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Mark Currie of Virginia had three checks snagged in postal delays in three months. In New Jersey, Lois Fitton says she was forced to pay interest on a credit card balance because the bill never arrived. Jim Rice says two insurance companies canceled policies for his property management business in Oklahoma after the payments got lost in the mail. As the service crisis at the U.S. Postal Service drags into its eighth month, complaints are reaching a fever pitch. Consumers are inundating members of Congress with stories of late bills — and the late fees they’ve absorbed as a result....

Spend 40-plus hours a week with the same people and sooner or later you're bound to have some friction. But the term friction doesn't begin to cover what goes on in some workplaces. It's a Jungle Out There According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than a million acts of workplace violence are reported each year. Most injuries sustained were from incidents involved punching, hitting, kicking and biting. A number of altercations involved superiors and subordinates. A Maxim magazine survey found that 7 percent of its mostly male readers have had a physically violent encounter with their boss. Seventy-four...

The navy has now had women aboard ships for over twenty years, and next year it will be ten years since women were allowed to serve on warships (but not subs). Lessons have been learned. A few women in a crew can cause problems, but once about twenty percent of the crew is female, most of the problems disappear. But there are still problems. Although there is not supposed to be any sexual activity between male and female sailors, there is. At any given time, 15-20 percent of female sailors are pregnant. It's not unusual for ships on long cruises...