MIZELL STEWART: Postal service needs a frank lookEvansville Courier & PressPostmaster General Patrick Donahoe is proposing sweeping changes to deal with a nearly $10 billion deficit, including closing small post offices. Poole, Ky., in Webster County may actually be a two-time loser; it is slated to lose both its post …
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