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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The U.S. Postal Service says it will delay plans to cut Saturday mail delivery because Congress isn't allowing the change.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  More than one hundred current and former postal workers came out today in Syracuse to make their voices heard. They were looking to stop deliveries from being eliminated on Saturdays.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former, seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A post office employee is accused of stealing a credit card and money from the mail.

Friday, February 08, 2013  In a move to cut costs, the Postal Service had announced Wednesday that it plans to end Saturday mail deliveries in August.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but continue delivering packages six days a week.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  The price of stamps will go up by one cent on Sunday. The Postal Regulatory Commission approved the proposed rate increase in November, which raises the price of a first-class domestic stamp to 46 cents.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Scammers are using U.S. Postal Services and UPS logos in e-mails to try and trick people into downloading computer viruses.

Sunday, November 25, 2012  December 17th is the peak day for CNY card mailing

Friday, November 16, 2012  Price of stamps increasing in January

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  A former U.S. postmaster will spend 10 weekends in jail and five years on probation after admitting she stole more than $20,000 from the agency while running a small-town post office in northern New York.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  A former central New York mail carrier has been sentenced to more than a year in prison and ordered to pay back the more than $325,000 in workers compensation funds she stole from the federal government.

Friday, June 22, 2012  A former U.S. Postal Service employee has admitted to bilking the federal government out of more than $18,000 in workers' compensation benefits.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  A former U.S. Postal Service employee has admitted to stealing more than $20,000 from the agency while running a small-town post office in northern New York.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  A Central New York mail carrier and her husband have admitted to making false statements in order for her to get more than $300,000 in federal workers compensation benefits.