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CONCORD (AP) — Some New Hampshire Republicans are proposing that signs be set up along unmarked roads leading into Massachusetts, saying: “Warning: Massachusetts Border 500 Feet.” The Eagle-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/tyA02V) the signs would be sponsored by businesses who want to help protect their customers from unwittingly breaking the law because they aren’t aware what state they are in. The lawmakers say laws relating to seat belts, guns, cellphones, motorcycle helmets, fireworks and knives are among those they want to warn people about. Rep. Jennifer Coffey of Andover is sponsoring the bill. She says, for example, in New Hampshire, it’s legal to not wear a seat belt or helmet.
Trail project funding yanked in D.C.
CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire officials say they are canceling a program that helps maintain trails for hiking, bicycling, snowmobiling and other recreational uses because federal funding has fallen through. The state Bureau of Trails said it was notified last week that the Federal Highway Administration had made technical corrections to its funding formula for the years 2009-2012, and as a result New Hampshire’s trail program won’t be getting the $677,000 it expected for next year. The state, which awarded grants to 55 organizations this year, had been in the process of taking applications for 2012 grants, but officials now say they’ll have to cancel instead.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — AT&T Inc. is bowing out of its $39 billion bid to buy smaller wireless provider T-Mobile USA after the U.S. government tried to block the deal over concerns it would raise prices, reduce innovation and give customers fewer choices. Monday’s announcement came as little surprise after the Justice Department sued to block the merger on Aug. 31. The deal looked further in jeopardy when the Federal Communications Commission’s chairman also came out against it. The companies withdrew their FCC application last month. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett said the announcement was “a bit of an anticlimax.” “This is like receiving the divorce papers for a couple that’s been separated for years,” he said. AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom of Germany, announced in March, would have made it the largest cellphone company in the U.S. T-Mobile is currently the fourth-largest. AT&T, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier behind Verizon Wireless, will now have to pay
Deutsche Telekom $3 billion in cash as a breakup fee and give it about $1 billion worth of airwaves, known as spectrum, that AT&T doesn’t need for the continued rollout of its high-speed “4G” network. It will also enter into a roaming agreement with Deutsche Telekom so that AT&T’s and T-Mobile’s customers can use each other’s networks. AT&T will book the $4 billion charge to its earnings in the fourth quarter. In pulling out, AT&T said the government’s attempts to block the deal do not change the challenges of the wireless phone industry, which has been clamoring for more airwaves to expand. The company said the deal would have solved that problem for a time, and without it, “customers will be harmed and needed investment will be stifled.” It called on the government to quickly approve its purchase of unused spectrum from Qualcomm Inc. and come up with legislation to meet the nation’s long-term needs. Many people, however, believe that AT&T had overstated the spectrum crisis.
Missing Maine girl’s relatives feared for her safety with father
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Relatives of a woman whose toddler is the subject of an intensive search said Monday that they feared for the girl’s safety while she was staying with her father, who was caring for the child when she disappeared. Twenty-month-old Ayla Reynolds was reported missing Saturday morning by her father, Justin DiPietro, who called police to say she was not in her
bed in Waterville. Whitney Raynor, her mother’s stepsister, said Monday that welfare agents had placed Ayla with her father in November while the mother was in rehab for substance abuse. The girl had bruises after being in her father’s care, Raynor said, in addition to a broken arm three weeks ago. see MAINE GIRL page 13
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