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...producers of this mountain of missives call it direct mail or mail order. The U.S. Postal Service refers to the onslaught as "bulk business mail." But to most people the deluge of material that descends on them each year is just plain junk mail, a typically American sobriquet that recognizes its vast and disorderly variety, its cheeky aggressiveness and its easy ability to raise hackles. Whatever its name, it is an extraordinary by-product of democratic civilization. Catalogs, catalogs, catalogs. Political flyers. Charitable solicitations. Environmental entreaties (on recycled paper, naturally). Sweepstakes packets. Magazine subscription offers. Investment brochures. Anything...
...though, is that there is so much paper invading their homes. Over the course of a lifetime, the average American professional will devote eight entire months to sifting through mail solicitations. Third-class mail is now a nearly 4 million-ton colossus that accounts for 39% of all U.S. postal volume. This year about 41 lbs. of junk mail have been generated for each adult American. Of the pile that reached mailboxes, an estimated 44% landed in trash cans, unopened and unread. Many of the rejects were "prospecting letters," mailings that fish for new clients and often hook only...
...gunned down by an assassin in a New York City hotel. Charged with Kahane's murder was El Sayid Nosir, an Egyptian- born New York City maintenance worker who became a U.S. citizen in 1989. Nosir, who was arrested after he was wounded in a shoot-out with a Postal Service officer, is believed to have acted alone...
...gunman fled the hotel and attempted to hijack a taxi when he was shot by a U.S. Postal Service Police Officer, Bloch said. The postal service officer was shot by the gunman in the ensuing struggle, in which both men were wounded. A bystander in the hotel was also shot and wounded...
...afternoon after Duffy's funeral, three teenagers hijacked two postal vans, drove them to the spot where Duffy had died and set them afire. Liam, 13, one of the car thieves, watched the flames with quiet satisfaction. He was not in very good standing with "the lads," having been thrown out of his Republican band the previous year for joyriding. But this hijacking was approved, and this time Liam was working within the rules. "It's 'cause the wee one was killed," he said. Liam was back with his friends, and he was happy...