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1. T. J. Ellington, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, announced today at a news conference that the U.S. Postal Service will be cutting back on mail deliveries.

2. The U.S. Postal Service announced today that mail delivery will be cut back to twice a week to residential customers and three times a week to businesses.

3. In an effort to cut costs in these expensive times, the U.S. Postal Service announced today that it will cut back on mail delivery to both home and business customers.

4. "Further attempts must be made to cut costs," said T. J. Ellington, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, in a news conference today as he announced plans to cut down on mail delivery.