The Postal Service News

The following acts are scheduled to play at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2013: The National with Dirty Projectors on June 6. Tickets are $35 - $45. Captial Jazz Fest on June 7,8,9. Tickets $60 - $175. Of Monsters and Men on June 11.

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.

Plans to process your mail out of Spokane instead of the Tri-Cities are moving forward.

The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst American city for dog attacks on letter carriers last year.

Someone once asked author Kurt Vonnegut the same question about his hometown, and his answer is as true for Stockton as it was for Indianapolis: "It knows nothing of its past, which is in fact neither shameful nor boring, and so destroys even the most beautiful and imposing proofs that it ever had one." In Stockton, one need only remember the old ... (more)

Students use a balloon to launch Deployable CanSat, a soda-can sized model of a satellite, at All Nations University in Koforidua, Ghana, Wednesday.

Viewer Ben Lewis sent us video of the fire. He says it happened on US 74/76 near the Brunswick/Columbus County line.

Pamela Devitt was on one of her regular walks around Littlerock when she was fatally mauled by pit bulls on Thursday.

In tribute to the legends responsible for making American music part of global popular culture, the U.S. Postal Service today proudly announces the launch of a new Music Icons stamp series with the issuance of a stamp honoring Lydia Mendoza, one of the first and greatest stars of Tejano music.

The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst city in America for dog attacks on letter carriers last year, and it urged pet owners to help reduce the attacks.

A dog might be a man's best friend, but is it a letter carrier's? Dog Bite Prevention Week is May 19 25 this year.

During last night's episode of Mad Men , a 90-second animated commercial aired touting the "wonderfilled" nature of Oreo cookies.

Greg Broussard, better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover , is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was an important part of the L.A. dance music and rap scene in the early 1980s... The Egyptian Lover started out as a DJ in Los Angeles with Uncle Jam's Army DJing dances as large as the L.A. Sports Arena with 10,000 people.

The U.S. Postal Service says it may pursue higher stamp prices later this year if Congress doesn't pass legislation to help the agency cut costs, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Rep. Jon Runyan, R-N.J. is none too pleased with the Postal Service after its decision to set up a new temporary borough post office outside of the borough for customers in the 08735 zip code.

Post office had $1.9 billion second quarter loss By SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said Friday it lost $1.9 billion over the last three months and warned that losses would continue to mount without help from Congress.

U.S. Postal Service workers will be collecting food tomorrow as part of their Stamp Out Hunger food drive.The Postal Service asks that residents collect and bag nonperishable food items and leave them by their mailboxes.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe may soon be forced to choose which laws to flout to keep the barely solvent U.S. Postal Service running.

The U.S. Postal Service is looking to downsize its downtown Palo Alto operation at 380 Hamilton Ave., pictured here on Wednesday, Feb.