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...Curtis Mason doesn't like to carry cash, which used to be a problem on the days when he didn't have time to pack himself a lunch before heading off to work at Sears Credit in Boise, Idaho. But now Mason, 23, an account manager, simply waves a wand at a vending machine, and out comes a hoagie or his favorite indulgence--a Big Ed's ice-cream sandwich...
...wand's not magic. It's just a plastic doodad smaller than a lipstick, embedded with a tiny electronic chip that is scanned by a reader in the vending machine. The reader taps Mason's credit account over the Internet and works much like a credit card--something most vending machines won't accept, along with crumpled dollar bills. Mason's wand from FreedomPay, based in Wayne, Pa., lets him eat not just from the machines at work but also at any of Boise's 31 McDonald's restaurants. Says Mason: "Now I don't starve...
...with Neil Simon on five films; in New York City. He jump-started the career of Barbra Streisand in the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale and, in 1977, got Oscar-nominated performances out of Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine in Turning Point and Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl...
...Starbucks [normally] has a policy of not allowing any flags or other non-universal symbol to be displayed,” said assistant manager of the Garage location, Kendra Mason. “However, now all employees have been urged to display flags throughout the store out of national pride...
Yesterday’s game was the Huskies first action since a 3-2 double overtime loss to George Mason on September 9 and the first Northeastern athletic event since the terrorist attacks last Tuesday. The Crimson had not seen action since its September 8 season-opener versus Yale...