Apparently trying an end-run around an unaccommodating Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week.

Hiring among employers with 300 or fewer employees dropped by 2.37 percent after a 0.39 percent gain in December.

Virginias industrial employment saw little change in the past year as it only recorded a slight gain of 284 jobs, according to the 2013 Virginia Manufacturers Directory, published annually by Manufacturers News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday the nation's immigration system is in desperate need of repair as he opened Congress' first hearing this year on immigration. Whether Congress will be able to agree on how to fix it remained unclear.