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  Coconuts for the Post Office

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:08 PM ET

  reports that the potential closure of their local office has the residents of Lantana, Florida going a little cuckoo, or we should say, coco.The US Postal Service says 371 stations are being considered for closure around the country. To keep their outpost from shuttering, Lantana locals hav Read More

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  UPS Gets the World Ready for Disaster

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 1, 2009 12:37 PM ET

  and humanitarian crises. Over a million more have been orphaned or last track of their families in these situations. Photo courtesy o Read More

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• Glass Half Full

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  to email regulars who register with the site.Landlord Adam Griffiths of The Gun Inn in Cheshire, England, is already raising a glass to Mills's pub Postal Service."You can list everything the pub offers on the website – we've already had a wedding booking as a result, because the couple saw ou Read More

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  A Fine Day for Mailman Steve

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:29 PM ET

  December 22, 2008 About a month ago, I reported on the perils of Mailman Steve Padget. Punished for not delivering junk mail as part of his U.S. Postal Service job, a court sentenced him to three years probation, community service and a fine. Well, apparently the national press that Mailma Read More

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• Support Your Local Mailman

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:42 AM ET

  whining too loudly about the heavy loads they're hauling around over the next week. But it is going to be a busy week, no doubt. The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx say that today is expected to be the busiest day for processing mail of the year. The USPS expects to process about 96 Read More

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  Our Hero, Mailman Steve, Gets Probation

  By Dan Estabrook | Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:47 PM ET

  of Padgett's customers about the criminal proceeding, and only one responded. That single response, Howard, said, was in support of Padgett.  The Postal Service had also never received a complaint about the missing mail and it seems no one noticed they weren't receiving advertising fliers Read More

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  Making Catalog Reduction Work

  By Dan Estabrook | Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:23 PM ET

  More tips for that resilient junk mail. Read More

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