The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that spokesman Scott Gerber acknowledged taping a phone interview with one of its reporters. It said Gerber also acknowledged recording other conversations with reporters without asking their permission

Ala. Gov Lashes Out at Computer Contract’s Critics - NewsMax.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Bob Riley lashed out Friday at critics of a $13 million computer contract that his administration gave to a firm without a business phone listing or a Web site. At a news conference, Riley said the state would

Oct 30, 2009 (Washington Times-Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Technology took a step backward in the area for most of Thursday when a cut fiber optic cable left computers shut down and many networks and essential
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EDITORIAL: Policy on cell phone use at school effective - TMCnet
Oct 30, 2009 (The Daily News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Bowling Green High School has taken appropriate steps to cut down on students talking or text messaging on their cell phones during class or in the hallways. Story
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Captive British woman: Pirates ‘hospitable’ - USA Today
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) A British woman who is being held by Somali pirates with her husband after their yacht was hijacked said in a phone call broadcast Friday that the couple were “bearing up” and she described her captors as “very hospitable
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The suspected 9/11 plotter whose German passport was found in a mud hut in western Pakistan this week has not been in touch with his family for two years, his mother, Anneliese Bahaji, said in an telephone interview on Friday
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Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief - WTOP Radio
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders’ first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism
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Report: Spokesman for Brown admits secret taping - WTOP Radio
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A newspaper says the press secretary for California Attorney General Jerry Brown has been secretly recording telephone conversations with reporters, an apparent violation of state law. The San Francisco Chronicle reported
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