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Residents in Sopchoppy are facing higher water bills due to an increase in rates. The price change is part of a $50 million plan to repair the water system.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is threatening to pull news feeds on its platforms for California ...

Ein muslimischer Verein hat nach Ansicht des Oberlandesgerichts Stuttgart seine geplante Moschee nicht schnell genug fertiggestellt.

In a law adopted this May, Colorado lawmakers postponed implementation of a new gas fee originally set to go into effect this month. The delay, however, will not save taxpayers

Over ever 1,000 galloned use. its a precious resource and -- >> and then theyre going to tax air? take a breath and people suffocating on the streets because they cant pay the air tax? >> they will tax everything now. the only reason why marijuana is being taxed is because they can get a revenue from it. theyll tax anything they can once you get a tax, youll -- >> neil: wasnt it started by environmentalists first? apparently new jersey -- >> how much water you going through? >> theyre not callin...

National usage fee alliance 28 states are in various stages of following down the same road. but there are many concerns. like privacy. two of the three orego systems track and store a cars every move. >> to put a gps monitor in everybodys car, you know the government already knows too much about us as it is. >> reporter: others question the cost. getting the gas tax is cheap. but orego vendors will eat up 40 cents of every dollar collected. for those not used to paying any gas tax, it could be ...

So cut you off and move to the next one. >> i was looking for somebody to blame. the average american family spends about $1,000 a year on cell phone bills including hundreds of mystery charges most of us dont even look at, dont understand and dont need either. >> and you dont have to spend that much. abcs rebecca jarvis shows us how to cut that bill. >> its a tough expense for so many families like the wilsons. >> i feel like were still paying a lot of money for cell phones. >> this dallas fami...

Lets say. shares jumped higher after a takeover bid and the group offered a second option where it would spin off the e-leader note. no decision off that deal. $19 billion. thats a lot of money. thats what facebook is paying for whatsapp. >> yeah, thats that popular messaging service like a social network site. you can send videos, texts and voice messages but you dont pay the usage fee like you do to your cell phone carrier. what do you pay? $1 as a membership fee. >> this app has 50 million ...

>> it might be. nobody has the right to bitch about their roads needing repaired, their potholes, unless youre willing to step up and pay for it. >> every day we pay gax taxes already. >> i can talk about the gas taxes until the cows come home. the gas tax hasnt gone up. the federal gas tax has not gone up for 20 years. and the cost of road construction and repair has gone up by 55% over that time. it is a usage fee. it is a tax on those people using the roads. now i will say, if youre happy wit...

To look out because theyll have to make up the lost revenue from somewhere. >> i definitely think that banks will try to find other ways to charge customers. it might be new fees, maintenance fee for your checking account, debit card usage fee. but theyre not going to take a loss in revenue. >> nyu wont be charged by the atm company right there at that time of transaction. you could be still charged on the back end by your bank. >> shep: my bank charges me all the time, but if i even go to an at...