Cell Phone Ban Begets New Market
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Student resistance to the Bloomberg administration’s cell phone ban in schools is creating an underground economy around New York City: For a charge, local businesses are storing the electronic devices while the children are in class. Already, though, the cell phone storage business is creating new headaches for students and store owners, as the makeshift depositories have become targets of theft.
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