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20 hrs ago | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

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.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Irish Examiner

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Mobile Burn

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Speakers, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth, Wireless

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Basildon Recorder

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Arkansas News Bureau

Pumpkins and panic

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Electronics

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Victorville Daily Press

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.

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Related Topix: Victorville, CA, Electronics, San Bernardino County, CA

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Associated Content

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Red Bluff Daily News

Balloon fest heats up

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.

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Related Topix: Corning, CA, Electronics

Wed Oct 21, 2009

WOIO

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Examiner.com

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Television Week

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.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, The Simpsons, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Electronics

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Detroit Free Press

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.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Electronics

Sat Oct 17, 2009

KansasCity.com

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.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Telecom, Electronics

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Chicago Tribune

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Business News

Wed Oct 14, 2009

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Ham Radio, Electronics, Cell Phones, Cellphones, iPhone

CCTV

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Associated Content

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.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Social Software

Tips and Answers

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.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Outblush

Lego Walkie Talkie

Do you know someone who is crazy about Legos? If so, the Lego Walkie Talkie is the perfect gadget.

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Related Topix: Electronics

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

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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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Toy Story 2, Adventure, Video Games, Pixar, Media, Computers, R. Lee Ermey, Electronics

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