Cash-strapped described their bills as 911 improvements

SourceNEW YORK – More than $200 million collected from cell phone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug state budget holes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found. Dispatchers say the diversion of money comes at the expense of improvements that would give crime and accident victims more opportunities to reach responders....

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Neil Armstrong to Walk on the Moon as first man : Apollo 11

If the subject is Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon tends to turn churlish. He will defer, deflect or refuse to answer. When his little home town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, sought to honor him with a parade on the 25th anniversary of his moonwalk, Armstrong sent his regrets. He once pleaded to a newspaper reporter, 10 years after his feat: "How long must it take before I can cease to be known as a spaceman?" As if such a thing were...

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