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USPS May Cut Out Full Day Of Mail Delivery
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow slows the United States Postal Service down, but a rising deficit may do the trick.
Postmaster General John Potter says the post office's financial situation could force the agency to cut a full day out of mail delivery each week.
Potter asked a congressional panel today to end the requirement that the post office deliver mail six days a week.
If the post office was to cut its delivery days, it would not necessarily cancel Saturday delivery. Previous studies have looked at the possibility of skipping some other day, such as Tuesday.
Rising costs and increasing use of e-mail lead to a $2.8 billion deficit in 2008.