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Daily Mail Royal Mail signals end of the 'Sorry, you were out' cardDaily MailBut Royal Mail has signalled an end to the days of trekking across town to the delivery office for parcels or signed-for goods. It announced yesterday it will allow letters and parcels to be left with neighbours. …

East St. Louis celebrating stamp for Miles DavisSTLtoday.comLOUIS • Miles Davis, the jazz trumpeting genius who grew up in East St. Louis, will be celebrated by the city and the US Postal Service today with the issue of a "forever stamp" in his likeness. In a partnership with La Poste …

News in briefManchester Evening NewsThe Royal Mail is planning to extend deliveries of large items of post to a neighbour if people are not at home following a successful trial in areas including Bolton and Wigan. The group said more than nine out of 10 people whose post was taken …

The decision follows a successful trial of the service in around 750,000 homes in seven parts of the country – including Swansea, Norwich, Edinburgh and Wigan – since November last year. More: continued here

Scotsman Royal Mail pays £1m compensation over damaged and missing postScotsmanTHE Royal Mail has been forced to pay out almost £1 million in compensation to Scottish customers in the past year, it emerged yesterday. Figures show that homeowners and businesses in Scotland made a total of 79620 complaints about lost, …

Chicago Tribune Its future uncertain, Geneva post office caught in red tapeChicago TribunePatrons of the post office in west suburban Geneva's quaint downtown might notice new signs of life, with new paint on the exterior and a restored Depression-era mural inside. Despite these improvements, the building was held up as …

Keller post office evacuated, 5 people treated for irritationFort Worth Star TelegramKELLER — Five people were treated Tuesday afternoon for eye and skin irritation after a chemical spray was released in the lobby of the city's post office, according to a news release. The office was evacuated, and a "person …

GPB Food Stamps and the Farm BillNew York TimesThe version of the farm bill that emerged from the Senate Agriculture Committee contains $4.5 billion in cuts to the food stamps program over 10 years. That amount is a small fraction of the nation's spending on food stamps, currently nearly $80 …

Last week, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Geneva post office as one of the nation’s 11 most endangered historic places. More: continued here

Foxboro Post Office building to closeAttleboro Sun ChronicleFOXBORO — The town's Wall Street Post Office building will be closed and put up for sale, and Foxboro's carrier routes will be moved to the Mansfield Post Office under a plan announced to workers Tuesday. But Foxboro will still have a post …