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<p>ANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- He calls himself "The Bishop." Exactly why is just one of the many mysteries surrounding the increasingly menacing figure.</p> <p>The man -- and investigators believe they are dealing with a man -- is suspected of sending at least a half-dozen threatening letters to financial institutions over the past 18 months and mailing two dud pipe bombs that arrived a day apart in Kansas City and Chicago in January.</p>

KANSAS CITY, Mo. He calls himself "The Bishop" and he's suspected of mailing two inoperable explosive devices through the mail last month. The devices arrived a day apart in Kansas City and Chicago. His work has also been found in Iowa and Wisconsin.Authorities say the devices are thought to be connected to a series of threatening letters sent to financial institutions over the past 18 months.Corporate Counterrorism expert Fred Burton says it could take help from the public to nab the suspect.In his letters, "The Bishop" has ordered financial companies to move the prices of certain stocks to predetermined rates,...

Hi All. I'm an Army dad. A package that I sent to my son at a stateside Army base was never delivered to him, through the USPS. Talking with a few other soldiers on the base, theft of packages from home seems to be rather common.I plan on bringing some attention to this matter, but am looking for any additional firsthand experiences that any of you may have had regarding this issue. No personal details needed, just any occurances that you may have had, with approximate date and base. My focus is stateside bases, any military branch.

Police investigate wave of seven letter bombs By John Steele, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 3:51pm GMT 07/02/2007 Police chiefs today issued a nationwide warning to companies, organisations and the public after seven "viable explosive devices" were sent through the post, injuring at least seven people, over the last three weeks. The latest blast happened just after 9am today when a package exploded at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s main centre in Swansea. Three woman in the postroom were injured in the blast and taken to hospital. At least three of the recent attacks have targeted organisations connected to motoring:...

Post office delivers letter 52 years late BY FRANK SOJAK The Tribune-Democrat — Whoever sent this letter with a 3-cent stamp was overcharged. The missive to a young man in Ferndale just arrived – 52 years late. The letter, postmarked Oct. 26, 1954, presumably was lost in the mail. Brian McAteer, who resides at the Ferndale Avenue home now, said he was shocked when the letter, encased in a large, United States Postal Service window envelope, allowing the address to be seen, arrived at his home a couple weeks ago. The letter had a return address of Fieldstone Avenue in...

<p>But that a member of Bush's own Republican Party - a senator and outgoing committee chairwoman - would fail to understand basic law is disappointing.</p> <p>Nonetheless, such is the case at hand involving the recent media-generated controversy.</p> <p>A certain New York tabloid - not the one you're holding in your hands - reported last week that, while signing a postal-reform bill into law, President Bush attached "signing statement" language that supposedly asserts the executive branch's right to open mail without a warrant.</p>

Bush asserted this authority when he signed a postal overhaul bill into law Dec. 20. He then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions. That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, experts said. Bush's move came during the winter congressional recess and a year after his secret domestic electronic eavesdropping program was first revealed. It caught Capitol Hill by surprise. "Despite the president's statement that he may be able to circumvent a basic privacy protection, the new postal law continues to prohibit the government...

WASHINGTON - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions. That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.

THE LIST The King of Stamps December 28, 2006 The Postal Service recently announced its list of the most-collected stamps. The top five, with year of introduction and how many of them have been saved by Americans, in millions: 1. Elvis Presley (1993) 124.1 2. Wonders of America (2006) 87.5 3. Wildflowers (1992) 76.1 4. Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues (1993) 75.9 5. DC Comics Super Heroes (2006) 73.0

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, Oct. 27, 2006 -- The Joint Military Mail Terminal Kuwait is gearing up for, by far, its busiest two months of the year -- the time when servicemembers are sending and receiving packages for the holiday season. A Combat Support Associcates contractor stacks packages and bags of mail at the Joint Military Mail Terminal, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Photo by Sgt. Chris Jones, USA  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The staff at the mail terminal, which is located at Camp Arifjan, is taking steps to ensure the mail process doesn’t miss a beat during November...

Since arriving "in country" a little over eight months ago, I've had the chance to spend time on five different bases, I've met people from every state and from, at least, a dozen other countries. (Allow me an aside here. Regardless of what the MSM would have the folks back home believe, there really is a "multi-national" force over here. I seen and met troops from; UK, Austrailia, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Poland, Macedonia, and Albania. These are just the ones that I've had personal contact with, I know there are others.) To get back on topic; One thing that...

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Junk mail postman 'still in job'   Roger Annies advised people how to reduce their junk mail A postman suspended for telling people how to stop receiving junk mail says he remains a Royal Mail employee, but will know if he is to be sacked in a week. Roger Annies, 45, attended a disciplinary hearing after circulating his own leaflet on his round in Barry, south Wales, about unsolicited mail. Royal Mail said their "door to door" service was vital to its business and keeping costs to customers down. Some residents in Barry said they may start a petition...

Teen mails taped confession of father's slaying to paperAssociated Press Posted on Sat, Sep. 02, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. - A man obsessed with the 1999 Columbine school attack made a videotape showing his father's bloody corpse and describing plans to attack his former high school, then mailed it to a newspaper which posted excerpts on its Web site. The release of the video late Thursday was the latest twist in the case, which began when Alvaro Castillo was arrested Wednesday in front of Orange High School in Hillsborough after multiple shots were fired from the parking lot. Two students suffered...

CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (May 25, 2006) -- On his second deployment to Iraq, Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Lamb admits that communicating with friends and family back home is easier thanks to a relatively new program: Moto Mail. ‘Moto’ is short for ‘motivation,’ and it’s what U.S. service members like Lamb use as a means to keep contact with his friends and family back home. This roughly two-year-old program allows U.S. service members deployed overseas to receive letters via an electronic system. The letters are printed and enveloped at the military post office, and in the hands of the service...

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-- (March 10, 2006) -- More than 65 percent of the approximate 27,000 Marines who deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force, in support of the Global War on Terrorism, have completed the redeployment process. As Marines return to their families and loved ones, so does their mail. Care packages intended for use in the Iraqi deserts have been routed back to the rear in anticipation of the recipient’s relocation. “Our mail room in H-24 is about to blow up,” said II Marine Headquarters Group company first sergeant, Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Kapla. “It’s important that every...

A former waitress at a Brockton strip club who says she was tired of being mistreated by men allegedly mailed explosive packages to Bridgewater State College, strip clubs, a motorcycle gang, Fox 25, and KISS 108 radio station, according to court documents unsealed yesterday. Kimberly Lynn Dasilva, 40, of Hull, who hosts sex toy parties and sells adult gift baskets from an Internet site, was arrested Friday night after FBI agents and State Police raided her home and found letters hidden in the ceiling tiles of her bedroom that allegedly linked her to the mailings last September.

Political life since the Novemeber 2005 defeat of his “Year of Reform” special-election initiatives has been a whirlwind of change for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has thoroughly revamped his political operation. The Weekly has learned that just before the upheaval began, the governor received an anonymous letter alleging serious financial mismanagement and improprieties in his political operation. The letter triggered an unprecedented round of questioning of the governor’s political consultants by his legal counsel. The “letter was a stupid smear and 1,000 percent bullshit,” said Mike Murphy, who until last month was the man in charge of Schwarzenegger’s political operation....

WASHINGTON - In the 50 years that Grant Goodman has known and corresponded with a colleague in the Philippines he never had any reason to suspect that their friendship was anything but spectacularly ordinary. But now he believes that the relationship has somehow sparked the interest of the Department of Homeland Security and led the agency to place him under surveillance.