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Texting, tweeting lingo creeping into schoolwork

Elaine Marsilio Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas)

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 3:54pm

Clarissa De La Paz said she has caught herself writing at school like she texts with her friends.

"I'm just, like, 'Oh my gosh! I just said LOL,"' the high school junior in Corpus Christi, Texas, said.

OMG moment or no prob?

Clarissa, 16, tends to erase those kinds of mistakes before she turns in an assignment, but some teens may not be so lucky.

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Idaho moves to ban texting while driving

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 8:46am

BOISE, Idaho -- After discussing the problem for years, House lawmakers sent "a strong message" Tuesday and banned texting while driving on a 53-17 vote.

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Ogden School District principals, resource officers and specialists met Wednesday to talk about initial actions they would take if an earthquake damaged Ogden High School and trapped people in the gym during a night game. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden district officials consider procedures in case of quake

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:00pm

OGDEN — Principals and specialists knew they had been called to an Ogden School District meeting Wednesday to talk about earthquake preparedness in schools.

What they didn’t know before the meeting started was that they would be given a catastrophic scenario and be asked to work through the first-responder steps to secure the safety of students.

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Using cellphones to access Facebook while driving will be illegal

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 7:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Using cellphones to access Facebook, the Internet or send pictures will no longer be legal while driving in Utah.

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Official: Texting 'adults acting like children' devolves to attack in Roy

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 2:40pm

OGDEN -- Initial charges have been filed in an assault case that began as a texting battle in Roy this week. The texting taunts led to a Roy man firing gunshots into the air when the texters turned up on his property, according to police.

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a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine. Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads

Shaya Tayefe Mohajer The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 8:43am

LOS ANGELES — Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she’s behind the wheel — and thinks it should be up to drivers to use their discretion when it comes to safety.

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Few teens sexting racy photos, new research says

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 12:31pm

CHICAGO -- Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone may be far less common than people think, new research suggests.

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Drivers more concerned about cell phone use in cars than speeding

Gary Richards San Jose Mercury News

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 12:59pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Mary Ann Lahann was inching past the Bay Bridge toll plaza when ... wham! Rear-ended by a driver with her head down, texting away.

It's no surprise to the 51-year-old engineer from Carmichael that cell phone use and texting now rank as the biggest safety worry on our roads, according to a survey released Thursday by the state Office of Traffic Safety. Motorists consider phone use more dangerous than speeders, tailgaters or drunken drivers.

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Syracuse bans texting by council members at meetings

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 12:39pm

SYRACUSE -- Texting during council meetings is inappropriate.

That's the crux of new rules of conduct for members of the city council, approved during meetings on Nov. 8.

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Former Miss Utah USA won't quit advancing her cause

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 9:23pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Jamie Lynn Crandall took off her crown recently, but she won't stop passing around the life-saving message that became her platform as Miss Utah USA 2011: "Hang up, Save a Life Before You Drive."

Crandall has spent her year as Miss Utah spreading the message to teenage drivers that it's not worth texting behind the wheel. She knows this all too well. In 2007, Crandall's friend, Lauren Mulkey, lost her life to a teen who was texting while driving.

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Beating victim was a 'bully', teen suspect's mom says

Rafael A. Olmeda Sun Sentinel

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 9:42am

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Deerfield Beach beating victim Josie Lou Ratley was being a bully and should apologize to the teenage boy who nearly beat her to death, the boy's mother and stepfather said to a national TV audience Friday.

Ratley, 16, suffered irreversible brain damage in the March 17, 2010, assault at a Deerfield Beach Middle School bus stop. Wayne Treacy, who knocked her to the ground and stomped on her head repeatedly while wearing steel-toe boots, plans to mount an insanity defense against a first-degree attempted murder charge when his trial starts Jan. 26.

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Sexting, Facebook can put students in danger, expert warns

Scott Travis Sun Sentinel

Last updated Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 3:48pm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The popularity of smartphones and social networking sites is keeping a growing number of people connected -- to danger, deception and a loss of academic or career opportunities.

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Florida eases penalties for teen 'sexting'

Stephen Ceasar Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 5:21pm

It's still illegal for Florida teenagers to send sexually explicit photos, but they can now avoid severe penalties under a new state law that takes effect Saturday.

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Police wrestle with social media's role in criminal activity

Andrew Blankstein, Robert Faturechi Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:09am

All it took was a tweet. A famous rapper's Twitter feed posted a phone number for the Compton station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urging his more than half-million followers to call. Within seconds, every line on every phone at the station was jammed.

Legitimate emergency calls for help were blocked for almost three hours by a deluge of pranksters. Sheriff's official denounced the tweet by The Game as irresponsible. But now authorities are facing a tough question: Should those who send tweets be held liable for the problems their messages cause?

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