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IRVINGTON, N.Y. – An 80-year-old widower who’d been saving his dead wife’s outgoing message on voicemail so that he’d remember what she sounded like lost it when Verizon upgraded phone service in his area. Charles Whiting told New York’s Journal News that he stayed connected to the memory of his …

PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman who claims the recording industry’s anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying. Tanya Andersen originally sued the Recording Industry Association of America after RIAA representatives threatened to interrogate her young …

MIAMI, Fla. – Venezuela’s military buildup could foment an arms race in Latin America and destabilize the region, security experts say, noting President Hugo Chavez’s recent purchase of fighter jets and helicopters and his intent to buy five diesel submarines. Using his country’s vast oil revenue, Chavez has been busy …