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Is the postal service going the way of the pony express?

Season 2013 | 3m 08s

The U.S. Post Office announced that the price of a first class stamp will rise from 46 to 49 cents in late January. Rising costs and diminishing usage may endanger future of mail delivery in this country. Canada is phasing out urban delivery service in the next few years. For more, we are joined from Bradley Klapper of the Associated Press has been covering the story.

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