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USPS hopes day off will save $$

Updated: February 6, 2013
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CNN --- Saturday mail service will soon be a thing of the past. The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday, it will stop first-class mail delivery on Saturdays beginning August 1. However, it says packages will still be delivered on Saturdays.

The move is expected to save $2 billion a year. The agency also plans to implement a number of other cost-cutting measures.

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