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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: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Financial and Business Services, Labor Legislation, U.S. Postal Service
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$1.9B Postal Service loss raises red flags
The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in its second quarter, an improvement from a $3.2 billion loss a year earlier. In the latest quarter, the agency cut employees' work hours while struggling with an ongoing decline in mail volumes. A year earlier...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, U.S. Congress, Thomas R. Carper, Government
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U.S. Postal Service Loses $1.9 Billion In Second Quarter
The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in its second quarter, as the agency cut employees' work hours but struggled with an ongoing drop in mail volumes, the cash-strapped agency announced on Friday. The loss for the quarter ended March 31 was an...Tags: Tom Coburn, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, U.S. Congress, Thomas R. Carper, Government
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Schiff criticizes Burbank post office closure plan
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Tuesday said he would fight any move to close the Glenoaks post office in Burbank to cut costs at the financially-strapped U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to U.S. Postal Service Postmaster Gen. Patrick Donahoe, Schiff...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, U.S. Postal Service, Labor Legislation, Mail Order Industry
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Save Saturdays: Postal Workers to Rally in Twin Falls
The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoAfter losing nearly $16 billion dollars last year, U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe wants to save $2 billion per year by cutting Saturday service. If Congress doesn't pass a continuing resolution on Sept. 30 to keep Saturday...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Retirement, U.S. Postal Service
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Issue of mental illness reporting calls for great care
Recent tragedies have caused renewed debate on gun control laws. Proposed universal background checks are intended to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the violently mentally ill. While called "common sense," it is not. A database of criminals...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Criminals
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Postmaster reaffirms pledge on William Street transfer timeline
The Buffalo NewsThe U.S. Postal Service will stick to its word to not transfer employees from its William Street mail processing facility to Rochester until 2015, and is exploring ways of maintaining next-day delivery in as many places as possible despite...Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Schumer, Brian Higgins, U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry
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Mississippi man arrested for mailing suspected ricin to Obama, senators
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government"...
Tags: Lab Tests, MySpace, Police Arrests, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Update: Ricin is indicated in letters to Obama, senator
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a capital city on edge, letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks, and authorities chased a stream of reports Wednesday of other suspicious-looking...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Roger F. Wicker, Jay Carney, FBI
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Mississippi man arrested, accused in ricin letters case
OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator that tested positive for the poisonous ricin and set the nation's capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings....
Tags: Police Arrests, Jay Carney, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senate, White House
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FBI: Miss. man arrested, accused in ricin letters
Associated PressOXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Curtis was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his...Tags: Police Arrests, Jay Carney, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senate, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Postal Service loses money despite customer growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — What business gets more customers every year, yet keeps losing money? The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to 11 million more homes, offices and other addresses than it did a decade ago, even as the amount of mail that people in...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Electronics, Lobbying, Politics, U.S. Postal Service
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