In Cost-Saving Move, Post Office Cuts Saturday Delivery

NPR | Feb. 06, 2013 7:51 a.m. | Updated: Feb. 06, 2013 9:03 a.m.

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The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday announced that it plans to halt Saturday mail delivery, a major shift in operations that the agency says it must make in order to keep from bleeding billions of dollars every year. Package deliveries would continue under the plan.