Rules to give thumbs a rest: Cell phone ban during school hours means no text messaging (Herald & Review)
In some states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, the sale of lottery tickets on a credit card is specifically prohibited by law. As with online or casino gambling, the concern seems to be that consumers who buy lotto tickets on credit could wager more than they can afford to spend.
Rules to give thumbs a rest: Cell phone ban during school hours means no text messaging (Herald & Review)
Area teens will be giving the airwaves a rest after Tuesday, at least during school hours, when rules call for a ban on cell phone use, including text messaging.
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Massive tree trimming (San Diego Union-Tribune)
When is it a good thing to cut down trees? The National Park Service reports it is doing just that to restore historical integrity to Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Back to School in a Wired World (CBS News)
As children head back to school, experts offer advice on how to cope with all of the distractions and dilemmas of electronic gadgets.
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Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Danby town board will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. today on a proposed law amending subdivision regulations. The hearing will run directly into a town board meeting where board members will vote today on whether or not to overhaul subdivision regulations.
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Edy electronic money reshapes consumer spending patterns (Japan Update)
Cellular telephones have joined plastic cards in the electronic era, offering new ways to avoid carrying cash and coins. The acronym for this new spending system is Edy, a prepaid electronic money system now embraced by more than 2,500 businesses in Okinawa alone.
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Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Dryden Road parking garage will reopen Saturday, Aug. 11, after two months of rehabilitation, the City of Ithaca announced Thursday.
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JumpTV Increases Revenue 17%, Reduces Loss in Q2 2007 vs Q1 2007 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
JumpTV Inc. (TSX: JTV) a leader in broadcasting international television and sports over the Internet, today announced quarterly results and selected financial metrics for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.
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Cell plans, rule changes alter usage (The Patriot-News)
What's responsible for the demise of pay phones? That depends on whom you ask. Verizon, which operates more than 200,000 pay phones in the U.S., tied the decrease in pay-phone use to cell phones.
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Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The State Theatre of Ithaca's new box office opens at 10 a.m. tofday
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TELUS Reports Second Quarter Results (Broadcast Newsroom)
VANCOUVER , Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - TELUS Corporation today reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2007. Revenue increased four per cent to $2.23 billion from a year ago due to continued wireless and data growth.
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Rules to give thumbs a rest: Cell phone ban during school hours means no text messaging (Herald & Review)
In its "Payments Fraud: Consumer Considerations," the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City examines the ways credit card and debit card payments are both susceptible to, and helpful in preventing, payments fraud. The Fed notes an increase in payments fraud, which it defines as "the use of a payment mechanism by someone other than the individual(s) authorized to use it."
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