The rollout will mark perhaps the first mass deployment of mobile payment technology in the U.S. Though consumers in Japan, South Korea and parts of Europe have long been tapping their phones to purchase small items and pay fares on buses, subways and taxicabs, the U.S. has not followed suit.

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Almost 2, 000 people attended the mass cycle to mark the opening of the route which runs from Bath to Midford.

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Later Pope falls in his own trap while setting off flares to mark their arrival to a 2nd Mass camp.

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