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[BREAKING] East Texas Mail Processing Center to Close, Move Operations

Dave Goldman — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:01:02 +0000

The U.S. Mail processing plant located at East Texas Center, just north of Tyler, will soon be shutting down and moving operations to Shreveport, La., Austin and Coppell, according to a release from the U.S. Postal Service. The move comes as a result of a five-month study of postal processing plants across the country. The [...]

Are You Ready to Pay 50 Cents for a Stamp? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:32 +0000

Facing huge budget shortfalls, the United States Postal Service has proposed solutions including closing hundreds of post offices and eliminating Saturday deliveries. Now it may be considering jacking up the price of stamps, too. The popularity of internet services like online bill pay have led in part to a 1.7 percent decline in mail volume, [...]

Almost Mailed Puppy – Owner Won't Get it Back

Marcie Pink — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:00:35 +0000

The four-month-old Schnauzer-poodle mix named Guess was put in a cardboard box with no food, water nor air holes and was nearly mailed to Georgia last month before it was caught by postal workers. Postal authorities predicted that the dog would have died from suffocation or exposure due to the pressure in a cargo plane. I wonder if she used one of the "Flat Rate" boxes -- more after the jump.