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  1. Breakfast Exchange Club donates to Down syndrome assistance fund

    Breakfast Exchange Club donates to Down syndrome assistance fund

    Billings residents Dan and Carla Tilton went to the Breakfast Exchange Club's Friday morning meeting thinking they were guests of a friend. They were.

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  2. Mother protests HPV immunization clinic at Lockwood Middle School

    Mother protests HPV immunization clinic at Lockwood Middle School

    A Lockwood mother of five is protesting a plan by RiverStone Health to offer a controversial vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer to students at Lockwood School.

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  3. 12th Planet building to reopen as natural foods store

    12th Planet building to reopen as natural foods store

    With a few flurries of pens this week, the destiny of the most prominent, and troubled, building in front of Rimrock Mall has changed from vice to virtue.

    Feb 24, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…

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Locos power into championship with win over Glendive

Eastern A boys basketball divisional tournament - Bryce Herman and Brett Thompson each scored 11 points for Laurel, and the Locomotives advanced to the divisional championship game with a 50-35 win over Glendive.

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Eastern A divisional basketball tournament - Semifinals

Eastern A divisional basketball tournament - Semifinals

5:30 p.m. -- Laurel shot to a 14-point lead in the first half and rolled to a 50-35 semifinal victory over Glendive on Friday at the Eastern A boy…

Deadline nears for kayakers' fundraising

Deadline nears for kayakers' fundraising

It's getting close to the Feb. 29 fund-raising deadline for Lorie Hoffman and husband Charlie Capp's proposed summer float trip from Stevensville …

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In his Chat with the Chief session, Billings Police Chief Rich St. John. heard complaints about too many people talking on cellphones while driving, despite a citywide ban on doing so. He noted a recent enforcement push by officers and said that, in the last 90 days, his department has issued 200 citations or warnings under the cellphone ban. However, he agreed with one commenter that many people are simply ignoring the ban and may think that a minimum $110 fine for a first offense isn't enough of a deterrent. What can be done to get people's attention and have them follow the law?

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Increase the fine for the first and all other offenses.
Don't give out any warnings, but fine people on first offense.
Have a highly visible publicity campaign about the ban.
All of the above.
Forget about it. People will ignore the law anyway.