WASHINGTON — One in 4 households has a cell phone but no traditional landlines, a trend led by the young and the poor that is showing no sign of abating. The 25 percent who had only a mobile phone in the last half of 2009 was up 2 percentage points from the first half of the year. Spotlighting how steadily people’s telephone habits are evolving, in the beginning of 2006 just 11 percent of homes had only a cell.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An 87-year-old Connecticut woman doesn’t have to split her share of a $500,000 lottery jackpot with the 84-year-old sister she hasn’t spoken to since they began fighting over the windfall in 2005, a judge ruled Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — Two black legislators clashed Wednesday with a conservative education analyst who said school zoning policies in Nevada deprive racial minorities of a chance for quality education.
Labor-related disputes are dividing the Clark County School District as officials attempt to cobble together a 2010-11 budget that still needs $28 million in cuts.
An unidentified homicide victim from 1997 was exhumed Wednesday as part of a Clark County forensic science project to solve John and Jane Doe cases, according to the county coroner’s office.
LOS ANGELES — Niecy Nash joked about her “jiggly parts” throughout her run on “Dancing With the Stars,” but the actress and TV host was shaken out of the ballroom Tuesday. She came into the results show in last place, with 43 points out of 60 for her two dances. Judges on the hit ABC show praised the Viennese waltz she performed with professional partner Louis Van Amstel on Monday’s episode, but they criticized the couple’s paso doble.
Gas prices are poised to fall as Memorial Day approaches, a welcome change for motorists who have gotten used to seeing increases cut into their summer vacation money. Experts who had been predicting a national average of more than $3 per gallon by Memorial Day now say prices have likely peaked just beneath that threshold.
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