Consumerist
Here's a new excuse for bad service: AT&T is being plagued by copper thieves in Tennessee. The thefts of copper cables "has caused disruptions to voice and data communications, as well as emergency calls, company officials said." [
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Scrap Metal Prices Up... Along With Beer Keg Thefts
Beer makers are saying that when scrap metal prices go up, so do thefts of beer kegs. No big deal, you think? The Beer Institute (yes, this is real.) says kegs stolen and sold for scrap cost them up to $50 million dollars a year. "It really got people's attention because that's a significant flow of our kegs that we'll never see again," [a spokesperson] said. "We know some of it's very innocent but some of it's not." More »
