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Good morning, Houston. Another day, another ranking: This time, Houston is the second most dangerous place in the U.S. for letter carriers — at least in terms of dog bites. According to the U.S. Postal Service, 94 mail carriers were bitten by dogs in Houston last year, putting us slightly behind Santa Ana, Calif., which logged 96 bites. The safest city in the country: New York City, of all places. Who knew? The USPS... more ›

Brazoria officials had been after ex-mail carrier Russell Meuth for months about the trash in his back yard — not only was the yard junky, but there were reports of smoke there a couple weeks ago, a violation of a city ordinance and county burn ban. But when officials got a search warrant and went into the yard over the weekend, they were surprised at what they found: several containers of chemicals and 34 U.S. Postal Service boxes full of undelivered mail. Some of the chemicals may have been taken from a nearby Dow Chemical plant, and the mail seems to date from 2003, when Meuth delivered mail in Brazoria. more ›

If you're like Houstonist, you buy your stamps in bulk. So be warned, those 300 Buckminster Fuller 37 cent stamps are about to become obsolete. more ›