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Botetourt Co. authorities release image in threat investigation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:51 GMT

...bomb in the elementary school and referenced a nonspecific danger at James River -- came about 11 a.m. from a pay phone at the Unimart on Jamison Avenue in Southeast Roanoke, according to Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle. Thursday, the sheriff ...

Botetourt police release images of school threat suspect

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:55 GMT

...in the elementary school and referenced a non-specific danger at James River -- came around 11 a.m. from a pay phone at the Unimart on Jamison Avenue in Southeast Roanoke, according to Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle. Thursday the sheriff ...

Botetourt Co. schools receive threats: Threats called in to Eagle Rock Elementary and James River High were deemed to be hoaxes.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:51:19 GMT

...the elementary school. A nonspecific danger was implied in the call to the high school. The calls originated from a pay phone at the Unimart in the 1200 block of Jamison Avenue in Southeast Roanoke, Sprinkle said. Officials from Botetourt and ...

EDITORIAL: Number, please?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

...them are no longer listed and some are listed inaccurately, that some numbers for hotels in Rochester are numbers for pay phones in their lobbies. How did inaccuracies and the removal of listings occur? The people at FairPoint "probably weren't ...

BRIEF: Officials warn of new phone scam

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:20:54 GMT

...one lady who received several calls said all four numbers came from the 713 area code. All numbers were from pay phones. Christian warns residents not to enter any numbers. In other news concerning the Sheriff's Office, it has moved ...

Disconnecting phones helps PSU hold down rates for rooms

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:21:01 GMT

...student rooms next year. With the widespread use of cell phones, the landlines have gone the way of the hallway pay phone that students' grandparents might remember. Eliminating the phone lines will save Penn State $700,000, which along with other ...

The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., On the Bright Side column: On the Bright Side: SUNY Delhi course helps freshmen adjust

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:21:29 GMT

...ongoing dialogue that I would almost say is intrusive," Vancko said. "When I went to college, there was a shared pay phone in the hall, and most people didn't call home more than once a week." When Vancko and Kaplan ...

Failed Rural ICT Projects Eat Up U.S.$10 Million

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:50:57 GMT

...include 71 Internet points of presence, 98 Internet cafes, 68 ICT training centres, 78 district web portals, 3,349 public pay phones, four research programmes and 43 ICT health projects. The district web portals are meant to provide a communication link ...

BRIEF: Man stabbed in York

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:24:18 GMT

...neck and stabbed him in the leg. The victim told the officers he kicked "Kebo" away and ran to the pay phone at the Shell station on West Liberty Street, where he dialed police. The victim's right pants leg was ...

Council hangs up boulevard pay phone, permanently

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:23:47 GMT

...Council hangs up boulevard pay phone, permanently TMCNet: Council hangs up boulevard pay phone, permanently [October 22, 2009] Council hangs up boulevard pay phone, permanently ...

FIGHTING CRIME: Phone ordered removed: Officials targeting drug trafficking

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:23:25 GMT

...Oct 22, 2009 (Las Vegas Review-Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Despite the pleas of its owner, a pay phone was ordered removed from Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday as a means of dealing with alleged drug traffic in ...

Consolidated Interim Report of AS Eesti Telekom III Quarter and the first nine months 2009, EUR

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:00:49 GMT

...the number of telephone connections in the private and business segments, as well as a reduction in the number of pay phones throughout Estonia. Elion assesses its market share for call minutes initiated in the fixed network to be 79% (September ...

A motivated millionaire investor [Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.]

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:49:43 GMT

...with a dad who was an entrepreneur," Adams said. "He is my hero." She recalls calling her father from a pay phone in the lobby where she worked to discuss Hoshko's offer. He asked: "What's the worst thing that ...

Serial entrepreneur enjoys investing in others' ventures [Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.]

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:44:42 GMT

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Aaron Barnhart column: TV's best new drama, 'White Collar,' is on cable

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:39:29 GMT

...I like. Brilliant white-collar felon Neal Caffrey (Bomer) doesn't believe in violence. You won't see him squeezing pay-phone money out of someone, as Jimbo Rockford once did, by threatening to "crack you open like a piggy bank ...

'Sibirtelecom moves base stations to own Vsat hub'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:39:28 GMT

...Vsat hub' Oct 16, 2009 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- Russian operator Sibirtelecom has switched management of all its base stations supporting pay phones to its own VSAT hub. The project was carried out over three months, with the hub built in Irkutsk ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Stingl column: White pages going the way of operators

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:39:28 GMT

...Bauer, spokesman for AT&T, which publishes the phone books. "A couple of years ago, I was talking about why pay phones were not being replaced and being phased out in Wisconsin. Maybe the residential white pages have become obsolete to ...

Pencils, pennies, photographic paper among endangered species

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:39:24 GMT

...concerned, almost everyone has a cell phone -- our younger and older shoppers alike," says Lisa Earl, Ross Park Mall manager. "Pay phones have basically become obsolete. These days, it's easier to reach in your pocket and pull out a cell ...

Pencils, pennies, photographic paper among endangered species [The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:11:05 GMT

Prosecutor is pondering the death penalty in I-29 rest area killing

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:09:23 GMT

...into the rest area's main building. As Kirilchuk entered the building, Hughes was nearby, pretending to talk on a pay phone. He allegedly pushed Kirilchuk into the men's restroom at gunpoint. Hughes then allegedly tried to rob Kirilchuk. As ...

