Asif Noorani, the founder of Dr. Cell Phone, a chain of repair shops in Texas, has also seen one iPad.

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We're just learning the full story of how avid fan Shane Bennett got what may be the rarest version of Samsung's flagship phone through an unusual chain of events.

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Fitzgerald charged that Libby told FBI agents and the grand jury that "he was at the tail end of a chain of phone calls, passing on from one reporter what he heard from another" about Plame.

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Police and charities working with older people all offer advice on crime prevention measures for the elderly, ranging from not keeping large sums of cash at home, to installing an entry phone or using a door chain.

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Hence the 3 email rule which states if the email back and forth goes to 3 emails break the chain and try another method such as a phone call or a face-to-face meeting.

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But Hall says that auditing a supply chain for conflict minerals would only increase the price of a cell phone, for example, by a penny.

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When Carson Pirie Scott, another midwestern chain, made a hostile bid for Younkers, Martin picked up the phone to call Gould.

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"Mobile games as a genre isn't being marketed enough by the people in the food chain, " said Paul Munford, who publishes a weekly e-mail newsletter about the mobile phone industry, Monty's Gaming and Wireless Outlook.

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