The Postal Service has a plan. Basically, if the agency makes the changes it is proposing, you won't be able to send a piece of first-class mail and expect it to arrive the next day. The other part of the plan not sitting well with critics: closing mail processing centers. That would cause tens of thousands of postal employees to be out of a job. Some say it's a small price to pay to save the Postal Service. The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe weighs in on the proposal and when it would affect customers.

Also in our business brief, we're taking a closer look at those jobless rates and what those numbers really mean. Yes, the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.6%, but for the millions still out of work, those statistics don't mean a thing. John McClain, from GMU's Center for Regional Analysis, talks to us about what really drives the economy.