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From the archives | NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThis story originally published on May 11, 2006. It is being republished as part of the...
A suburban Chicago insurance agent won a contest 40 years ago to make the first commercial cellular...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThere are more than 300 million cellphone customers in the U.S. David Meilahn, a suburban Chicago...
A court might kill the Universal Service Fund. Even some Republicans fear the outcome.
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOver the past 26 years, the Universal Service Fund — a federal subsidy pool collected monthly from American telephone customers — has spent close to $9 billion a year to give Americans better ...
Ron Terry, former First Tennessee CEO and Memphis civic leader, dies at 92
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA prominent Memphis business leader for decades, Ron Terry was CEO of then-First Tennessee during...
Look Back ... to the passing of an esteemed legislator, 1997
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 1—Nov. 1, 1947 : The date fell on a Saturday during a 12-year period (1940-52) when The Star didn't publish on that day of the week. Nov. 1, 1997, in The Star: Funeral services will be ...
Look Back ... to homecoming for local fatalities of war, 1947
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 30—Oct. 30, 1947, in The Star: Bodies of America's World War II casualties are now being returned to their home territory, and two from Calhoun County were brought to Anniston this morning ...
Gaston woman recalls lifelong friendship with Loretta Lynn
The Gaston Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCountry music fans mourned the death of icon Loretta Lynn last week, but for one Gaston County woman the passing of the self-proclaimed coal miner's daughter meant the loss of a friend. "Everybody ...
NeSmith brings history of community service to City Commission
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 23—When Owensboro City Commissioners interviewed applicants to fill the commission seat left vacant by the death of Larry Maglinger, the applicants were asked to describe how involved they ...
Look Back ... to a 256 deadline, 1998
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 27—Sept. 27, 1948, in The Star: "Jiggs," a big white slow-moving type of dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wallace of 325 Mulberry Avenue, saved the life of his mistress last night when he ...
Henderson history: Third time wasn’t the charm for local synthetic fuel plants
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn at least three different occasions there have been attempts to build industrial complexes in this...
