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It’s the time of year when business picks up at the post office as people across the country get into the holiday spirit. There are gifts and packages to ship, and about 1.9 billion Christmas cards to send. Greeting cards have actually been around for most of recorded history, going back to ancient China. Europeans more »
Acting USPS Postmaster General John Potter announced his upcoming retirement back on Oct. 25. Potter has been postmaster general since 2001, and has led the postal service through challenging times, starting with the anthrax scares immediately after 9/11 and continuing through today’s sluggish economic climate. Competition from electronic media intensified over the decade in which more »
The 20th Century was a period of unprecedented technological advancement in almost every field. Communication in particular was revolutionized during that time, and each breakthrough would contribute in its own way to today’s era of near-instantaneous distribution of information. The first telephone exchange in North America became operational in 1878. But like the telegraph before more »