NYC pooches still going postal
"An Associated Press story last week incorrectly reported that not a single letter carrier in the New York area reported being bitten last year. In fact, there were 67 recorded dog bites on postal carriers ... in 2006, compared with 54 in the previous year." NY Daily News
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Economist: Post office may not last 'forever'
"Charles Guy, who studied the economics of mail for 26 years inside the Postal Service, says... increases may become an annual ritual." (You mean the USPS will do what UPS and FedEx have always done?) St Louis Post Dispatch
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Mail practices sent into flux
Postal rate changes are making businesses think outside the box, with shape, flexibility as factors besides size Newsday
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Hate junk mail?
From yesterday's 'TODAY' show. Includes a video segment telling how to avoid unwanted advertising mail. (But not until you watch an advertisement, of course...) MSNBC
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Commentary: We can do better communicating DMers’ needs to PRC
"a couple of the governors... seemed clueless regarding questions raised about the postal service" "there appears to be a full-fledged food fight going on between the heads of the two largest postal unions" DMNews.com
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DM Days keynoters talk change, connectivity
"You know direct marketing's not the same anymore when two former executives from one of the ad agencies handling the USPS account — don't mention direct mail in their keynote presentation" DMNews.com
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