— SEN. RICHARD DURBIN, discussing how Congress needs to help find ways to cut costs within the U.S. Postal Service (via CNN)
It’s another move by the United States Postal Service to get a handle on its growing financial difficulties. But it could make things even worse.
Wanted, dead or alive: Famous Americans to appear on the next postage stamp.
You’ll barely feel it — unless you’re a postal worker.
Cash. Some have it; some don’t. The United States Postal Service sits squarely in the Have Nots group, unable to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and on the verge of shutting down entirely without Congress taking emergency action, according to a New York Times report.
All that time you spend hanging out at your local U.S. Postal Service retail outlet may have to be spent elsewhere. Oh, wait. You aren’t visiting your local post office much — and that’s partly why the Postal Service has announced it may close about 10% of all 31,000 post offices nationwide.
The huddled masses would be sorely disappointed – the Ellis Island greeter depicted on a new U.S. stamp is actually her Las Vegas replica.
USPS is joining forces with Hallmark to make sending your best wishes easier. (via Techland)
We all hate waking up to that holiday shipping nightmare: You open your front door, only to find that a precious gift labeled “FRAGILE” has been reduced to fragments. (Via Popular Mechanics)
