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Indiana ranks #7 in dog attacks against postal workers
As a partner in National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the United States Postal Service released its 2012 U.S. Postal Service Dog Attack City Rankings, ranking Indiana as #7 for attacks of postal workers. To help reduce the number of dog bites across...Tags: Animal Attacks, Mail Order Industry
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Only Rock and Roll?
Stop Bluffing I see where the Postal Service has decided to hold off cancelling Saturday deliveries. I think they should also call off their seemingly constant threats of doing so. How many times has this happened? Enough is enough. Either put up...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Same-Sex Marriage, Music
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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: Government Postal Delivery, The Detroit News, Patrick R. Donahoe, Mail Order Industry
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Love letter delivered 60 years late
It's a story about love, public service and a delayed delivery. Nearly 60 years ago, Robert Rodgers sent a letter from Army basic training in Fort Campbell, Kentucky to his wife, Jean, in New Carlisle. But he recently found out that letter somehow got...
Tags: U.S. Army
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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, Government Postal Delivery, Barbara Harris, Mail Order Industry
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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: U.S. Congress, Government Postal Delivery, Washington, DC, Economy, Business and Finance, 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: Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry
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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: Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Tour de France
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Ash trees coming down across South Bend
SOUTH BEND — Because of a local infestation of the emerald ash borer, the city is removing more than 100 ash trees. The highest concentration of ash trees is within the downtown area and will be the most affected area for removal, according to a...
Tags: Science, Forestry and Timber, The Salvation Army, Botany, Science and Technology
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How to avoid being bitten by dogs
Of the 4.7 million Americans bitten by dogs annually, more than half are children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TheU.S. Postal Service, the medical community, veterinarians and the insurance industry are working together to...
Tags: Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Animal Attacks, Diseases and Illnesses, Mail Order Industry
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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: U.S. Congress, Health Insurance, Washington, DC, Health and Safety at Work, 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: Joe Lieberman, Washington, DC, Finance, Elections, CEO Pay
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