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Verizon Buries Rocks in Woman's Yard, Then Digs Hole For Itself

City-dwellers that we are, we'd be the first to admit our relative ignorance when it comes to the art of digging holes. But thanks to Verizon, we now know how not to go about filling them. Jill Knapp was recently digging around her yard in Delmar, NY, when she noticed a piece of plastic sticking out of the ground. Intrigued, she dug around some more, and eventually unearthed an entire cache of ...

Wireless Water Meters to Give NYC Residents Exact Water Usage Bills

On the environmental tip, Mayor Bloomberg has announced that New York City will install 826,000 wireless water meters by 2011. Under the new system, readings will be sent to a network of rooftop receivers throughout the city every six hours, enabling the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to bill property owners every month with exact water usage -- with the bill available online. ...