Packages await sorting at a post office in Atlanta as U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Michael McDonald gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
** FILE ** U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Jamesa Euler turns down the flag on a mailbox while delivering mail in the Cabbagetown neighborhood in Atlanta on Feb. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)