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GRAND RAPIDS -- If not rain nor snow nor dark of night, what did prompt reports last winter that mail went undelivered on the Northwest Side of Grand Rapids? The Postal Service isn't saying, even though nearly half of the 59 letter carriers from the postal station at 1625 Walker Ave. NW faced suspensions ranging from two days to nine months. The last of the suspensions of 29 workers ended in August. But officials refused to reveal details. In fact, with the help of their unions and arbitration, all of the workers received back pay for their time off, said...

WISE - Following final arguments by the defense and prosecution and jury instructions, a Wise County jury is expected to begin deliberations today to decide if a retired mail carrier assisted a scheme to steal absentee ballots during the 2004 town elections in Appalachia.

WASHINGTON, May 20 - The F.B.I. would gain broad authority to track the mail of people in terror investigations under a Bush administration proposal, officials said Friday, but the Postal Service is already raising privacy concerns about the plan. The proposal, to be considered next week in a closed-door meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, would allow the bureau to direct postal inspectors to turn over the names, addresses and all other material appearing on the outside of letters sent to or from people connected to foreign intelligence investigations. The plan would effectively eliminate the postal inspectors' discretion in deciding...

WASHINGTON - A hazardous materials team on Monday investigated an alarm triggered by sensors that detected the presence of chemical or biological agents at the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s mail delivery building, a military spokesman said. Officials shut down the facility, which is in a separate structure on the northwest side of the Pentagon grounds, shortly after the sensors were triggered around 10:30 a.m. EST, spokesman Glenn Flood said. It was expected to remain closed until at least Tuesday while the investigation continued.

Posted on Wed, Oct. 20, 2004U.S. to Enforce Rules for Mail to CanadaWASHINGTON (AP) - Most mail to Canada must bear the complete name and address of both sender and recipient or it won't be allowed into the country, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday. The tighter addressing requirements are in response to increased security. Even such sender or recipient identifications as "Grandma" or "Aunt Ruth" can result in mail being rejected, the agency said. All mail, except post cards, that does not show the complete name and address of sender and recipient - in Roman letters and Arabic numerals...

Senator John Kerry c/o Democratic National Committee 530 S. Capitol St. SE Washington DC 20003 An Open Letter to John Kerry US Constitution Article 14 Section 3 Disqualifies You From the Presidency Dear John In April 1971 you testified as a Naval officer before Congress, giving the North Vietnamese what they hadn't gotten from American POWs in Hanoi: a confession of war crimes. According to Senator John McCain (14 May 1973 US News & World Report) your testimony was "the most effective propaganda they had to use against us." Your photograph is displayed in the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum...

WASHINGTON -- The bioterrorism expert under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Attorney General John Ashcroft and other government officials of trampling his constitutional rights and using him as a scapegoat for their failure to make an arrest in the case. Dr. Steven J. Hatfill claims that, by labeling him a "person of interest" in the case, Ashcroft and other federal authorities have destroyed his reputation and ruined his job prospects.

HEADLINE: Anthrax Fallout Hits Postal Service; Anxious about costs if cavalier about people, managers at the Brentwood Road postal center sent 'volunteers' back into the formally closed facility to retrieve mail. BYLINE: By Timothy W. Maier, INSIGHT BODY: Management of the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center on Brentwood Road in Northeast Washington, which serves the nation's capital, not only ignored its own policies by failing to shut down operations immediately upon learning that the building tested positive for anthrax, but Insight has learned that managers also secretly sent postal volunteers into the facility on Oct. 22, 2001, to...

What is good for the U.S. Mint is evidently not acceptable to the U.S. Postal Service. A post office in Montgomery north of Houston recently learned that it had to remove a framed poster of the national motto "In God We Trust" because it violates postal regulations. The donated 16-by-20-inch poster, which is matted and secured in a gold frame, displays "In God We Trust" in large white letters over the American flag colors. It states at the bottom that the "national motto was approved by Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956." Retired chemical engineer Frank P. Williamson...

Web posted Wednesday, May 8, 2002 5:10 a.m. CT The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A suspected pipe bomb was found in the parking lot of a San Antonio apartment complex on Tuesday, but authorities say they don't believe it was part of a series of similar devices found recently in Amarillo and four other states. A paper bag with a fuse sticking out was discovered by a resident of the Timbercreek Apartments at about 9 a.m., said Sgt. Gabe Trevino, a spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department. "It was very apparent that it was some sort of...

<p>According to a draft copy of its demands obtained by The Washington Times, Europe also wants access to American markets for municipal water and waste services. It also will call for foreign companies to be given access to Small Business Administration loans.</p>

Latest increase in stamp prices is proof that it's time to privatize the Post Office WASHINGTON, DC -- Instead of raising the price of first-class stamps to 37 cents, the federal government should lower mailing costs by opening up the Postal Service to free-market competition, Libertarians say. "It's time to stamp out the monopoly at the Postal Service, which costs consumers billions of dollars," said Steve Dasbach, Libertarian Party executive director. "The price of first-class mail will continue to move in one direction -- up -- as long as it's a crime to compete with this inefficient, government-created monopoly." The...