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The Post Office's salvation can fit on a stamp
In Robert Heinlein's classic novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon," an entrepreneur raises money for a lunar expedition by warning a soft-drink company that, without its support, he might have to turn to a competitor that will pay him to display its logo...Tags: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Starbucks Corp., Book, Advertising
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Five absentee ballots sent to recycling bins in Compton
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Several absentee ballots in Compton that should have been returned to City Hall after they were found to be undeliverable instead ended up in bins slated for recycling outside a post office. Officials said allegations of voter fraud appeared to be...Tags: Voting, Justin Bieber, Public Officials, Elections, Politics
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Anchorage Postal Workers Rally to Protect Saturday Mail Delivery
Channel 2 NewsMore than a hundred postal workers and supporters braved the cold and snow and held a rally against plans to cut Saturday delivery service at busy intersection in Anchorage. On Sunday afternoon, concerned citizens and postal workers wore t-shirts,...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Congress, Financial and Business Services, U.S. Postal Service
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Email tax may slice spam and scams out of inboxes
SACRAMENTO — The most courageous politician in California — probably the nation — is a Berkeley city councilman, Gordon Wozniak. His gutsy act: proposing that the government tax email. Yes, sacrosanct, time-gobbling, out-of-control...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, U.S. Congress, Email, Amway, Google Inc.
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Another victory for the big babies
Change of SubjectNews: Congress foiled the financially beleaguered U.S. Postal Service's plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail on Thursday when it passed legislation requiring six-day delivery. The Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, had said... -
Local postal workers rally to keep Saturday delivery
julieg@herald-mail.comMore than 100 people attended a rally Sunday afternoon in downtown Hagerstown that a local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers held to advocate maintaining six-day delivery of mail. In February, the postal service announced plans to cut...Tags: U.S. Congress, Patrick R. Donahoe, U.S. Postal Service
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Village post office opens on Sharpsburg Pike
dona@herald-mail.comAt a time when the U.S. Postal Service is recommending cutting Saturday service, it is actually adding outlets for customers in the form of village post offices such as the one at May’s Service Center at 8708 Sharpsburg Pike, where a grand opening...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Congress, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Larry Wellborn: Scaling back on postal services
The Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars while losing market share to electronic forms of communication. But this is not entirely the fault of the Post Office or the...Tags: Consumers, Marketing, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Freistatt post office again seems doomed to close
areynolds@ky3.comFREISTATT, Mo -- The Freistatt post office seems to be on schedule to close -- again. U.S. Postal Service officials say they can't reach a lease agreement with the owner of the building. The lease ends on April 1. People in this small town in...Tags: U.S. Postal Service
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Local post offices to reduce hours
Facing dwindling mail volume, seven post offices in Orange County are shrinking their hours of operation starting April 1. The Costa Mesa Post Office at 1590 Adams Ave., the Irvine Harvest Station at 17192 Murphy Ave. and the Irvine Post Office at...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Politics, Lobbying, U.S. Postal Service
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Luggage service vs. package delivery: Packing for the long haul
Question: My husband and I will be traveling abroad for several weeks. We plan to pack lightly so that we do not have to check luggage. However, we will need more toiletries than we can carry on our planes so we are thinking about shipping them ahead. Can...
Tags: Israel, Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Trips and Vacations, Google Inc.
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Postal workers ignore cold, protest closing of Martinsburg processing plant
richardb@herald-mail.comAbout 50 area postal workers ignored Sunday afternoon’s windswept cold to protest plans by the U.S. Postal Service to close mail processing plants in Martinsburg and Cumberland, Md., and to end Saturday mail delivery. Postal union members from...Tags: Company Privatization, Government Postal Delivery, Privatization, Politics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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