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Burlington County Sheriff’s Department launches free smartphone app Burlington County Sheriff’s Department launches free smartphone app × The new Burlington County Sheriff’s Department smartphone and tablet app features information about the department’s numerous programs and services.PHOTO COURTESY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department has a new way for residents to interact with the department’s officers and keep up with the latest news and happenings about their community programs and events. A free smartphone and tablet app...

Like in the free cell phone program which even the government's own auditors say is rife with abuse, let's find places in the government -- look, we've got a $3.6 trillion budget. surely, we can find $6.5 billion. that's less than two-tenths of 1% of the budget that we can stop spending money on in order to pay for this program of unemployment benefits. and remember, the unemployment benefits, the extension of them, is an admission of failure on the part of the administration. again, the recovery started in june of 2009. we've never had a recovery with unemployment so high for so long. and it'...

He is committed to making sure that we get the facts. >> we don't know that yet. that will be found out committee hearings in the months to come. >> that will be interesting. always nice to see you. straight ahead, new evidence the government's free cell phone program is flooded with fraud. how easy it is to get a free government phone that you're not entitled to? one reporter put it to the test. she's here. also tea partiers have a brand new plan. find out what it is. jim demint is here to go on the record. plus, she says she spent 11 years in hell. one of the women held captive, you'll...

There are plenty of people there. >> i'll give him a pass on that. i'm more interested in whether he is committed to making sure that we get the facts. >> we don't know that yet. that will be found out committee hearings in the months o to some. >> always nice to see you. straight ahead, new evidence the government's free cell phone program is flooded with fraud. how easy it is to get a free government phone that you're not entitled to? one reporter put it to the test. she's here. tea partiers have a new plan. jim demint is here to go on the record. plus, he says he spent 11 years in hell. o...

Waste, fraud and abuse, we're talking about the life line program that gives free cell phones to people who don't make enough money. stuart varney joins me now from the "fox business" network. this started back in 1984 to help poor people with land lines. it morphed into cell phones in 2008 and the cost of this program spiraling out of control. we're not saying we don't want to help poor people, but there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud going on. >> $2.2 billion a year is spent on 6 million free cell phones. this is a system, a program that's riddled with waste and because. but wait,...