Hidden mobile charges spark mixed signals across networks
New York AP report notes wireless billing varies by provider with many charging from the send button and a full minute minimum even if calls go unanswered. Sprint PCS is cited as billing from send to end, while others start at send but do not bill for incomplete local calls, prompting consumer confusion.
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New York
Sprint Pcs
AirTouch
Bell Atlantic Mobile
Nextel Communications
BellSouth Mobility
Press of a Button Changes How Some Phone Charges Are billed
Wireless providers increasingly bill when the user presses send rather than when the call connects. Some charges apply even if the call fails to go through. The shift affects consumer costs as companies vary timing and billing rules.
Barak forms diverse cabinet amid Israel’s split hopes
In Jerusalem Barak swears in a varied new government led by Ehud Barak. An English‑limited foreign minister, a de Tocqueville‑quoting police minister, a non‑lawyer justice minister, a rabbi for roads and a stock‑shaking finance minister headline a cabinet seen as a gamble to tackle Arab peace talks, education, jobs, and reconciliation. The One Israel coalition faces scrutiny over lone‑driven decisions and a promise of sweeping changes to revive talks and economy.
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Jerusalem
de Tocqueville
Ehud Barak
Israel
Nahum
Barnea
Yediot Abronot
Barak
One Israel Party
Future Homemakers rename to FCCLA in bid to widen appeal
The Future Homemakers of America, founded in 1945 to train girls for homemaking, voted 130 to 38 to rename as Family Career and Community Leaders of America. The change aims to attract more members amid declines, with 13 states adopting the new title and some chapters already seeing growth after initials changed to FCCLA.
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Boston
Homemakers of America
America
Joe Grimme
Sharpsville
Ind
Indiana
Grimme
Ear
Georgia senator Cleland displays his war wounds
Georgia Democrat Senator Max Cleland allowed Esquire photographer into his home to chronicle a three hour daily routine since losing both legs and an arm to a grenade explosion. The feature includes stark images as Cleland meditates then exercises and walks on his stumps.
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Washington
Max Creland
Esquire Magazine
Georgia Democrat
Cleland
Esquire
David Granger
U.S
Georgia
Man found alive after 60 hours in mud near quarry
ALLEGANY New York AP. Robert Fyfe 44 disappeared while chasing his dog at E F Lippert Sand and Gravel Saturday. He was waist deep in mud for 60 hours before rescuers spotted him. He was treated for dehydration at a hospital. Rescue teams had searched the area after Fyfe’s truck was found abandoned.
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Tom Stayer
Dave Elling
Robert Fyfe
Fyfe
Allegany
N.Y
E.F. Lippert
Measles risk rises with vaccine exemptions
Federal researchers say unvaccinated children with religious or philosophical exemptions are 35 times more likely to contract measles than vaccinated peers. An analysis of national data from 1985 to 1996, published in JAMA, notes about 240,000 exemptions yearly and measles cases ranging from 22 to 838 among exempted groups versus 458 to 3,787 among vaccinated children.
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Chicago
Daniel A. Salmon
Federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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