U.S. Postal Service Faces Bankruptcy
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Letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moves boxes of mail into his truck at a post office in Seattle, Wash. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said it is seeking to close 252 mail processing centers and slow first-class delivery aimed at helping the agency avert bankruptcy. The plant closures are expected to result in the elimination of roughly 28,000 jobs nationwide.
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Customers wait in line to ship packages at a post office in San Francisco, Calif.
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Postal Service letter carrier Juan Padilla puts letters into a mailbox as he walks his delivery route in San Francisco, Calif.
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A first class envelope is shown at a post office in San Jose, Calif. Unprecedented cuts by the cash-strapped Postal Service will slow first-class delivery next spring and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.
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Letter carrier Timothy Ainsworth, sporting a button in support of higher pay for letter carriers, moves mail into his truck at a post office in Seattle.
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U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the United States Postal Service in Washington, D.C.
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US Postal Service stamps are displayed at a post office on in San Francisco.
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