Privacy concerns cut off Caller ID in some states
Caller ID shows the caller's number and sometimes name, widely available in over 20 states. While praised for deterring nuisance calls, privacy restrictions by regulators threaten its appeal, with some companies including blocking options proactively to satisfy regulators and users.
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Clifton Metcalf
Southern Bell
North Carolina
Cailer
Massachusetts
New England
U.S. West Communications
Gwen Law
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
New Jersey Bell
James W. Carrigan
Carrigan
Center Corp
Las Vegas
Nevada
Dianna Fyke
Centel
NASA's Dante robot mission aborts at Erebus volcano
NASA and NSF halted the Dante teleoperated robot at Mount Erebus after a broken fiber cable cut contact a mile from the crater rim. The eight foot unit descended 21 feet, with two other goals met including remote operation and hardware testing for future moon Mars missions. Dante named after Dante Alighieri. Erebus references Greek myth.
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Washington
NASA
Antarctic
Moon
Mars
David Lavery
Dante
Mount Erebus
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
U.S. McMurdo Station
Lavery
Erebus
National Science Foundation
Carnegie-Mellon University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Antarctica
Dante Aligieri
Hades
NASA spots detailed view of near Earth asteroid Toutatis
NASA radar reveals Toutatis as two large irregular rocks about 2.5 and 1.6 miles wide. The asteroid whizzed within 2.2 million miles of Earth on December 8 to 13, offering the best images yet of a body that could threaten humanity.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Humanity
Earth
Steven Ostro
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Toutatis
California
Mojave Desert
Galileo
Gaspra
Mars
Jupiter
Ostro
Mr. Ostro
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Solar System
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Siberia
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Boston
Susan Butta
New England Telephone
Mark Cooper
Consumer Federation of America
Associated Press
RISC
IBM
Hagerstown
Donit
CNEN
Seton Goo
Valse
TVS
Ates
Qeantess
Templent
Dallas
Seu
Pizza Hut
Rosemont Ave
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