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Mayor Mike Nutter of Philadelphia has signed off on the City Council's ban on talking on handheld cell phones while driving. The mayor did so under threats from state legislators. The Pennsylvania House on Monday approved an amendment that would prevent the state's largest city from receiving $90 million in gas-tax and highway-repair funding if it went ahead with the ban. There is no state ban on handheld cell phones for all drivers. "We are doing what we think is in our best interest," he said Thursday while signing the cell phone legislation at a media set-up. " If your hands aren't on the … [Read more...]