US Postal Service to End Saturday Delivery

By: CNN

Updated: February 6, 2013

Saturday mail service will soon be a think of the past.

US Postal Service officials announced Wednesday it will stop delivering first-class mail on Saturdays but packages will be delivered.

The change, which goes into effect August 1st, is expected to save a few billion dollars.

The agency also plans to implement a number of other cost cutting measures.

Postal officials have been calling on Congress to pass legislation to ease their fiscal pain.

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