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'Most vicious' L.A. leads nation in dog attacks on postal carriers
Sometimes when dog bites man, it is news. The United States Postal Service released Wednesday its "top dog attack city rankings" with a "most vicious" Los Angeles topping the list. The City of Angels saw 69 dog attacks on postal employees in the...
Tags: Animal Attacks, U.S. Postal Service
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U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in 2nd quarter
The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion during its second quarter -- and losses will continue mounting if Congress doesn't pass legislation giving the beleaguered mail carrier more flexibility in how it runs its operations, the postmaster general said...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Labor Legislation, Patrick R. Donahoe, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress
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U.S. Postal Service relents, cancels plan to trim Saturday service
WASHINGTON--The US Postal Service has canceled a plan to end Saturday letter delivery this summer, conceding Wednesday that Congress had won a recent legal bout over the agency's attempt to cut costs. The USPS had announced in February that letter...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Government, U.S. Postal Service
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Coachella 2013: 'Imaginary band' the Postal Service gets real
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticDuring a between-song break during their first-ever live performance at Coachella on Saturday night, singer Ben Gibbard introduced the unit he co-founded with Jimmy Tamborello as "an imaginary band called the Postal Service." He was acknowledging the...Tags: Entertainment, Ben Gibbard, Music
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Letters: Postal Service still matters
Re "Saturday mail — and red ink," Editorial, April 11 The Times minimizes the need for Saturday delivery and glosses over one of the biggest culprits for the U.S. Postal Service's financial troubles: the responsibility for retiree benefits. The...Tags: U.S. Postal Service
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Bayern Munich routs Barcelona, 4-0, in first leg of Champions League semifinal
Thomas Mueller scored twice, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben had one goal each and Bayern Munich routed Barcelona, 4-0, Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal in Munich. Bayern Munich sent Barcelona to its first four-goal defeat...
Tags: Laws, Clubs and Associations, Crime, Law and Justice, Soccer, Floyd Landis
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Coachella 2013: Essential tracks
This Coachella edition gathers new music by lesser-known artists gigging this weekend's music festival as well as one epic reissue by a recently reunited group. If you haven't the desire, money or constitution to spend three days surrounded by so many...
Tags: Entertainment, Skrillex (music group), The xx (music group), Passion Pit (music group), Music
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Boxing in the Postal Service
When the U.S. Postal Service announced in February that it would end Saturday mail delivery this summer, most Americans reacted with a mixture of wistfulness and resignation. Yes, it was sad that the mail carrier wouldn't be dropping off letters on...
Tags: Politics, Financial and Business Services, U.S. Congress, Government, U.S. Postal Service
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Some post office locations to be open later on tax day
It’s tax day, and for those scrambling to get their forms postmarked in time, the U.S. Postal Service is making things a little easier. Some post offices will have extended hours to help last-minute filers make the midnight deadline. Federal tax...
Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Abraham Lincoln, Taxation, U.S. Postal Service
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When public infrastructure goes private
Consider some of the things that have bound our nation together: Universal postal service at a flat rate, whether you live in Santa Monica or Sitka, Alaska. Interstate highways, built with taxpayer funds and free of tolls. Regulated phone and electric...
Tags: Networking, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business Enterprises, FedEx Corporation, Finance
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Jerome Oxman dies at 97; his mail-order business became military surplus store and museum
Jerome Oxman, who started a mail-order business in the early 1960s that grew into a sprawling Santa Fe Springs outlet that became both a military surplus store and a military museum, has died. He was 97. Oxman died of prostate cancer Feb. 22 at his...
Tags: FBI, Military Equipment, U.S. Army, Museums, Prostate Cancer
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U.S. Justice Department joining lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is now in trouble with the U.S. government. The Justice Department has joined a lawsuit filed two years ago by another disgraced cyclist, Floyd Landis, MSNBC.com was first to report on Friday. The government could claim that it was...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Crime, Law and Justice
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