1.   Among other things, McVeigh seemed to have run a gun business from the mail box, advertising in the newsletter of the far-right Liberty Lobby.

2.   As for the birds, M.P. wrote that he suggested to his neighbor that he spray perfume in his mail box to keep birds from nesting in it.

3.   -- Pay attention to the most common targets, such as mail boxes, desk drawers or bathrooms.

4.   A postal worker said she glanced at The Enquirer only while stuffing it into mail boxes, and she said more than most.

5.   A thud on the doorstep, a rustle in the mail box.

6.   A worker there declined to give any information about who rented the mail box, but said many had visited the store asking similar questions.

7.   Convenience checks are a popular marketing tool in the credit-card industry, choking mail boxes across the country on a daily basis.

8.   For the next few months, the postal service will deliver mail to private mail boxes, regardless of designation.

9.   Former members said they leased private mail boxes instead of giving out home addresses.

10.   Here, as throughout the heartland, yards, lamp posts and rural mail boxes have bloomed with flags.