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Web site tracks pay phones

Since adolescence, Mark Thomas has been drawn to pay phones.

Thomas, 39, of Astoria is the founder of "The Payphone Project," a 12-year-old Web site that posts news and photos of pay phones around the globe, as well as housing a database of more than 750,000 pay phone numbers.

Thomas said the Web site was inspired in part by nighttime talk show host David Letterman, who used to call...

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