BY THE NUMBERS---DO YOU READ NEWS PAPER...?

READ ALL OVER — NOT SO MUCH.  According to a recent survey by Adweek Media and Harris, 43 percent of all adult Americans say they read a daily newspaper almost every day. Just over seven in 10 Americans say they read a daily paper — online or print  — at least once a week, and 81 percent read a daily newspaper at least once a month....

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AT 95, STILL DRIVING AND MAILING....

STILL DRIVING AND MAILING. Ninety-five-year-old Patrina Behrman is a regular at the Silver Creek, NY, Post Office. She drives there daily to mail important items, like her Publisher’s Clearing House entry — a contest she’s certain she’ll win someday.But in a few weeks, her friends at the Post Office will have to direct the prize van to Iowa. Behrman...

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STAMPING OUT HUNGER-collected a record 77.1 million in 2010.

STAMPING OUT HUNGERNALC, USPS FOOD DRIVE SETS RECORD Tipp City, OH, Letter Carrier Rex Bradley during the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, held May 8 in partnership with the Postal Service, collected a record 77.1 million pounds of non-perishable food. The results of...

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