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Ariz. congressman wants to disconnect $1 billion free cell phone program
No one likes paying cell phone bills. What if you could get a free phone with a calling plan whose cost was paid by the federal government? What if you could have eight free cell phones? You can, and people do, Rep. Tim Griffin told The Daily Caller. The annual bill runs over $1 billion, and he’s trying to stop it.
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Briefs: Cellphones for soldiers; grant for Easter Seals; WiFi at BigY
Carmon Community Funeral Homes has spearheaded a local “Cell Phones for Soldiers” collection drive since 2010, collecting enough phones to provide 1.2 million free minutes to soldiers stationed abroad.
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I-Team: Wireless welfare fraud, part 2
NBC 10 I-Team cameras capture a wireless company handing out ...
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Gov't helps provide free cell phones
Millions of people are getting free cell phones and free minutes thanks to a government program. But the federal government says hundreds of thousands of people in that program don't really qualify for it.
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Expert Warns Americans to Get Free Government Cell Phones Before Politicians Outlaw Them
FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net says that Lifeline Assistance, the free government cell phone program, has become too popular according to politicians, and must be outlawed.Lake Forest, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 An increasing number of politicians are speaking out against the free government cell phones program and one of them has already introduced a bill into the United States Congress to outlaw ...
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Why Cell Phones Are Bad For Parenting
Why Cell Phones Are Bad For Parenting
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Report: Cell phones used as problem solvers
DETROIT (Det. Free Press) -- In a report released Monday morning, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project says cell phones and especially smartphones with Internet access have been elevated from communications tools to full-blown problem-solvers.
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High-tech plan to block prison cell phones 'unwise,' report says
A deal between Gov. Jerry Brown's administration and a private communications company to deploy special equipment to block the rampant use of contraband cell phones by state prison inmates is based on a technology that is unproven and could undermine public safety, according to a new report.
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Ban on hand-held cell phones by drivers rejected
A proposal to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving has failed to win support in the Louisiana Senate.
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Cell phone bill fee offers free phone to others
Roughly $2 billion a year from the Universal Service Fee on the bottom of your phone bill is collected, and now the debate of using that money to continue to provide free cell phones to the poor is heating up.
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