Cell phone companies beef up for hurricanes
After Katrina many Mississippi residents faced stripped communications as Bay St. Louis Police Chief Frank McNeil dealt with the disaster. Verizon and other carriers say they are boosting towers and mobile command centers, educating customers to charge phones and save emergency numbers, and using text messaging to stay reachable when lines are jammed.
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Repairs end golf stunt on space station spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA The two crewmen aboard the international space station planned a nearly six hour spacewalk with maintenance tasks leaving no time for golf The publicity stunt to hit a golf ball into orbit was canceled Vinogradov and Williams would repair an oxygen generator replace a camera reposition a cable and retrieve several devices It was their first spacewalk since arriving in early April Vinogradov had five prior spacewalks Williams one prior spacewalk
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Wal Mart weighs ethanol fuel at its U S stores
Wal Mart Stores Inc may offer ethanol from corn at 383 U S gas stations as the company reviews a plan to create a network for E-85 supply at stores and Sam's Clubs after gathering experts in Washington last week. In Raleigh a state commission urges reparations for 1898 racial violence, citing white vigilantes burning a black publisher's press and killings up to 60, calling the event a coup d etat rather than a spontaneous riot.
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North Carolina House blocks video poker ban battle
The North Carolina House opposed gambling on video poker after the Senate backed a ban repeated since 2000. Speaker Jim Black faced scrutiny over industry ties and campaign contributions totaling 167,000 dollars during 2002 and 2004 cycles amid investigations.
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