The Florida woman added a cell phone to her account for her mute and hearing-impaired brother, who didn’t know to turn off his data roaming when he was recently in Canada. Since his only form of communication with the phone is via text messages, those international data rates added up quickly — to the tune of over $200,000 in one month.

]]> http://mooseradio.com/florida-woman-200000-cell-phone-bill/feed/ 0 WSVN http://mooseradio.com/unemployed-in-florida-you-get-a-super-hero-cape/ http://mooseradio.com/unemployed-in-florida-you-get-a-super-hero-cape/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:44:04 +0000 95.1 The Moose http://mooseradio.com/?p=5739 A government-supported unemployment agency in Central Florida is in hot water today after it reportedly spent $14,200 to fund 6,000 superhero capes to hand out to unemployed area residents.

It's all part of what's being called the 'Cape- A-Bility Challenge,' a contest in which out-of-work Floridians take on "Dr. Evil Unemployment," a cartoon character that represents the current state of the economy. (The agency also spent $2,300 on foam cutouts of this job-killing super villain.)

Once they enter the contest, they will be provided with a red cape -- while supplies last, of course. The campaign, which some are calling "insensitive and wasteful," runs through June 30.