Post Office

Senator: Panel will block mail delivery cutThe Associated PressJon Tester says the lawmakers who oversee the budget of the post office will block a proposal to reduce mail deliveries to five days a week. …and more » More: continued here

MAIL TAMPERING: POST OFFICE, July 28Gillette News RecordSomeone opened a package Monday addressed to a Gillette man and stole 90 pills of blood thinner valued at $50. The US postal inspector has been notified, … More: continued here

Globe and Mail UN Approves New Oversight ChiefVoice of America… Mohamed Edrees, argued that an African should have been appointed to the post because the previous head of the office was from Sweden. …UN names Canadian to anti-corruption watchdog postReuters CanadaAt UN, To Buy Support for Canadian Auditor, S. Africa …

Dr. Joe Rambles On About the Post Office, Apple, the Economy, and Other ThingsWhat They Think… a blog that has its last post as 2007, or a Facebook page that has as its first entry “Welcome to our Facebook page” and that post is 10 months old. … More: continued …

East Anglian Daily Times Air search for Hopton post office armed robberBBC NewsA man is on the run after holding up a Suffolk post office armed with a knife and a handgun and threatening staff. The armed robbery took place at Hopton …Armed robber hits post officeEast Anglian Daily TimesSuffolk …

Staff at a Suffolk post office were threatened today by an armed robber wielding a handgun and knife. The man stole cash from Hopton Post Office on Thelnetham Road at 11.10am before escaping in a dark people carrier. Two others were inside the car. More: continued here

RTE.ie An Post sacks worker after armed raidRTE.ieA post office worker has had her contract terminated because An Post says she did not follow the correct security procedures during an armed robbery last …and more » More: continued here

Orlando Sentinel Carell will be “Raised by Wolfs” (sic) in new comedyOrlando SentinelSteve Carell is a busy little beaver, filling his post–Office life with film comedies. Raised by Wolfs is one he's agreed to do, a Lee Firestein script that …and more » More: continued here

Post office robbed in NewtonWXVT(AP) – Authorities say two people entered the Newton Post Office brandishing a handgun and robbed the clerk of an undetermined amount of cash. …and more » More: continued here

To keep post office, residents fightDetroit Free PressOfficials from Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township want the US Postal Service to reconsider a plan to close a post office that goes …and more » More: continued here