blog.chron.com — • AT&T scotches appeal, pays small-claims litigant - AT&T drops its plan to appeal and ponies up the $850 awarded to Matt Spaccarelli in a California small-claims court. Spaccarelli had sued AT&T over its policy of throttling unlimited data plan customers. • Retraction - This American Life has posted its retraction of the Mike Daisey Chinese factory story early.