Excerpted from a recent New York Times article: CallingAmerica.com is a new ad-supported Web service that lets you make phone calls to any number in the United States from any computer with a Web browser and a broadband connection. The service, which begins Thursday, requires you to view a short ad before you place the [...]

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Commemorative tickets for reserved MARC Train Service cost $25.00 and include round trip passage and a commemorative program booklet. (Booklets to be distributed on Inauguration Day, on the train platform.) There will also be a $6.50 shipping charge per order.Your set of tickets is valid for round trip passage on January 20, 2009 only.Each person [...]

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KB Toys, one of the nation’s largest toy retailers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday with a plan to close all of its stores, becoming the latest chain to succumb to the sharp decline in consumer spending this year. The company, which runs about 460 stores, said in court papers that it intended to immediately begin [...]

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From today’s Frederick News-Post: The Frederick Rescue Mission will distribute 6,000 pounds of food today between 1 and 3 p.m. Anyone in need can pick up a food box on the mission’s front lawn, 419 W. South St. There are no income requirements and no pre-registration. The food is provided through a partnership between the rescue [...]

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Taken from Daschle asks Americans to help reform health care, by Dave Rochelson As the Transition’s Health Policy team puts together its recommendations for the incoming Obama-Biden Administration, we want your thoughts and suggestions. That’s why we’re asking Americans all across the country to host health care community discussions over the next few weeks to [...]

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