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• Cyclist beaten, robbed of cellphone in Freeport

  A cyclist was robbed Friday in Freeport, police said, when he was approached by seven men and pushed off the bike he was riding and repeatedly struck in the face, head, neck and arms. Nassau County police said that while the men punched and kicked the man, 5/25/13 Read more »

• Police: Man had drugs, hit cop in traffic stop

  A police officer was struck by the car of a man fleeing a vehicle stop in Hempstead on Friday night, police said. The man was arrested and the officer was treated and released for an injured right knee. Nassau County police said they pulled over Robert Rob 5/25/13 Read more »

• Jury rules against Manorhaven in cellphone tower dispute

  The Village of Manorhaven owes $442,000 in damages to a company that builds cellphone towers, a federal jury has decided.AG Towers of East Islip sued the village, claiming it has illegally delayed granting a permit that allows the company to operate the 12   Read more »

• Passengers vs. pilots on electronic devices

  McCaskill (D-Mo.) to actor Alec Baldwin have bristled at what they say are excessive rules restricting use of tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices during flights.More than a decade of pilot reports and scientific studies tell a different story.   Read more »

• Phone firms set ad plan to curb car texting

  "rampage" against cellphones since his term began in January 2009, and the government's Distraction.gov site singles out cellphones as the greatest danger among all sources of driver distraction.The number of teens killed or injured as a result of texting   Read more »

Around the web

• Activist Starts Only Off-Leash Dog Beach in L.A. County

  Are you sure you want to delete this post? × Reason for rejecting this post Suggest how they can make this post appropriate for this group He doesn’t own a cellphone — yet he can call hundreds of people to action within hours. Sponsored by Grape-Nuts. Abou 2:16 AM from Culver City Patch Read more »

• Paradise: Love (unrated)

  The Austrian divorcee Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel) is 50, overweight (bordering on obese), lonely and in dire need of a vacation. She drops off her sullen, cellphone obsessed daughter at the home of a relative and heads off to Kenya, where she quickly learns 12:49 AM from Miami Herald Read more »

• Refugee family from Congo finds warm welcome in New Haven

  NEW HAVEN — The first time refugee Martial was out in New Haven and heard a cellphone ring, he was afraid. “I was afraid and after a minute, I remembered, aha, I’m not there,” said Martial, 18. “It took me three days, but before, I was afraid.” Martial arr 5/25/13 from New Haven Register Read more »

• Robocalls Ring Roadside Sign Code Violators

  Every 10 minutes, Heath Johnson's cellphone would ring. If the Anytime Fitness co-owner answered, he would hear a recorded message asking him to retrieve the roadside signs along U.S. 27 that advertised his Clermont gym. Johnson's signs had been caught by 5/25/13 from The Lakeland Ledger Read more »

• Use data plan more, but pay carrier less

  Are you constantly going over the limit of your cellphone’s data plan and then having to pay for the overages? You might want to check out Onavo Extend, a mobile app that compresses your data, allowing you to do five times more with your phone on your curr 5/25/13 from New York Post Read more »