FCC rules spark cell phone market shift and debate
The FCC's new rules prompt millions to consider switching from landlines to cell phones. Industry leaders praise price drops and innovation while traditional providers warn of reduced competition and transfer limits. Regulators note portability timelines and the four day number transfer rule amid proving market inequities.
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Taff to run against Moore again in Kansas district
Adam Taff formally announced his second bid to oust Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore in Kansas 3rd District. He entered the hotel ballroom amid fans and controversy, embracing moderate Republicans while declaring he is not a politician and trailing the earlier challenger Jeff Colyer in the GOP race.
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Veterans leaders discuss Iraq progress and Iraqi forces
Rumsfeld says every Iraqi security leader answers yes to deployment needs while Gen Myers lauds service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Condoleezza Rice notes violence rise in the Sunni Triangle and cites 118000 trained Iraqi forces, Powell urges staying the course as Bush signs bills expanding veterans benefits and creating new national cemeteries in multiple states.
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Nevada’s final WWI veteran Buckles and Law remembered
Buckles, a Harrison County Missouri native who enlisted in 1917, recalled frontline France, aiding hungry children and escorting POWs after the war. He later endured captivity in the Philippines during WWII and spent years on a farm in West Virginia. Law, Nevada’s last WWI veteran, aged 101, lived a mobile life before aging into quiet retirement.
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