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The Western Union telegram (the singing one, too) is dead. And in case you thought sending telegrams was a means of communication that died with The Three Stooges, or was trapped in Technicolor with Bugs Bunny, you were mistaken. Until last week, Western Union was sending 55 telegrams a day on average. Fifty-five a day, or around 20,000 per year, was a long fall from the company's heyday in 1929, when over 200 million telegrams (not singing ones yet, though), or 550,000 a day made their way across the continent. In 2005, that number dropped to just 21,000. Realizing the Internet and wireless communication had delivered its death throes, Western Union put to rest its 150-year-old service last Friday. In 30 words on its here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web