ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A U.S. Postal Service official has pleaded guilty to accepting at least $40,000 in bribes in exchange for helping a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts. Forty-seven-year-old Gene Quarles of Spotsylvania pleaded guilty Thursday in federal ...

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WASHINGTON — The struggling U.S. Postal Service has reported a record annual loss of $15.9 billion, capping a tumultuous year in which it was forced to default for the first time on billions in payments to avert bankruptcy. The financial ...

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WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned that the Postal Service is on “the brink of default” as he battles to keep his agency solvent. Without legislation by Sept. 30, the agency “will default on a mandated $5.5 billion payment ...

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This week, City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke led a protest to try and halt a plan to close eight Baltimore post offices, now under review by the U.S. Postal Service. The feds say there is a pressing need to stop ...

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WASHINGTON — The financially troubled Postal Service is suspending its contributions to its employees’ pension fund. The agency said Wednesday it is acting to conserve cash as it continues to lose money. The post office was $8 billion in the ...

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