NY1 Postal service to delay closuresWashington PostYour neighborhood post office slated for closure might be saved — at least for now. The US Postal Service said Tuesday it will delay the closure or consolidation of thousands of post offices across the country in response to requests from lawmakers …US Postal …
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SPEARFISH – The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to place a five-month moratorium on closing postal facilities to allow Congress more time to enact postal reform legislation. More: continued here
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Corvallis Man In eBay Arms Case Was Three-Tour Army VeteranWillamette WeekMore Geoffrey B. Roose of Corvallis was arrested for allegedly selling stolen military rifle scopes on eBay. – Oregon Army National Guard As several news outlets reported last week, Geoffrey B. Roose of Corvallis faces 10 years in prison for …
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I receive a small VA pension as my only source of income. I would like to have it cut by 10 percent. If everyone receiving a government check sacrificed 10 percent, along with a 10 percent cut in every government program and 10 percent increase in the taxes of those …
Read More »Buying Time: Post Office closings delayed until May
The U.S. Postal Service, in response to a request made by multiple U.S. Senators, has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post office or mail processing facility until May 15, 2012. More: continued here
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Read More »Why Americans should go postal over the Postal Service default.
It should be no real surprise that the U.S. Post Office is undergoing a $3 billion round of cutbacks. They have been the billion dollar darling of Federal underwriting for over a decade???having lost $20 billion in the last four years alone. How long did they expect this to go …
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