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Fear followed Oklahoma tornado but there are glimmers of optimism
MOORE, Okla. -- In the middle-class neighborhood of brick and frame homes known locally as South Moore Addition, there was no discernible pattern to the destruction inflicted by a tornado that killed at least 24 people. Some residents stood in a...Tags: Early Learning, Natural Disasters, Moore Oklahoma Tornado (2013), Tornadoes
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Springfield man guilty of having child porn on cell phone
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man who was recently released after serving a prison term for possessing child pornography pleaded guilty in...
Tags: Prisons, FBI, Pornography, Sex Crimes, Punishment
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2013: What to expect
The 2013 hurricane season is upon us. After a very busy 2012 hurricane season — with 19 named storms and 10 hurricanes — it looks like we will keep up the busy pace with a forecast of 18 named storms and nine hurricanes for 2013. However, we...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Weather Reports, Weather
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Poll: Where should Vin Scully's voice be heard?
Readers are talking a lot about a man who talks for a living: Vin Scully. Times data editor Doug Smith's Op-Ed article Tuesday musing on "the voice of L.A." closed with a question: "As far as I'm concerned, the voice of L.A. should be heard every day in...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Entertainment, Theme Park Vacations, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cheesecake Factory
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Kevin Hunt: Why Consumer Cellular Is Better Than Your Wireless Service
The Hartford CourantConsumer Cellular remains relatively unknown among wireless carriers despite giving its subscribers what every AT&T or Verizon (or cable television) customer desires: a no-contract, low-cost, buy-only-what-you-need option with basic service starting at...Tags: Computer Hardware, Consumers, Verizon Communications, Demographics, Media Industry
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Watch out for unauthorized charges on cellphone bills
Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill — all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request? If so, you've been crammed. Once only a big problem with landline telephones,...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Horoscopes, Consumers, Federal Trade Commission
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'No text worth dying for'
South Bend TribuneKristy Robinson admits she is more likely to text at a stoplight when she's running late. "And I'm always late," she adds. But the 32-year-old South Bend resident isn't the only one who finds it tempting to text behind the wheel. According to a survey...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Oregon tennis player Alex Rovello drowns after diving accident
University of Oregon junior Alex Rovello drowned Saturday after failing to surface following a 60-foot dive into Tamolitch Falls in Willamette National Forest in western Oregon. Friends and bystanders tried to rescue the tennis player when he failed...Tags: Tennis, Oregon Ducks
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Should call boxes be kept on the turnpike?
No With all due respect to smoke signals, Morse code and the telegraph — well, society forges on. Call boxes along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are an expensive, unnecessary and seldom-used taxpayer liability that should be struck from the...Tags: Apple iPhone, Pennsylvania Turnpike
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The war for mobile messaging is on
SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door. Unlike...
Tags: North Carolina State University, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Travel Alerts, Economy, Business and Finance
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FCC moves toward opening airwaves for in-flight Internet
The Federal Communications Commission took a step toward improving Web access for air travelers, voting to write rules to open frequencies for an air-to-ground Internet service proposed by Qualcomm Inc. In a 4-0 vote Thursday, the FCC advanced the...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc., Politics, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Marketing
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Expert: Help kids grow up
The typical teenager is hooked up in ways unimaginable just 10 years ago, an expert recently told parents during a seminar at Caruso Middle School in Deerfield. But kids are no more prepared than earlier generations to deal with nasty texts,...
Tags: Family
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