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  • September 2008

    • California Bns Txtng While Driving

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Sep 25, 08 1:55 AM CDT

      California Bns Txtng While Driving

      (Newser) - California has become the latest state to outlaw text messaging while driving, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Motorists will be fined a minimum of $20 the first time they are caught reading or writing an electronic message behind the wheel, and $50 for any subsequent offenses. More »

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      California  • cell phones  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • driving  • text messaging  • text message  • drivers

    • Texting Raises Alarms as Accidents Turn Fatal

      New York Times  |  Sep 20, 08 8:12 AM CDT

      Texting Raises Alarms as Accidents Turn Fatal

      (Newser) - The steep rise in text-messaging is being matched by a steep rise in people not paying enough attention to what they're doing, the New York Times reports. Fatal accidents involving distracted texters are on the rise and a group of emergency room doctors has issued a stern warning against attempting to send texts while performing other activities. More »

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      cell phones  • safety  • text messaging  • telephone  • text message

  • August 2008

    • Obama's Veep Text Reached Record 2.9M

      CNET  |  Aug 26, 08 6:46 AM CDT

      Obama's Veep Text Reached Record 2.9M

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's cell phone text to supporters naming Joe Biden as his running mate reached 2.9 million people, according to Nielsen—enough for a $290,000 bill at normal text rates. The statistics company ranks the message the nation's "single largest mobile marketing event" to date. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • cell phones  • Joe Biden  • text messaging  • text message  • Nielsen

    • Obama Texts, E-Mails VP News to Supporters

      Associated Press  |  Aug 23, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Obama Texts, E-Mails VP News to Supporters

      (AP) - Barack Obama's choice for a running mate was texted and emailed to supporters shortly after 3am this morning, though word had leaked out to reporters a couple of hours earlier that he'd chosen Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran lawmaker from Delaware. The text message: "Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on http://www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!" More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • email  • running mate  • text message

    • Clooney: I'm Not Part of Obama's Brain Trust

      People  |  Aug 13, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Clooney: I'm Not Part of Obama's Brain Trust

      (Newser) - George Clooney supports Barack Obama, but unlike Scarlett Johansson he's not claiming to be a campaign consultant or in regular contact. The actor today refuted an LA Times story saying he “frequently text messages” the candidate, People reports. “I have never texted or emailed Sen. Obama,” Clooney said. “And I'll offer a million dollars to anyone who could prove otherwise.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • celebrity  • Barack Obama supporters  • George Clooney  • text message

    • Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice

      New York Times  |  Aug 13, 08 11:14 AM CDT

      Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's decision to announce his running mate by text-messaging supporters makes him seem "just like the cool kid in study hall," writes Garrett M. Graff in the New York Times . But there's more to the text blast than just embracing new technology. The move will give Obama hundreds of thousands of cellphone numbers, an invaluable resource come November. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Internet  • cell phones  • running mate  • text messaging  • text message  • voter turnout

  • May 2008

    • Let's Hang Up on the Female Booty Call

      Australia's News Network  |  May 24, 08 6:29 PM CDT

      Let's Hang Up on the Female Booty Call

      (Newser) - When her husband got steamy text message from a drunk female colleague, Janine di Giovanni had had enough: "Go back to the male booty call, I say." Marshaling evidence from a big French study and anecdotes from friends, Giovanni writes in Australia's News Network that too many women have become the initiators of bedroom conquests—regardless of whether the man is married. More »

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      women  • sex  • text messaging  • sexuality  • infidelity  • text message

    • High-Tech Pope to World Youth: Bless U

      Reuters  |  May 7, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      High-Tech Pope to World Youth: Bless U

      (Newser) - The Catholic Church is going digital. During July’s World Youth Day in Sydney, Pope Benedict will reach out to the 225,000 young Catholics in attendance by text message, "using new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy youth," a spokesman tells Reuters. More »

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      cell phones  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • text message  • World Youth Day

  • April 2008
  • August 2007

    • Mine Collapse Survivor Didn't Hear the Cave-In

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 07 10:53 AM CDT

      Mine Collapse Survivor Didn't Hear the Cave-In

      (Newser) - One of the four miners who escaped the Crandall Canyon collapse that trapped six men told the AP he didn't hear or feel the cave-in as it was occurring. Tim Curtis, who was near the mine's entrance at the time, heard of the collapse via text message on an personal emergency device. "It's just like you are here and three miles away are you going to hear a balloon pop?" he says. More »

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      rescue  • miners  • collapse  • mine  • coal mine  • Crandall Canyon  • text message

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