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4 hrs ago | WMUR

Mailed Items Arriving On Time At Record Rate

The Postal Service is doing some bragging. It said more letters, cards, bill payments and other first-class mail items are getting to their destinations on time than ever before.

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8 hrs ago | Tampabays10.com

"Snail mail" deliveries better than ever

The Postal Service is doing some bragging. It says more letters, cards, bill payments and other first-class mail items are getting to their destinations on time than ever before.

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Related Topix: Indie

Fri Jul 25, 2008

WTHR-TV 13

Noblesville postal carrier indicted

The postal carrier's appointed rounds included downtown Noblesville. But for some on her route the mail did not go through.

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Related Topix: Noblesville, IN, Indie

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Newsday.com

On-time rates for first-class mail higher than ever before

National on-time performance scores for the delivery of first-class mail hit all-time highs during the months of April, May and June this year.

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Related Topix: Indie

Environmental Leader

Postal Service Wants To Green 90% Of Fleet

The U.S. Postal Service is participating in Project Driveway to identify new technologies in hopes of replacing almost 90 percent, or 195,000 of its delivery fleet with non-petroleum fueled vehicles.

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Related Topix: Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet, Indie, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Greenwich, CT

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Wisconsin State Journal

Death prompts suit against Postal Service

A Janesville man filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government over the death of his wife last year, who died after she was hit by a U.S. Postal Service mail truck.

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Related Topix: Janesville Metro, Janesville, WI, Indie

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Green Bay Press-Gazette

NEWs In Northeastern Wisconsin

The John W. Byrnes Main Post Office, 300 Packerland Drive, will host an "After Hours Passport Fair" from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Indie, Mountain, WI

Sun Jul 20, 2008

St. Augustine Record

New stamp commemorates baseball song

The Postal Service recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," one of the most popular baseball songs of all time, by issuing a 42-cent first-class stamp that looks like an old ...

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Related Topix: Indie

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Themonitor.com

CD Review: The Ready Aim Fire

Listening to The Ready Aim Fire!'s new album Strong Enough is like listening to a friend talk about her problems.

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Related Topix: Indie, Entertainment

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Wetumpka Herald

Delivery issues, rising rates discussed at NNA Postal Forum

Representatives from Price Publications, Inc. were among some 50 newspaper executives in Washington, D.C. Friday to discuss ongoing issues like slow delivery and rising rates with officials from the U.S. Postal ...

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Related Topix: Elmore County, AL, Indie

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Ann Arbor News

Chelsea Post Office may move

After months of speculation, it appears the Chelsea Post Office will move from its cramped quarters downtown and lease about half the former Polly's building at the corner of Old US-12 and M-52. Residents now ...

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Related Topix: Indie

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Jacksonville Giants

S leep Well , the new album by Electric President, finds the Jacksonville duo of Ben Cooper and Alex Kane expanding on the indie-pop/electronica vibe that won over fans and critics two years ago on their ...

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Related Topix: Indie, Music, Entertainment

Sat Jul 12, 2008

New York Magazine

Astrology Partly to Blame for Bloc Party's Lyrics

Apparently it's about an astrological condition that signifies "difficulties in communication," which may explain why none of other lyrics make any sense either.

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Related Topix: Indie, Entertainment

Thu Jul 10, 2008

WMDT-TV Salisbury

U.S. Postal Service Will Reduce Work Force

Nationwide, the U.S. Postal Service will be reducing their work force. Close to 20,000 clerks and mail handlers will be let go.

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Related Topix: Indie

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Saginaw News

Guard your postal carrier

Dog bites are the least of the U.S. Postal Service's worries. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has issued a call for Saginaw residents to help promote the safety of its letter carriers and security of its ...

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Indie, Saginaw Metro, Saginaw, MI

Tue Jul 08, 2008

WIS-TV Columbia

Authorities offer sketch of Rock Hill Post Office robbery suspect

The Postal Service and the Rock Hill Police Department are still looking for a man who robbed the Rock Hill Post Office back on June 20.

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Related Topix: Rock Hill, SC, Indie

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Q&a on the News

A: The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards were first known as "Immys," a term used for the early image orthicon camera.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts, Indie

Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Courier-Journal

Postal Service offers Eames stamps

Charles and Ray Eames are now on postage stamps. That is, the U.S. Postal Service has reproduced many of the couple's designs as well as a photo portrait of them on stamps.

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Related Topix: Indie, Paducah, KY

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The News Tribune

Frugality is a virtue, but Postal Service takes it too far

You can hardly blame the U.S. Postal Service, in its frugal stand against the City of Orting, for taking to heart the advice of its first postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin, who said, "A penny saved is ...

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Related Topix: Medora, ND, Indie, Opinion

Wed Jul 02, 2008

CBS 5

Ethanol Postal Trucks Not Working Out In SF

An eco-friendly choice has not been working out as planned for the U.S. Postal Service in San Francisco.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Indie

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