Nonprofit May Run Boston Wi-Fi Network Pedestrians walk across City Hall plaza in front of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Monday, July 31, 2006, which the city plans to make the first hotspot in a city-wide wireless Internet access network.

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Murder victim 911 call goes to wrong state
RUTLAND, Vt., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Police records indicate a cell phone call to 911 from a Vermont woman allegedly murdered by her son went astray and delayed police for more than 30 minutes.

Man wants no-call list for politics
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The founder of a Washington group advocating "civil discourse" thinks U.S. voters should be able to put themselves on a political "do not call" list.

Verizon, unions keep negotiating
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Union workers for Verizon Communications in the northeastern United States, citing progress in contract talks, say they've delayed a possible strike.

Verizon, IBEW negotiate Mass. contract
BOSTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Telecom giant Verizon says it expects to reach a settlement with union workers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Saturday and avert a possible strike.

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Microsoft's Bill Gates talks tech, Web in South Korea Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, during their meeting in the presidential Blue House in Seoul Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Gates and Lee held talks Tuesday, discussing information technology for vehicles and games and the future of the Internet.

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