A customer takes mailing services at a post office in New York, the United States, August 6, 2009. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been struggling with a sharp decline in mail volume as people and businesses switch to e-mail both for personal cotact and bill paying. USPS is planning to close several hundreds of post offices, the lastes cost-cutting step for its scrambling to deal with a projected 7 billion USD deficit this fiscal year and larger losses in 2010.[Xinhua]