Can You Hear Sigourney Now?

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Ever feel like a tour guide is phoning it in? That may not be a bad thing, judging from a slew of new cell-phone tour services popping up across the U.S. At Talking Street (talkingstreet.com), which focuses on the country's major East Coast cities, you download a map of a tour online then dial in at indicated locations to hear historical stories and the scoop on local haunts from celebs with a connection to the place. Native New Yorker Sigourney Weaver escorts you through Lower Manhattan, for example, while rocker Steven Tyler takes you around Boston. Each tour costs $5.95....

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