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Postal Service: Dog bites on Ind. carriers rising
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A recent increase in dog attacks on Indiana letter carriers has prompted the U.S. Postal Service to urge dog owners to do a better job of controlling their canines when the postman approaches. The Postal Service said it has...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, Animal Attacks, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rabies
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Postal workers protest end to Saturday service
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of postal workers who oppose plans to cut home delivery from six days to five picketed Sunday outside U.S. Postal Service offices in Michigan. About 600 U.S. Postal Service employees and their supporters marched...
Tags: Mail Order Industry, The Detroit News, U.S. Postal Service, Patrick R. Donahoe
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Michiana reacts to no Saturday mail
SOUTH BEND – The U.S. Postal Service says it isn't waiting any longer for permission from Congress to quit delivering mail on Saturdays. Here is a look at the big changes unveiled on Wednesday: The USPS plans to start five-day-a-week delivery in...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, Barbara Harris
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Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. In an announcement...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Congress, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC, Finance
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Local union president says USPS hiring is "smoke and mirrors"
WSBT TVThe U.S. Postal Service said in 2011 it had to close some post offices, consolidate processing centers and cut jobs because of a budget crisis. But now the agency says it needs to hire 400 new employees in Indiana. However, the American Postal...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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CBS News: Government rejects Armstrong's $5M restitution offer
CBS News(CBS News) Lance Armstrong has offered to pay more than $5 million to the federal government to compensate for the fraud he allegedly committed against the U.S. Postal Service, CBS News has learned. The Postal Service paid Armstrong's team more than $30...Tags: Tour de France, Mail Order Industry, International Cycling Union, U.S. Postal Service, Sports
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South Bend workers hungry to save Postal Service
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- The message delivered Monday in Washington, D.C., arrived in the form of a first-class hunger strike. In South Bend, postal workers, retired postal workers and community supporters took to Michigan Street in front of the South Bend...Tags: Financial and Business Services, AFL-CIO, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Senate votes to slow closing of U.S. Postal Service facilities -- could have local impact
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, voting to give the struggling agency an $11 billion cash infusion while delaying controversial decisions on closing post offices and ending...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), CEO Pay, Elections, Politics
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USPS spokeswoman: Congress could keep processing centers open
SOUTH BEND – An unclear number of workers could lose their jobs in May if South Bend’s mail processing facility closes. But the U.S. Postal Service says Congress has the power to keep that from happening.
The U.S. Postal Service released its...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, Joe Donnelly, Politics
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Businesses concerned about South Bend mail processing shift
Companies that rely heavily on the U.S. Postal Service are worried about how their business will be affected if South Bend's mail processing center shifts to Fort Wayne.
What does it take to be Elkhart County's largest mailer? Giant drums of ink and a...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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Bulk-mailers fear proposed mail delays could hurt business.
SOUTH BEND – Businesses that send mail to make money are worried about what postal service cost cutting and changes will mean for their business.
It normally takes the post office one or two days to deliver a letter but if the postal service...Tags: Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, Business
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Living people on US stamps: Who would you choose?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who would you put on a stamp? Charlie Sheen? Lady Gaga? Yourself? Hoping to boost sagging revenue, the U.S. Postal Service on Monday abandoned its longstanding rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive and is...Tags: Apple Inc., Twitter, Inc., Facebook, Two and a Half Men (tv program), Television
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