FTC says spam on the decline experts skeptical
Washington AP FTC reports spam emails from Viagra and mortgages are down due to the anti spam law and better filters. Experts like Jordan Ritter doubt a real drop as spammers evade enforcement by moving overseas while FTC notes two studies showing modest declines but emphasizes progress and ongoing headaches.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Jordan Ritter
Cloudmark
San Francisco
Ritter
FTC
MX Logic
MessageLabs
Commission
Justice Department
Chicago
Seattle
Americans rely on high tech gadgets for daily life
Washington AP reports that personal computers cell phones and high speed Internet are essential to millions. A third spend over 200 dollars monthly with four in ten paying 100 to 150. Jennifer Strother from Virginia and William Grantmyre from North Carolina cite Internet and TV services as lifelines in modern life.
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Washington
Atari
Jennifer Strother
Smithfield
William Grantmyre
Cary
N.C
Grantmyre
Ottawa Holiday Party and New Year Events Briefs
Community notices list a Big Christmas Party at Pepper’s Lounge featuring Big Woody’s Blues Band with Eugene Smiley and James Gilbert on Friday night. Elks New Year’s Eve celebration at the Elks Lodge offers breakfast and a midnight toast for $20 a couple. Also promotions and store closures across Ottawa including Pome on the Range Orchards and Winery and OUAWA PAINT Company holiday hours.
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Big Woody
Eugene Smiley
James Gilbert
Pepper's
Ottawa
ELKS
the Elks Lodge
West
Big Rick
Pome On the Range Orchards & Winery
Last chance light display at Memory Lane Rantoul
This weekend offers a final chance to drive through Memory Lane in Rantoul with a light display raising two dollars per admission for Franklin County Animal Shelter. Open Christmas Eve and Christmas Night, then closed until next year. Dinner at Sand Bar Christmas Eve offers a free meal 5 to 7 pm at Ottawa location with no prep or cleanup.
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Memory Lane
Rantoul
Sand Bar
Franklin County Animal Shelter
Ottawa
Out & About presents Kiev events in Ottawa Herald calendar
Herald staff roundup lists venues in Topeka Lawrence and Ottawa with exhibits at Kansas museums. Highlights include All That Glitters at Kansas History Museum, Embodiment at Spencer Museum, John Boulton’s Night Before the Night Before in Lawrence, and Tap Dogs at Lied Center. Public screenings, skating, book sales, PATH classes, and library programs fill a busy regional agenda.
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Kansas Museum of History
Topeka
Kshs.org
Great Wolf Lodge
Kansas
Misite
Greatwolf Lodge
Ottawa Herald
John Boulton
Lawrence
The
Ottawa Optimists
Meetings Schedule Recitals for Ottawa Area AA and Al-Anon
At Franklin County Mental Health Center basement 204 E 15th St Ottawa AA meets at 7 pm while Al-Anon gathers in the same basement. Rural Water District No 6 holds noon and 8 pm sessions at its district office in Rantoul. Ottawa AA meets at First Baptist Church basement 4108 Hickory St at 7 pm and Living Sober Group convenes at First Christian Church 1045 S Hickory St at 7 pm.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Franklin County Mental Health Center
E. 15Th St
Ottawa
Al-Anon
Rural Water District No
Rantoul
First Baptist Church
Hickory St
Alcoholics Anonymous Living Sober Group
First Christian Church
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Ad Briefs
Ouawa Paint Company
Pepper
Windy Pines
Sata
Karen
Ott’ Herald
Carrier Motor Mail
Cedar St
Quana
Children’s Museum of
Kansas City
Wonderscope Children's Museum
Shawnee
Exploration Place
Wichita
Kansas’ Great Water Parks
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Land of Kansas
State
Alma Creamery
Hays House
Council Grove
Brookville
Abilene
Yates Center
Habitat For Humanity
Jason Camis
Franklin County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Visitottawakansas.com
Out & About
Herald
Jodie Garcia
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Spencerart.ku
Lawrence Flautist
John Boulton and Friends
Lawrence Arts Center Theater
New Hampshire St
ARTS
Lawrencechamberorchestra.org
Jodie
Jgarcia
Ottawaherald.com
S. Hickory St
Friends of the Ottawa Library
E. Second St
Don Woodward Community Center
Third St
Ottawa Library
Second St
City Hall
Don Woodward
Dan
Lied Center of Kansas
University of Kansas
Lied.ku.edu
Rel
Saffron Glass Company
Walnut
Fourth and
Hickory
Lewis Family
Brian Lewis
Alice Joy Lewis
Beth Lewis Johnson
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