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Verizon strike gets nasty

Verizon Communications’ dispute with its landline workers is getting uglier as it moves from the bargaining table to the courtroom. The company is seeking injunctions to limit the picket lines, as well as stop what it claims are acts of sabotage, harassment, and blocked access to its facilities. It has been granted statewide injunctions in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, …

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Samsung Character review: Good for ‘tweens

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Character (U.S Cellular) 1:53 Let’s cut to the chase. U.S. Cellular’s Samsung Character is an affordable slide-out QWERTY messaging phone with the kind of traits that place it in the teenage camp. Running Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz Lite interface, its home screens are ruled by widgets, and its apps by texting and music. There is one …

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Find local deals with 8coupons for iOS

Oh, 8coupons, where were you last night when I stopped for dinner at Ruby Tuesday? With about three taps of my iPhone’s screen, I could have saved 15 percent on my entire bill! I won’t make that mistake again. This new app serves up local deals from thousands of sources, showing them on a map or in a big searchable …

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