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February 6, 2013 07:37 pm GMT

USPS Cutting Saturday Mail Delivery


The U.S. Postal Service will reportedly announce Wednesday that it will stop delivering letters on Saturdays beginning Aug. 1.

The postal service will continue to deliver packages on Saturday. Some post offices will also stay open on Saturdays to accept packages and sell stamps, but likely for limited hours.

The postal service posted a $15.9 billion net loss in the 2012 fiscal year. Ending Saturday mail delivery is a cost-cutting measure that will save $2 billion a year for the financially troubled organization, according to sources cited by The Washington Post.

E-mail and other digital communications have played a significant role in the postal service's decline -- it's much easie…
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