If you've received an unexpected package in the mail that might not be good fortune arriving at your door. It could be a scammer is trying to steal your identity.
Two letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns this past weekend which tested positive for ricin were postmarked in Shreveport.
A teacup Chihuahua named Molly has bitten off more than she can chew as far as one Canadian city is concerned. The three-pound dog recently bit a postal worker, and now authorities in Windsor say she is a “dangerous dog” and have ordered that she be muzzled and kept on a leash at all times.
WHAT YEAR WAS IT
These songs were on the radio:
'Tell Her About It' (Billy Joel)
'Every Breath You Take' (The Police)
'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' (Bonnie Tyler)
These events were making headlines:
A first class stamp costs 20 cents.
Cable TV subscribers reach the 30 million mark.
The Dow-Jones Industrial Average closes above the 1,200 mark for the first time.
Congress is currently considering a postal service overhaul which would eventually eliminate Saturday delivery in a bid to make the postal service more cost efficient.
How would that go over with the public?
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1775 – Congress establishes the United States Post Office and names Benjamin Franklin the first US Postmaster General (More info)
1908 – The Office of the Chief Examiner, which later becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is created (More info)
Email and other electronic transactions have caused a dramatic drop in the volume of snail-mail and its associated revenues — so much so that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery.
It’s a move that could save the United States Postal Service as much as $3.1 billion a year.