Cedar Point Amusement Park's newest roller coaster, Siren's Curse, has broken down yet again, which is at least the fifth reported issue in a month.

From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the US Postal Service shaped a nation The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250 today, as the agency faces financial challenges.

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday.

“The Pony Express was very, very expensive.” While U.S. postage to send a letter was 10 cents in 1860, it initially cost an additional $5 to send mail by Pony Express — close to $200 today.

From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the US Postal Service shaped a nation It has grown from serving the 13 colonies to delivering more mail than any other postal system in the ...

FILE - This illustration depicts a Pony Express rider, left, greeting Western Union linemen as they string wires of the first transcontinental telegraph in 1861.