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11.20.2022

Owney the Postal Dog | National Postal Museum

"... "Owney was a scruffy mutt who became a regular fixture at the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. His owner was likely a postal clerk who let the dog walk him to work. Owney was attracted to the texture or scent of the mailbags and when his master moved away, Owney stayed with his new mail clerk friends. He soon began to..."   
Source: The Postal Newsgroup


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12.14.2018

Porch pirates beware! Sting uses fake Amazon boxes, GPS to catch would-be thieves

"...locations for cameras and boxes were selected using the city's own crime statistics and mapping of theft locations provided by Amazon. "Most of the package thefts we've made arrests on revolve around (closed-circuit TV) or private surveillance cameras that give us a still image ..."   
Source: www.wrcbtv.com

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2.20.2018

Amazon threat to FedEx overblown, it's the postal service that's in trouble, JP Morgan says

Amazon threat to FedEx overblown, it's the postal service that's in trouble, JP Morgan says

"...With a localized pick-up and delivery system beginning within the Amazon ecosystem, the service is not directly comparable to the standard ground offerings of either public carrier but rather the final mile of the USPS," Ossenbeck added. "While UPS and FedEx could face pressure if the capabilities expand into business-to-business or international deliveries, we expect the lost volumes to ..."   
Source: www.cnbc.com

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