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Calgary mail carriers watching the skies as Hawk targets postal workers because they ‘look like predators’ 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
About 80 homes in a wealthy Calgary suburb are once again facing sporadic mail delivery due to the antics of an aggressive, brooding hawk. For three years, the predatory avian has made her nest in Lak...
Video: Vermont post offices facing slashed service 27 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports- WEST NEWBURY, Vt. - The future of rural post offices across Vermont could bring major changes and slashed service. "The people that are here, their day...
Nebraska window clerk pleads not guilty to theft of postal funds 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
A Fremont man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he faces after being accused of misappropriating U.S. Postal Service funds. Michael Peitzmeier, 48, had his initial appearance in U.S. District ...
Get a stamp made while waiting for flight at Chennai 26 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
Chennai, Aug. 26: Air passengers can now have a postal stamp made with their own photo while departing the Chennai domestic airport. India Post has opened a counter at the airport to provide this faci...
USPS year to date overtime costs reach $3.5 billion 26 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
The idea that the US Postal Service is grossly overstaffed and desperately needs to get rid of employees is widely accepted among pundits and politicians. The service’s own statistics, however, tell a...
Japan Post to start elderly support services -NHK WORLD English- 26 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
Japan Post will begin testing support services for the elderly at some post offices from October, with the aim of later expanding the plan nationwide. The company said on Monday that under the program...
Canada Post offers $5 million to end shipping charges lawsuit | Toronto Star 25 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Canada Post has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Lee Valley Tools on behalf of large businesses who contend they were overcharged for parcel shipping. The $...
Calgary mailman arms himself with tennis racket to fend off hawks 25 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
Surveying the treetops through black binoculars from her front step, Pat Rendle swivelled her head as the hawks began circling. “Here comes the mailman,” said Rendle. Holding a tennis racket high with...
MP raises concerns over post office “downgrades” in Teesside 25 Aug 2013 | 09:40 pm
AN MP says he has been told his town’s premier post office is to be “downgraded” and franchised out into a shop sometime in the current financial year. Alex Cunningham, Labour MP for Stockton North, s...
Postal inspectors checking handwriting on local absentee ballots? 25 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
In an unusual move, postal inspectors have gotten involved in a municipal election in Mobile, Alabama. Inspectors say a postal worker contacted them after seeing “what appeared to be voter fraud”. The...
