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People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct.The carrier card for the duck stamp transposes two numbers, so instead of listing 1-800-782-6724, it lists 1-800-872-6724. The first number spells out 1-800-STAMP24, while the second number spells out 1-800-TRAMP24.People calling that second number are welcomed by Intimate Connections and enticed by a husky female voice to talk only to the girls that turn you on, for $1.99 a minute. Duck stamps, which cost $15 a piece, are required to hunt migratory waterfowl. The government uses nearly all the revenue to purchase waterfowl habitat for the National Wildlife Refuge System. In 2006-2007, the latest figures available, duck stamp purchases brought in near stanley becher ly $22 million.This year s stamps, which feature a pair of northern pintail ducks, went on sale July 1 and are good t stanley mug hrough June 30 of next year. The error will not be corrected until next year s duck stamps. The Fish and Wildlife Service, whi stanley mugs ch administers the program, printed about 3.5 million duck stamps attached to cards with the wrong number. An agency spokeswoman, Rachel Levin, said it would cost $300,000 to reprint them. I don t know that it would be worth it to do a reprint, she said Thursday. That s a lot of money we can be using for wildlife conservation. With all of the needs for conservation, Ypwx Bernanke Hits Back at Bond-Buying Plan Critics
Numerous women have accused Hollywood screenwriter and director James Toback of sexual harassment, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.The Times says it interviewed multiple women about their alleged encounters with Toback over several decades; th dunk pand e Times says most of the women spoke on the record.The article reported that according to the women: In a hotel room, a movie trailer, a public park, meetings framed as interviews or auditions quickly turned sexual. CNN has not independently verified the allegations, but is reaching out to the women.Toback s agent, Jeff Berg, said he would pass a request for a comment on to his client. The director, 72 salomon supercross , denied the allegations when contacted by the Times, the newsp air force one aper said.Toback told the paper he had never met any of the women -- or if he did meet them, it was for five minutes and he had no recollection. He said that for the last 22 years, it was biologically impossible for him to take part in the behavior the women described in the article, saying he had diabetes and a heart condition requiring medication, the Los Angeles Times reported. He declined to elaborate.The allegations against Toback come in the wake of a New York Times story this month detailing numerous accusations of sexual harassment against powerful movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The New York Times identified several of Weinstein s accusers.The allegations against Weinstein sparked the Twitter hashtag metoo, in which women have shared personal stories of s
People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct.The carrier card for the duck stamp transposes two numbers, so instead of listing 1-800-782-6724, it lists 1-800-872-6724. The first number spells out 1-800-STAMP24, while the second number spells out 1-800-TRAMP24.People calling that second number are welcomed by Intimate Connections and enticed by a husky female voice to talk only to the girls that turn you on, for $1.99 a minute. Duck stamps, which cost $15 a piece, are required to hunt migratory waterfowl. The government uses nearly all the revenue to purchase waterfowl habitat for the National Wildlife Refuge System. In 2006-2007, the latest figures available, duck stamp purchases brought in near stanley becher ly $22 million.This year s stamps, which feature a pair of northern pintail ducks, went on sale July 1 and are good t stanley mug hrough June 30 of next year. The error will not be corrected until next year s duck stamps. The Fish and Wildlife Service, whi stanley mugs ch administers the program, printed about 3.5 million duck stamps attached to cards with the wrong number. An agency spokeswoman, Rachel Levin, said it would cost $300,000 to reprint them. I don t know that it would be worth it to do a reprint, she said Thursday. That s a lot of money we can be using for wildlife conservation. With all of the needs for conservation, Ypwx Bernanke Hits Back at Bond-Buying Plan Critics
Numerous women have accused Hollywood screenwriter and director James Toback of sexual harassment, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.The Times says it interviewed multiple women about their alleged encounters with Toback over several decades; th dunk pand e Times says most of the women spoke on the record.The article reported that according to the women: In a hotel room, a movie trailer, a public park, meetings framed as interviews or auditions quickly turned sexual. CNN has not independently verified the allegations, but is reaching out to the women.Toback s agent, Jeff Berg, said he would pass a request for a comment on to his client. The director, 72 salomon supercross , denied the allegations when contacted by the Times, the newsp air force one aper said.Toback told the paper he had never met any of the women -- or if he did meet them, it was for five minutes and he had no recollection. He said that for the last 22 years, it was biologically impossible for him to take part in the behavior the women described in the article, saying he had diabetes and a heart condition requiring medication, the Los Angeles Times reported. He declined to elaborate.The allegations against Toback come in the wake of a New York Times story this month detailing numerous accusations of sexual harassment against powerful movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The New York Times identified several of Weinstein s accusers.The allegations against Weinstein sparked the Twitter hashtag metoo, in which women have shared personal stories of s
