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Paying for Pay Phones

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, May 17, 2002.

What's a public pay phone worth? What's it worth when cell phones don't work in the area, and people who use the phone, often do in times of distress? Those are questions residents in two New Hampshire communities are asking as Verizon begins to remove pay phones that aren't profitable enough. NHPR's Dan Gorenstein has more.

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State Adopts Delaware-style Credit Card Law

By Josh Rogers on Friday, May 17, 2002.

Governor Jeanne Shaheen today signed into law a measure she says will make NH more attractive to credit card companies.??Supporters of the bill say it balances the needs of lender and borrower. Detractors call it a sellout to Providian, the financially troubled NH based national bank.

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