FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, a mail handler breaks bundles of business mail at the United States Postal Service Leslie N. Shaw Sr. Processing and Distribution Center in Los Angeles. Thanks to a one-two punch from the recession and rising production and shipping costs, retailers are shrinking catalogs, substituting postcards and slashing mailing lists. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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