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[ColoNoCoHusker]

Kill the Wireless Contract! Buy Your Own Phone
It’s now surprisingly easy to live a fruitful mobile life without a carrier contract
By JOANNA STERN; www.wsj.com; Feb. 24, 2015 2:57 p.m. ET


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It’s now surprisingly easy to live a fruitful mobile life, free of carrier contracts, thanks to unlocked phones. With one, you aren’t bound to a carrier. You could switch from, say, AT&T to T-Mobile or Cricket Wireless, or even to Vodafone when you take that vacation to the Greek Isles. It’s actually how most of the world buys mobile phones.

The bad news: To get that freedom, it means paying more upfront. (That $199 iPhone? It really costs $650!) But many great phones are becoming more affordable. And the benefits far outweigh that initial sticker shock. You’ll have your pick of carriers, you’ll be able to leave whenever you like and you can save some real money in the long run.

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This sounds interesting. The Verizon service in my town sucks so bad it might be worth looking into.

It's funny, unlocked phones were huge 10 years ago. The carriers convinced manufacturers to solder sim cards to the board to help slow it. The new phone lease model is driving it back.

Verizon & ATT have a bad habit of blacklisting ESNs of unlocked models activated on their networks. The phone works fine until you switch carrier networks. Makes it difficult to switch carriers and the provider "doesn't understand what happened; you must've stolen it..."

 

[RedSavage]

Maraschino Cherry Tycoon: The Secret Drug Lair New York City Police UncoveredIn a scene reminiscent of the TV show "Breaking Bad," New York City investigators raided the business of one of the nation's largest processors of maraschino cherries -- only to find that his Brooklyn factory also allegedly served as a marijuana growing operation, authorities said.

Investigators returned to the factory today in the Red Hook section, a day after the owner shot and killed himself in an apparent suicide as authorities raided it. police said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/maraschino-cherry-tycoon-secret-drug-lair-york-city/story?id=29215924&cid=fb_gma_sf

 

[StPaulHusker]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>the black llama gonna be charged as adult. Watch! Lmao</p>— BRANDON JENNINGS (@BrandonJennings) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonJennings/status/571048446334865408">February 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[StPaulHusker]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The sports world went crazy for “Llamas on the Loose” in Arizona <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LlamaWatch?src=hash">#LlamaWatch</a> <a href="http://t.co/cUhqj2ozmL">http://t.co/cUhqj2ozmL</a> <a href="http://t.co/IuFlJ89raa">pic.twitter.com/IuFlJ89raa</a></p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/571056753153937408">February 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[StPaulHusker]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Laugh all you want but Kirk Ferentz will make a damn respectable fullback out of White Llama. You'll see.</p>— Tunnel Walk of Shame (@TunnelWalkShame) <a href="https://twitter.com/TunnelWalkShame/status/571058748698923008">February 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[NUance]

The girl with the tattooed face
The story of Olive Oatman's famous capture.
by Chris Wild; February 28, 2015; www.http://mashable.com/

Olive Oatman was born in Illinois in 1837. In 1850, when she was 14, her family (parents Royce and Mary Oatman and their seven children) joined a wagon train to travel from Utah to California. Various disagreements along the way meant the Oatman family eventually travelled alone.

On the fourth day, the Oatman family was attacked by a group of Native Americans (described by Olive as Apaches, but possibly a branch of the Yavapai people). Only three of the Oatmans survived the attack. Olive's parents and four children were killed; Olive's brother Lorenzo was clubbed and left for dead. Lorenzo eventually reached a settlement and rejoined the original wagon train. He found and was able to bury the bodies of his family.

Olive and her sister Mary Ann, then seven years old, were abducted.

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She led an interesting life. WIKILINK

 

[Mavric]

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[NUance]

Ex-principal's heroin arrest stuns parents, leaves
small Missouri community seeking answers
Published February 20, 2015Associated Press

HANNIBAL, Mo. – Joshua Foust was a hometown success story: a Hannibal High School graduate who returned to the small Missouri city as an elementary school principal, with a promising career ahead of him. But authorities allege he cashed it in to deal a few thousand dollars-worth of heroin with his brother and another man.

The 33-year-old married father appeared for his first court appearance Friday, politely answering the judge's questions. He's charged with drug possession with intent to deliver.

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This has been the big news in my neck of the woods. I feel sort of sorry for the guy. I suspect he's guilty as hell, and obviously shouldn't hold a position of authority in a school. But the whole guy's life just got flushed down the crapper. Family (or at least access to family), job, friends, any respect he had in the community, his freedom. All gone overnight. He's gotta be a hurtin' pup right now, sitting in that jail cell.

 

[Mavric]

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[NUance]

Hundreds of Medieval Bodies Found Under Paris Supermarket
LiveScience.com By Tia Ghose 9 hours ago

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That's sort of freaky.

 

[NUance]

Japanese Island Where Cats Rule

March 4, 2015 www.yahoo.com

An army of feral cats rules a remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one.

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Cue the jokes about Japanese pussies.

 

[GSG]

Holy sh#t! A real-life Jedi Master!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbOsr7TDjE

 

[NUance]

Finland fined this driver $60,000 for going 14 mph over the limit
By Aki Sugawara; 2 hours ago; www.yahoo.com

Reima Kuisla was on his way to the airport when he got caught going 103 km/h (64 mph) in an 80km/h (50 mph) zone, setting him back 54,024 euros. It’s a seemingly excessive penalty until you realize how Finland calculates its fines.

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$60,000 for 14 mph over. Ouch! Speeding fines in Finland based on the speeder's income. This guy was rich.

 

[ZRod]

Finland fined this driver $60,000 for going 14 mph over the limit
By Aki Sugawara; 2 hours ago; www.yahoo.com

Reima Kuisla was on his way to the airport when he got caught going 103 km/h (64 mph) in an 80km/h (50 mph) zone, setting him back 54,024 euros. It’s a seemingly excessive penalty until you realize how Finland calculates its fines.

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$60,000 for 14 mph over. Ouch! Speeding fines in Finland based on the speeder's income. This guy was rich.

I like the idea, but I don't mind our system. Except for the fact that a $25 dollar ticket cost me $85.

 

[NUance]

Awesome photos of a bald eagle protecting its nest while buried in snow
Posted at 7:26 am on March 6, 2015 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments
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Hang in there noble eagle.

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