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Bad Vibrations: Russian Bomb Squad Called to Disarm Sex Toy

A sex toy sparked a terror drill in Russia on Monday, when a bomb squad was summoned to defuse a vibrator. Anti-terrorism experts responded to a call from a post office in Petrozavodsk in the republic of Karelia, where an employee had discovered a package that was emitting a bizarre ticking noise, The Telegraph...

Potty-Mouthed Postal Worker Accused of Spitting Feces on Cop

He didn't talk back to police, but cops in Colorado say this suspect had a foul mouth. Law enforcement officials in Durango say a postal worker spit his excrement in a police officer's face after being arrested on drunken driving charges. After seeing Paul Andrew Kausalik, 61, make a turn without signaling late on Feb....

Two Tenn. Post Office Workers Killed in Shooting

HENNING, Tenn. (Oct. 18) -- Two post office workers were killed Monday in a shooting at a post office in West Tennessee during a possible robbery attempt, authorities said. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department told The Associated Press that two female employees were killed Monday morning in what may have been a...

Rate Board Denies Postal Service Price Hike Plea

WASHINGTON (Sept. 30) - The independent panel that oversees the U.S. Postal Service has denied the agency's request to increase the cost of mailing a letter by 2 cents -- to 46 cents. The Postal Regulatory Commission announced its decision rejecting the requested price hike at a news conference Thursday. In July, the...

Opinion: Congress Goes Postal

(Aug. 24) -- Pop quiz: Based on Congress' legislative output over the past year and a half, what do you think is the most pressing issue facing the country? The crummy economy? Terrorist threats? Health care costs? The sorry state of education? National defense? Global warming? Immigration? Answer: None of the...