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DHS, Interior Among 5 of the Worst-Run Federal Programs

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office released its biennial list of the poorest performing government agencies today -- and this year, the Interior Department's management of the nation's oil and gas resources made the list for the first time. This should come as no surprise, given the breathtaking scope of...

Police: Woman Tried to Send Live Puppy Through the Mail

Postal workers in Minneapolis got quite a surprise when a package suddenly moved on its own. Suspicious, they opened it up -- and found a live puppy inside. Authorities say that Stacey Champion, 39, tried to mail the 4-month-old dog from Minneapolis, to Atlanta, in a package with no food, water or air holes, The Star...

Netflix Instant Streaming Officially Bigger Than DVD Rentals

(Oct. 21) -- DVD-by-mail is officially going the way of Saturday evenings spent perusing the video rental shelves. For the first time in its history, movie rental giant Netflix is providing more hours of content via Internet streaming than on DVDs, according to the Los Angeles Times blog Company Town. Netflix chief...

Police: Postal Workers Shot Dead in Tennessee

(Oct. 18) -- Two postal service employees were shot dead today in Henning, Tenn., during a possible robbery attempt at their work place, authorities said. The employees, both women, were found dead this morning in a post office in the small town 50 miles northeast of Memphis. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office told...

Opinion: Pushing the Envelope

(Oct. 4) -- I am quite possibly the only fossil on the planet who laments the demise of the U.S. Postal Service. Its appeal to raise the price of a stamp a mere two cents was turned down last week, causing the already ailing agency to take a turn for the worse. Over the next decade, the USPS is expected to lose an...

Background on postal service

Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world.

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