Post Office

Postal worker sentenced for faking a muggingPittsburgh Post GazetteA former Jeannette Post Office supervisor was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation and a $5,000 fine for making false statements that he was mugged outside of his workplace in an effort to collect workers' compensation. Jeffrey Allen Gogets … More: …

After 30 Years, Aquebogue Postmaster Bids AdieuPatch.comStanding outside the Aquebogue post office on Friday, every resident entering or leaving stopped to say hello to former postmaster Mark Linnen, who retired on July 31 after 30 years of serving the community. The faces, the smiles, the stories shared …and more » More: …

Austin American-Statesman Post office named for fallen GIAustin NewsCEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) – CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) – A post office in Cedar Park was dedicated Friday in memory of local soldier who was killed in Iraq when his vehicle hit a makeshift bomb. The facility at 500 E. Whitestone …

Republicans will gut post offices, ignore global warmingSTLtoday.comIf the Repubicans keep control of the House they will vote to privatize mail service and do away with the service-based U.S. post office. If you are not in an urban area, get ready for 50-mile trips to pick up mail or send …

CEDAR PARK, Texas — A Central Texas post office is being renamed for a local hometown hero. The post office at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park was renamed for Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris. The Cedar Park soldier was killed in Iraq in April 2008.     More: continued …

Rag & Bone brings their style of cool to spring-season fashion showWashington PostThey weren't “too much” — even if there were so many of them — but the models might have disagreed. They wore heaps of leather and lace in a steamy, raw space — without air-conditioning — adjacent to …

A post office in Cedar Park was dedicated Friday in memory of local soldier who was killed in Iraq when his vehicle hit a makeshift bomb. More: continued here

The Epoch Times Long Term, Post Office Troubles Bound To Benefit FedEx And UPS SharesSeeking AlphaThe U.S. Postal Service is in dire straights, and this, ironically, is both good and bad news for the two big shipping companies that compete with it. But as USPS takes on cost-cutting measures that …

Cassidy: Facebook kills the post office no matter its stock priceSan Jose Mercury NewsI've been thinking a lot lately about two bedrock American institutions that have been getting a lot of attention these days because of their business struggles: the United States Postal Service and Facebook. This mini-obsession started innocently …

Facebook s stock price is causing high anxiety, but an accidental experiment at our house showed its value in the face of the stumbling United States Postal Service. OK, so maybe beating the post office isn t the end all and be all. But it s something. More: continued here