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...Most of us have already bought our holiday presents, of course. USPS shipping hit a high-water mark on Monday, Dec. 14, when post offices processed a whopping 800 million pieces of mail, a 40% spike over the typical load. A FedEx spokesman said the 14th was also that carrier's busiest day; the delivery service processed and sent out 13 million packages. Why Dec. 14? FedEx calls the date a "perfect storm" - packages were backed up from the weekend, and shoppers were rushing to beat the end of many retailers' free-shipping offers. The carrier says Dec...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Shipping: How to Beat the Rush | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...still haven't found that special something for Grandma, don't fret - you can still sneak in a little last-minute shopping. For procrastinators, UPS may be the carrier of choice - despite a volume spike on Dec. 14, a UPS spokesman told TIME the company doesn't anticipate their shipments to peak until Dec. 21, when they expect to process 22 million packages (a typical day, by contrast, involves only 15 million). And if you really want to push it, major carriers will accept holiday shipping as late as Dec. 23 - two days later than the deadline for first-class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Shipping: How to Beat the Rush | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...earlier version of the Dec. 16 news article "Cyber Safety Expert Visits" incorrectly attributed quotes to Danah Boyd—a researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a fellow at the Berkman Center—instead of another speaker at the event. Boyd did not say that Boston has been working on a cyber-safety project with funding from Microsoft. The article has been changed to reflect this inaccuracy...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cyber Safety Expert Visits | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Lisa M. Coleman, Tufts’ first executive director of institutional diversity, will join Harvard as Chief Diversity Officer on Dec. 30, the University announced last week...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Hires Diversity Officer | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...suit began in Dec. 2007, just months into Day’s tenure as department chair, when Tuli filed an injunction after a hospital credentials committee that included Day threatened that her credentials would be revoked unless she agreed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation...

Author: By Alee Lockman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hospital Chair To Resign Dec. 31 | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

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