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ATT customers should expect to pay a little more on their bill this month. The company has added a new 61-cent monthly administrative fee for all of its contract wireless customers.
Effective May 1, the new “Mobility Administrative Fee” applies to consumer and Individual Responsibility User (IRU) lines. The “below the line” fee appears with taxes and other surcharges at the bottom of a customer’s phone bill, below the service charges.
While this may not sound l [...]
AT&T adds 61-cent ‘mobility’ fee to wireless bills
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ATT customers should expect to pay a little more on their bill this month. The company has added a new 61-cent monthly administrative fee for all of its contract wireless customers.
Effective May 1, the new “Mobility Administrative Fee” applies to consumer and Individual Responsibility User (IRU) lines. The “below the line” fee appears with taxes and other surcharges at the bottom of a customer’s phone bill, below the service charges.
While this may not sound l [...]
Arizona jury fails to decide if Jodi Arias should be executed
By Tim Gaynor
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Thu May 23, 2013 10:04pm EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the trial.
Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty this month of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, ha [...]
‘Active’ US hurricane season seen
23 May 2013
Last updated at 21:57 ET
Hurricane Sandy, seen above, caused serious damage from storm surge and flooding across the US East Coast
US weather forecasters have predicted an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season of seven to 11 hurricanes.
There is a 70% chance 13-20 named storms will form, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
This is above the average of 12 named storms and six hurricanes in the six-month season beginning on 1 June.
The agency’s administrator urged families to pre [...]
Hamlin sets new track qualifying record at Charlotte
Concord, NC – Denny Hamlin easily broke the track qualifying record at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday night to earn the pole for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 — the longest race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Hamlin, who was the 39th driver in the 44-car qualifying order, turned a lap
at a blistering 195.624 mph. It marked the 14th career Sprint Cup pole for the
Joe Gibbs Racing driver, including his second of the season and his first at
Charlotte.
Hamlin’s first pole this season [...]
5 questions on Obama’s security address
President Barack Obama’s security speech Thursday — covering topics from terrorism and drones to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay — was by far the most sweeping address he’s delivered on the subject since the early months of his first term.
He made some concrete announcements, including a lifting of the moratorium he imposed four years ago on returning prisoners to Yemen. And he fleshed out a series of statements his subordinates have made in recent months about the legal and practical restraints on the U.S. government’s use of dr [...]
Cradle turns smartphone into handheld biosensor
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Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app for the iPhone that uses the phone’s built-in camera and processing power as a biosensor to detect toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses and other molecules.
Having such sensitive biosensing capabilities in the field could enable on-the-spot tracking [...]
Report: Google mapping Waze takeover
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Google may be driving forward with a plan to purchase Waze for $1 billion or more, according to a new report.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Google is considering a bid for the mobile mapping and navigation company. The search giant perked up to the idea only after learning that Facebook was in talks to buy Waze, Bloomberg reported.
When reached for comment, Waze spokesperson Julie Mossler said that the startup does not comment on rumors or speculation.
Waze, founded in 2007, makes a mobile applicatio [...]
Zimmerman defense releases texts about guns, fighting from Trayvon Martin’s phone
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George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, stands in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida, with his attorney Mark O’Mara, right, for a pre-trial hearing on April 30.
By Elizabeth Chuck, Jamie Novogrod, and Tom Winter, NBC News
The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree murder in the Florida shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has released a trove of texts and photos from Martin’s cell phone — but it’s not clear w [...]
Asian stocks bounce back after falls
23 May 2013
Last updated at 21:26 ET
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Shares in Asia have recovered some of the steep falls suffered on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei index rising 3%.
A 17% rise for computer giant Hewlett-Packard helped steady nerves on Wall Street and underpinned a brighter mood.
On Thursday Tokyo shares had their steepest one-day fall in two years on expectations the US would ease back on its monetary support.
Weak economic data on Chinese manufacturing also helped spark Thursday’s sell [...]
Obama thinks we won the War on Terror and it’s time to move on
President Obama delivered what was billed by the White House as a “major” speech on national security Thursday at the historic National Defense University. In short, Mr. Obama thinks the War on Terror is over, and he won it. There may be a few final details to mop about, but it’s time to move on to more important things.
The speech was typical of Mr. Obama: Open with a broad sweep of history from the beginning of the republic to today.
Follow that with a laundry list of all the great things he has done to reverse the bad things [...]
Haas, Waldorf set pace at Senior PGA Championship
Thu May 23, 2013 9:30pm EDT
(Reuters) – American Jay Haas charged into early contention for a third Senior PGA Championship title by shooting a flawless five-under-par 66 in Thursday’s opening round at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 59-year-old shrugged off lingering back pain with accurate driving and deft course management to end a cool, blustery day tied at the top with compatriot Duffy Waldorf, who qualified for the over-50 Champions Tour last August.
Japan’s Kiyoshi Murota [...]
Report: Holder OK’d Rosen warrant
Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on the search warrant that led to the seizure of Fox News reporter James Rosen’s private emails, according to a new report from Michael Isikoff of NBC News.
A law enforcement official told Isikoff that Holder’s approval came “after senior Justice officials concluded there was ‘probable cause’ that Rosen’s communications with his source, identified as intelligence analyst Stephen Kim, met the legal burden for such searches.” The Justice Dept. had described Ro [...]