U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Feds: Lance Armstrong 'Was Unduly Enriched At The Expense Of The United States'

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:02:00 +0000

Between 1998 and 2004, Lance Armstrong's cycling team paid him nearly $18 million. Most of the team's money came from sponsorship fees paid by the U.S.

Post Office Will Keep Saturday Mail Delivery After All

Scott Neuman — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000

The U.S.

Saturday Mail Delivery: Safe For Now?

Wright Bryan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:41:00 +0000

Does the budget bill passed by Congress this week derail the United States Postal Service (USPS) plan to end Saturday delivery of first class mail?

Depending on how you interpret the situation, the answer is either "yes" or "no." The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the USPS is bound by law to keep delivering on Saturdays.

60 Years Later, Army Private's Letter Arrives

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:49:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep.

Sixty years ago, Pvt. Bob Rodgers arrived at Fort Campbell, Ky., for training. He wrote his wife a letter. He said all he did was, quote, "shine boots, shine boots and shine more boots - and brass and more brass."

Sixty years later, the Postal Service finally delivered that letter to Jean Rodgers. A postmaster says she has no idea why it took so long. But the postmaster adds the important part of it is, it did get delivered.

It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Man's Ashes Take Trip Across The Country

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:24:00 +0000

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

And now, a story from Washington State, a story about one family's unexpected odyssey. Seventy-three-year-old Kevin O'Grady had recently died in Seattle, where one of his two daughters lives. She mailed her father's ashes across the state to her sister, Katy, in Spokane. That's where their father, an Air Force veteran, was to be buried with military honors.

But after several days, Katy had yet to receive the ashes.

KATY O'GRADY: So I was calling post office after post office, just devastated, trying to find where my dad is. Where is my dad?