"...Federal investigators say letter carriers across the country have been robbed at gunpoint, but the number of cases in Albuquerque is extremely high and alarming. "Between mid-October and this week there have been a reported eight armed robberies of letter carriers," said Postal Inspector..."
"...United States Postal Services worker died after being shot in the head Monday night, Channel 2 Action News reported. The shooting occurred outside a post office..."
"...The crime was quick as two men, one of whom was armed, approached the letter carrier and demanded the keys to open mailboxes in apartment complexes...."
"...The plant closures have resulted in increased travel times, with mail taking longer to get to local post offices and pushing back carrier start times from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Once the mail arrives at local offices, there are now fewer clerks to sort the mail to routes and fewer carriers to cover existing and vacant routes, resulting in many carriers working shifts of more than 12 hours, and well into the evening hours...."
"...darkness and later starts – because of slower processing due to facility consolidations – means carriers are on the streets well after dark. “There were several carriers still on the street after 10 o’clock ..."
"...A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was shot and killed Saturday night while on his rounds..."
"...on a consistent basis were 67 percent more likely to develop coronary illnesses than those who worked only seven or eight hours.
Still, the study authors noted that other factors were considered in their analysis such as age, cholesterol levels and whether or not a patient smokes...."
"..."The post office has the mentality of somebody has to die it seems, or be seriously injured, before they'll evacuate a building," Pickett said...."
"...postal inspectors are trying to track the origin of incendiary packages sent to Maryland Gov...."
"...spokesman for Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen says a mail room employee was hurt in the Annapolis incident. ..."
"...called out the bomb unit to neutralize the device, which was in fact an active pipe bomb..."
"...60-year-old Bruce Parton was shot Monday afternoon. His body was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The shooter took off in the mail truck..."
"...They are just the latest in a terrifying series of homemade devices found in East Texas post office boxes over the past several months. ..."
