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Stiglet offers care in dark times
"When I get called in the middle of the night, and I often do, I make sure I'm presentable.
Garda 'acted on bomb information when arresting man'
Armed detectives were acting on information that bomb-making equipment was found during a raid on a Clondalkin apartment when they arrested a young Dublin man in a car park next to the complex, a court has heard today.
Samsung Convoy provides rugged walkie-talkie features to Verizon users
Samsung Convoy Today Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the new Samsung Convoy, a rugged clamshell handset with high-speed 3G data and push-to-talk functionality.
Business watch helps to cut crime in shops
SHOPS in the Laindon Centre are keeping an eye on crime, thanks to their new walkie-talkie radios.
Just got back from judging the Hillcrest neighborhood pumpkin roll. More than 90 kids and more than 20 adults entered to roll pumpkins from Hill down Midland and, they hoped, across a traffic-stopped Kavanaugh all the way to Lee Avenue.
Fight with child escalates to attempted murder
VICTORVILLE An allegedly drunken man shot at a neighbor's home at least 11 times, striking one man in the shoulder - all stemming from an argument the shooter had with a child over a walkie-talkie, officials said.
Can Two-Way Radios Be Used on a Cruise Ship?
Two way radios are used in a variety of environments including cruise ships. Walkie Talkie two way radios have become very popular for family excisions.
A crew member fills up the Wild Goose Saturday during a balloon test-run for the upcoming Ribs, Rods and Rides Hot Air Balloon Festival.
Roger That!: Suspect Used Walkie Talkie to Burglarize Homes and Cars
Police are looking for a burglar who hit two homes and a half-dozen cars in one night.
Don't encourage 'em, it's bad enough already
Comic from xkcd . The old joke goes something like this: A rancher, returning from fence work, gets stopped by a cop who notices his wire cutters, saw, cattle prod and walkie-talkie. "I'm taking you in for cattle rustling," he says.
Now that the truth is emerging about Falcon Heene's faux...
Now that the truth is emerging about Falcon Heene's faux balloon escapade, Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rosenthal points out that we've all seen this kind of hoax before -- on "The Simpsons." In "The Simpsons" episode, Bart Simpson dropped a walkie-talkie into a well and the entire town of Springfield thought he was down there and doomed to die.
Metro Detroit news: Man, 19, is charged with stealing copper
A man charged with stealing $10,000 worth of copper wiring during at least 35 break-ins at a Detroit Public Lighting Department yard was arraigned Saturday in 36th District Court.
Here comes Wal-Mart's $30 prepaid phone plan
Wal-Mart will offer two no-contract mobile-telephone plans for $30 and $45 a month.
Balloon Boy hysteria: As always, 'The Simpsons' did it first
Now that the so-called Balloon Boy has been found safe at home and the media circus has died down a bit, perhaps it's all right to make the comparison to the episode of "The Simpsons" in which Bart drops a walkie-talkie into a well and the entire town of Springfield thinks there's a boy stuck down there.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
5 Mac applications for ham radio fans
Sure, you can use a wireless phone to call anyone on earth, send 'em SMS/MMS/email messages, tweet, blog, etc..., but there's something rather fun about trying to pluck a faint signal from someone on the other side of planet and coax it into recognizable speech or code.
Mr Magic to ground control: The plane has safely landed
Driving a black-and-yellow checkered Toyota Pajero, holding a walkie-talkie and followed by a slowly moving jetliner, Liu Shuyuan says what he does is "really a man's job" on the busy and buzzing apron of Beijing Capital International Airport.
Cell Phone Companies Can't Live Up to the Hype
Having grown up in an age of social networking websites, increasingly more compact laptops, and increasingly more detailed televisions, I like to think that I know a fair amount about technology.
What Are Long Range Walkie Talkies?
Walkie Talkie radios are no longer the toys we used as kids, but are serious and effective communication devices, often working when the cell phone has no signal.
Do you know someone who is crazy about Legos? If so, the Lego Walkie Talkie is the perfect gadget.
Double feature thrills, runs long
Converting Pixar's history-changing cartoons "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" into 3D and pairing them, in theaters, for a double feature reminds us how very good these movies were and remain, how great the computer animation and how witty and sentimental the scripts.
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