HURRICANE, Utah – Inmates at Washington County’s jail will soon be picking up some of the tab for staying there. The Purgatory Jail is starting a pay-to-stay program, charging inmates $45 for each day they are held there. Jail officials say it’s a way to offset costs and an incentive …
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NEW YORK – AT&T Inc., the country’s largest Internet provider, is considering charging extra for customers who download large amounts of data. “A form of usage-based pricing for those customers who have abnormally high usage patterns is inevitable,” spokesman Michael Coe said this week. The top 5 percent of AT&T’s …
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LEBANON, N.H. – A vintage biplane made a dramatic emergency landing on Interstate 89, backing up traffic but leaving the pilot, his passenger and his plane unhurt. Richard “Bud” Bushway and Mary Dixon, both of Strafford, Vt., were coming in for a landing at Lebanon Regional Airport Saturday morning when …
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Last minute funding to buy rice has allowed the U.N. World Food Program to resume free breakfast for hundreds of thousands of Cambodian children, the agency said Monday. The program ended this month because of rising rice prices. But a $5.4 million infusion from WFP headquarters …
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SOUTH SHORE, Ky. – It’s an 8-ton boulder that for decades sat, mostly forgotten, in the middle of the river that separates Ohio and Kentucky. It was a navigation marker for boaters that became the canvas for such fine art as a stick figure-like face with two dots for eyes …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday said the presidential runoff election in Zimbabwe this week appears to be a “sham,” joining a chorus of international condemnation against the actions of that country’s ruler. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who wants to extend his nearly three-decade rule, is being blamed for widespread …
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This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” March 25, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Gas prices are a major concern for Americans and a hot topic on the campaign trail. Earlier today Senator John McCain told …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. have settled claims that the iPhone’s “visual voicemail” technology infringed patents held by Klausner Technologies Inc., a New York-based patent holding company founded by inventor Judah Klausner. AT&T is the exclusive wireless carrier for Apple’s iPhone in the United States. The visual …
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LOS ANGELES – The Daytime Emmys are turning to tables. Friday’s live broadcast of the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on ABC will feature talk show and game show hosts, TV judges and soap stars gathered around their own tables in a new setup similar to the Golden Globe Awards. …
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BAGHDAD – A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least 10 people, including four Americans — two soldiers and two government employees, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. U.S. troops captured a suspect who tested positive for explosive residue after …
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