1.   Others have taken to mailing letters of solicitation to people who have just been released from jail, a practice considered questionable by many in the field.

2.   Thomas, a former Milby High School student, is accused of mailing letters to Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff John Stone and to Columbine High School.

3.   Chinese police have arrested two men for mailing letters containing white powder in apparent anthrax hoaxes, state newspapers reported Friday.

4.   The cost of mailing letters to the United States and other international destinations will also rise two cents.