The four outer boroughs now use the 718 area code--but the number shortage is now squeezing the heart of the city: Manhattan.

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Normally, he doesn't answer those type of calls, but since the number had a New Jersey area code and came after the draft, he answered.

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"He said he was calling from Miranshah in North Waziristan and the telephone number used to make the call carried an area code common to the Waziristan tribal area and Bannu, the adjoining district in the North West Frontier Province, " the paper said.

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Finally, any time your child ingests something that is not food, it can be helpful to contact the poison center that serves your area by calling 1-800-222-1222 (a nationwide number in the U.S. that routes your call based on your area code) for guidance.

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