'Sibirtelecom, MGTS win pay phones contracts'

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:09:52 GMT

...Sibirtelecom, MGTS win pay phones contracts' TMCNet: 'Sibirtelecom, MGTS win pay phones contracts' [October 07, 2009] 'Sibirtelecom, MGTS win pay phones contracts' Oct 07 ...

The story of a punk band of brothers: ADMISSION:

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:09:19 GMT

...their fancy. Youth Brigade also booked its own cross-country tours -- without the help of any traditional booking agency, using pay phones and telephone books to find suitable venues. One cannot help but admire the Sterns' pluck, and they emerge in ...

Fort Worth day-care driver arrested after 4-year-old is found wandering

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:09:17 GMT

...seat of the van," the officer stated. "She then got in her personal vehicle and drove around looking for a pay phone." The boy was returned to his family. Robinson was arrested because her actions put the boy in "imminent danger ...

Fort Worth day-care driver arrested after 4-year-old is found wandering

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:09:12 GMT

Fort Worth day-care driver arrested after 4-year-old is found wandering

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:42:37 GMT

Fort Worth daycare driver arrested, fired after boy left in van

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:19 GMT

...seat of the van," the officer stated. "She then got in her personal vehicle and drove around looking for a pay phone." Robinson was arrested because her actions put the boy in "imminent danger," the officer said. Officials with Child Care ...

Man to face carjacking, robbery charges in Clark County

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:47:27 GMT

...following the incident. Police viewed surveillance video that showed a white male approaching Thorntons on foot and lingering around the pay phone for four to five minutes before getting into Herbst's vehicle On Aug. 7, Datillo was arrested on Shepherdsville ...

Starcomms Bags IDMN Honour

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:47:41 GMT

...of the company to launch its network in new locations with Starcomms Smart Centre; a concept that aims at revolutionizing pay phone business in Nigeria. The programme is an effort of Starcomms to fish out the entrepreneurial spirit in young Nigerians ...

Former owner of iconic honky-tonk Gilley's dies: Sherwood Cryer was partner of singer Mickey Gilley at Pasadena bar

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:47:18 GMT

...and still dressing in his signature coveralls and athletic shoes. The only way to reach him by telephone was the pay phone at G's. Conley said that when Cryer died, he always wanted it to be kept quiet "Just bury ...

1927 SHERWOOD CRYER 2009: Former owner of iconic honky-tonk Gilley's dies

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:47:14 GMT

Cops: Woman fatally stabbed boyfriend after argument

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:47:48 GMT

...the woman regarding the stabbing and were able to locate her at the 17th Street residence. "She came to the pay phone to call law-enforcement and she called twice," Soto said. "She is being very cooperative with detectives." Sheriff's ...

The bonds that bind: Teens say technology brings them closer to family, friends

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:17:15 GMT

...of luck until another car came along. And if you needed to get in touch with home, you found a pay phone. 'KEY IN MY LIFE' For many local teens, cell phones and computer technology have brought them closer to family ...

3 days of Peace and Music: SMHS Assistant Principal Hilary Kouhana had a great time at Woodstock

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:47:14 GMT

...be back at her job at the telephone company -- Kouhana joined the long lines of teenagers and young adults at pay phones waiting to let their folks know they were OK. "They had set up a bunch of pay phones so ...

Paddle boats, desks and typewriters, oh my!

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:17:14 GMT

...COMTEX) -- People looking for a deal on a used paddle boat, an overhead projector or a soon-to-be-antique pay phone just might find their bliss Saturday at the Westwood Sports and Expo Center, where the city's first municipal ...

Sheriff investigating home invasion Houston home invasion investigated

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:49:12 GMT

...of the county. According to Clark and the sheriff's incident report, one of the residents called 911 from a pay phone at a nearby convenience store at 1001 Leverette Road to report a home invasion. When the sheriff's deputy ...

Home invasion near Warner Robins under investigation

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:17:21 GMT

Fake 911 calls lead to charges

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:17:15 GMT

...of West Seventh and North East streets and Opossumtown Pike. "Once we would arrive ... all we would find is the pay phone off the hook," Pierce wrote in charging documents. Pierce, along with officers first class Doug Stephenson and Kevin Myers ...

Age in which letters are old-fashioned takes toll on Postal Service: Residents of retirement home remember a different day

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:47:09 GMT

...twentysomethings and teens who have grown up on digital media, post offices and collection boxes are about as vital as pay phones. That's a sharp contrast from an assembled group of residents of the Oak Crest Village retirement community in ...

Communications Commission Set to Connect Rural Population

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:17:08 GMT

...plan dubbed; 'Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF II)' scheduled to end in 2014, aims to achieve a target of one pay phone per village of about 500 people. This means there will be installation of at least 2,500 public pay ...

The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Mary Alice Powell column: Hanging up on new cell phone

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:17:08 GMT

...A wiser question is, could we survive without them? I can remember being sure I had plenty of quarters for pay phones when traveling or when at airport terminals, standing in line for a turn at a phone. Now almost everyone ...