Extra busy day for postal workers
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South Bend, IN - If you haven&#39;t sent out your holiday mail by now, it&#39;ll cost you more to get it there in time for this weekend.
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UPS (UPS) plans to hire 70,000 temporary workers to help with holiday shipping, 40% more than in 2003. UPS estimated Tuesday that it would deliver more than 340 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, peaking on Tuesday, Dec.
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Hundreds of Royal Mail staff staged industrial action for the second time in four days on Monday over plans to move postal services to WH Smith stores.
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By PIERS TOWNLEY MORE Londoners will be digging deeper into their pockets to get to work from Monday, when the congestion charge zone is extended west.
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It's official. Postal delivery is as  slow as snails, at least in Poland.
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Air travel is expected to surge dramatically over the holiday period that begins today, but extra workers at airports across the USA should keep delays to a minimum, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
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As heartbeats quicken around the world, a postmistress in a small Czech Republic town is pounding her rubber stamps in fervent anticipation of Valentine's Day.
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The post office hopes to hit a grand slam by honoring a quartet of baseball&#039;s great sluggers on postage. Ceremonies are scheduled for Yankee Stadium on Saturday to release new 39-cent stamps and 24-cent postal cards honoring Mickey Mantle, Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg and Mel Ott.
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Although e-mail is beginning to replace first-class mail, carriers for the United States Postal Service still struggle through the holiday season.
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The Postal Service expects to handle 20 billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up slightly from last year, the agency said Monday.
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By Katy Stech, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb.
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As the United States Postal Service struggles through the holiday season and its busiest time of the year, John V. Jose, like many mail carriers around the country, has noticed a difference in his deliveries.
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Northern Ireland's postal service is set to be disrupted by a national strike by Royal Mail staff.
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Police investigating a spate of letter bombs have warned the public more could be in the post.
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A two-week campaign of staggered strike action across the UK postal service is announced by union officials.
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The height of the busy season is tomorrow, when local carriers will deliver around 425,000 letters and cards, a spokeswoman said. Mail handler Bill Adams sorts through piles of mail at the main post office, 1501 S. Cherrybell Stravenue, yesterday.
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Postal workers are on course for an Â£800 bonus after the Royal Mail today reported a huge improvement in its finances and more reliable deliveries.