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    Cash-strapped US Postal Service to launch clothing line

    The TODAY anchors, along with Jenna Bush Hager, chat about the hot topics of the day, including the struggling U.S. postal service's recent announcement that they will sell a new line of all-weather apparel and accessories called "Rain Heat & Snow."

    By Joy Jernigan, TODAY

    Next time you brave snow or rain or gloom of night, you might want to don a parka from the U.S. Postal Service.

    The cash-strapped Postal Service on Tuesday announced a licensing deal with an Ohio-based clothing company to produce a line of apparel dubbed “Rain Heat & Snow.” 

    Fashion apparel company Wahconah Group, based in Cleveland, will create a line of clothing and accessories for men, with future plans for a women’s line. 

    Earlier this month, the financially struggling Postal Service recently announced plans to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail and posted a $1.3 billion quarterly loss.

     

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    I don't think your writer understands the phrase "Going Postal". It means becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a workplace environment. On August 20, 1986, 14 employees were shot and killed and six wounded at the Edmond, Oklahoma post office by  …

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    'Oh yeah ... that's gotta go'

    At the brink of historic financial losses, the United States Postal Service launches a new TV advertising campaign designed encourage the use of snail mail. Msnbc's Alex Witt talks with reporter Ed O'Keefe.

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