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NEW YORK -- Authorities believe a U.S. postal employee in custody here helped draft a letter of introduction that may have been used by two men who posed as journalists to assassinate a leading opposition figure in Afghanistan last fall, according to a U.S. official familiar with the case.Click here for full Washington Post article

One of the National Basketball Association greats has decided to call it quits. Karl Malone, who has not played this season because of injuries, officially announced his retirement Sunday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Malone made the long-expected announcement at the home arena of the Utah Jazz, the team he played with for 18 of his 19 seasons. "I would like to officially announce my retirement from the game of basketball, playing-wise," he said. "Now, where that leads to after that, in some capacity, we will sit down and make that decision as a family." Malone, 41,...

For years, the U.S. Postal Service has subscribed to the philosophy that “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But if snow, rain and heat don’t stop your mail from getting delivered, its supposed anti-Islamic (or overtly Christian or Jewish) content just might. According to “Operation Iraqi Freedom” mailing tips announced by the USPS on March 25, 2003, the following items are prohibited from being mailed to troops stationed in the Middle East: obscene articles (prints, paintings, cards, films, videotapes, etc.); any matter containing religious materials...

Lazy postman George Lamb pocketed more than 17,000 letters, parcels and birthday cards because he could not be bothered to deliver them. Lamb of Avison Court, Fenham, Newcastle, stole cash, vouchers and presents while on his round in Fenham and was only caught after police trapped him through a fake package. He took nearly 17,500 parcels, letters, cards and packages, removing cash from 1,688 greetings cards, keeping hold of 7,331 door-to-door promotional packages and charity appeals, and storing 8,440 parcels in his flat in Newcastle. Post Office staff became suspicious after complaints from angry residents in the Fenham area who...

Affidavit says ex-con told postal officials he was just trying to get money to buy a ring before his wedding the next day Willie James Glover told federal agents he just wanted to do right by the woman he was about to marry. That's why he tried to rob a mailman. A federal grand jury in Mobile last week indicted Glover, 46, on a single charge of assaulting a postal employee. Glover's rap sheet dates back 25 years and includes arrests for robbery and assault. As of Thursday night, he was in Mobile County Metro Jail on a possible parole...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- A Staten Island postal worker was denied bail Friday after prosecutors promised a "mountain of proof" would show he assisted terrorists.</p> <p>Ahmed Abdel Sattar, 41, was ordered held by U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl, who said no bail conditions could protect the community or guarantee he would not flee.</p>