Texting Needs a New Name

When 136 of the 135 members of the Arkansas General Assembly (a little exaggeration there, but not much) are Twittering, texting, blogging or otherwise making their existence known, often during committee hearings if not on the floor; when dozens of …

Students texting to report a crime in progress would not be the preferred method at Central Michigan University to CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley. But he would support the service — he said any message that can be used to give information about …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - The General Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting people from sending or reading text messages while they are driving, the State House announced Thursday night. Drivers caught text messaging behind the wheel would face an …

Many people, students in particular, are bemoaning the idea of a ban on cell phones while driving. I say, it’s about time. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve come to a crosswalk on my way to or from school and nearly have been run over. I …

The laptop-using pilots were merely texting car drivers writ large — irresponsible multitaskers who acted with potentially more tragic consequences. With the pilots’ licenses now revoked, isn’t it time to consider similar sanctions for those …

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - It’s a dangerous trend that’s responsible for killing thousands of people each year. We’re talking about texting and driving. It only takes a split second to look down from the road to your cell phone, but that’s long enough to …

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Amid new studies that show texting behind the wheel is at least as dangerous as drunken driving, one central Iowa community said it’s not waiting for the state to ban the practice. Marshall County and Marshalltown are both …

NEW YORK (AP) - They never talked about it. Neither saw a reason to. Four years after Jayson Werth’s wrist was shattered and his career thrown into limbo by a pitch from A.J. Burnett in an exhibition game, he will step into the batter’s box in Game 2 …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jonathan Young is a real estate broker and now president of a company called Textecution. “Studies reveal 60 percent of teen drivers are texting while driving,” said Young. Young said while driving down the road it hit him. “It …

(AP) SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Georgia police said a misdialed number led two strangers to trade hostile calls and text messages before arranging a meeting where one shot the other. Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman Veda Lamar Nichols told the Savannah …