from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Public Investigator blog
• Baby Chicks Rescued from Mail
  Oakland Animal Services
• Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post office
  Associated Press

  Wednesday, May 14

• APWU Says Television Series Is Offensive to Postal Workers
  APWU News
• SoCal dog vs. famous postal carrier incident being examined
  Los Angeles Times
• Residents of tiny Minnesota town decry loss of post office
  Grand Forks Herald

  Tuesday, May 13

• Postal truck flips over in Connecticut
  Connecticut Post
• Missing mail found at former postal worker's home
  WRAL TV Raleigh
• NAPUS Urges Congress to Safeguard Universal Service
  also: “Congresswoman from UPS” – She’s Back! eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter
• League President testifies before House postal subcommittee
  League of Postmasters web site

  Monday, May 12

• California postal worker admits to counterfeiting scheme
  Central Valley Business Times
• Bulk mailers enjoy increase in business when postal rates rise
  Rockford (IL) Register Star

  Sunday, May 11

• Route Check Fun
  Tom 's Blog via Postalmag.com
• Postal Worker Mauled by Pit Bull While Delivering Mail
  KPLC TV Lake Charles LA

  Saturday, May 10

• Good Question: Why Not Stop Saturday Mail?
  WCCO TV Minneapolis-St. Paul
• Postal Service looks to expand package returns service with major carriers
  InternetRetailer.com
• Accidental stamp collector decides Forever stamps are way to go as postage rates rise
  Grand Rapids Press
• Youths Deliver Punch To Mail Carrier
  WCMH TV Columbus OH
• Attack injures letter carrier
  Topeka Capital-Journal
• My 13-Ounce Dilemma
  Geoff Fox - My Permanent Record

  Friday, May 9

• Mail decline continued in second quarter
  postalnews blog
• FedEx shareholder sues board over contractor problems
  Reuters
• Social Security checks go missing
  Allentown Morning Call

  Thursday, May 8

• The USPS, Post-PAEA: What’s Next?
  Today's testimony before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia (scroll down for links to individual witness's testimony)
• Woman awarded $382,500 in discrimination case against USPS
  Chicago Tribune
• Postal worker charged with theft, embezzlement
  San Jose Mercury News
• Former New Hampshire DM may run for governor
  Manchester Union Leader (link corrected)
• Consultant says catalog mailers should cooperate with Catalog Choice
  Lenser Newsletter

  Wednesday, May 7

• Postal Service Reports Second Quarter Loss of $707 Million; Economic Slowdown Cited
  USPS News Link
• Virgin Islands delegate requests investigation by USPS Inspector General
  Caribbean Net News
• No more free post office boxes
  Lock Haven (PA) Express
• Former postal clerk sentenced for bank fraud
  Miami (OK) News Record
• Retirement Planning Hits Perfect Storm
  Mike Causey's Federal Column for WFED

  Tuesday, May 6

• Fighting Junk Mail via 'Do Not Mail' Lists: Devilish Details and Front Groups
  PRWatch.org
• New post office causes mess
  Sarasota Herald Tribune
• UK: Mail competition is 'no benefit'
  BBC
• OIG: USPS left trailers worth 1.6 million in unsecured lot
  Unlocked trailers defaced by graffiti, homeless people lived in some
  USPS OIG web site
• Postal worker gets 5 months for fraudulent jury service
  Associated Press
• Man Accused Of Stealing Mail From Boxes
  WYFF TV Greenville SC

  Monday, May 5

• Postal Service offers troop support advice
  Princeton (KY) Times Leader
• How to lick higher postage prices
  New York Daily News

  Sunday, May 4

• Canada Post set to deliver fatal blow to rural mail service
  Ottawa Citizen
• Oklahoma clerk sentenced for bank fraud
  Associated Press
• Postal Service slow on mailbox delivery
  Palm Beach Post
• Substitute rural carrier admits stealing mail
  Livingstone (MI) Daily Press

  Saturday, May 3

• San Francisco postal workers go postal with picket
  San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Mailers lax on IMB compliance
  DMNews.com
• NAPUS Helps Deflect Overseas Ballot Privatization
  also: Committee Approves Ban on Mailing Tobacco, NAPUS President to Testify at Postal Subcommittee Hearing
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter
• Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to felony theft
  Isanti County (MN) News
• Court upholds ruling against supervisor in Florida post office case
  Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer

  Friday, May 2

• Complaints of undelivered mail, poor service dog Rockaways post office
  New York Daily News
• Post Office Won't Let Charity Reuse Boxes
  KMGH TV Denver
• Postal Jobs Scam
  WGCL TV Atlanta
• Postal service no longer leaves mail unattended
  Evanston (IL) Daily Northwestern

  Thursday, May 1

• Post Carrier Accused of Warning Customer About 'Mail Cover' Surveillance
  Wired
• USPS spokesman denies saying money was reason for closure of PO
  Jersey Journal
• Postman saves wheelchair-bound senior from burining home
  Weymouth (MA) News
• Pushing the envelope: interview with Paul Vogel
  DC Velocity
• TSP trading limits take effect today
  Federal Times
• Rule Calls for Upside Down Addressing for Magazines
  Graphic Arts

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