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Teens Say They Don't Text Or Drink While Driving

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Teens Say They Don't Text Or Drink While Driving

March 18, 2014 • Teenagers know they're not supposed to be indulging in risky behaviors behind the wheel, a survey finds, but they're finding it awfully hard to say no. Kind of like adults.

'Absolutely Crazy': Man Killed In Movie Theater For Texting?

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'Absolutely Crazy': Man Killed In Movie Theater For Texting?

January 14, 2014 • Witnesses say one man was upset by another's texting during the previews at an afternoon screening of Lone Survivor in a Tampa-area theater. The dispute allegedly ended with the man who had been texting being shot and killed. The suspect has been charged with second-degree murder.

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Too Many Texts Can Hurt A Relationship, But <3 Always Helps

October 31, 2013 • Texting terms of endearment seems to shore up relationships. Affectionate affirmations help mitigate hurts and frustrations, a study finds. But men who get flooded with texts from their significant other tend to say the relationship is unsatisfactory. Women tend to say the more texts the merrier.

(Don't) Pardon Me: One Man's Fight Against Distracted Walking

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(Don't) Pardon Me: One Man's Fight Against Distracted Walking

October 30, 2013 • They're everywhere — smartphone users who wander the sidewalks, and sometimes into other people, tapping away at their cellphones. Is resistance futile?

On Digital Dating: Never Committing, And Never Breaking Up

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On Digital Dating: Never Committing, And Never Breaking Up

July 22, 2013 • Today, with texts, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, it's easy to keep relationships ambiguous and uncommitted. But keeping a digital distance from exes is also next to impossible.

UOK? 'Dystextia' Alerts Doctors To Neurological Problems

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UOK? 'Dystextia' Alerts Doctors To Neurological Problems

December 24, 2012 • The inability to send coherent text messages, or 'dystextia,' is helping doctors diagnose neurological problems. In one recent case, a series of garbled text messages was an early signal that a woman was having a stroke.

Text Messages Help Smokers Kick The Habit

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Text Messages Help Smokers Kick The Habit

December 3, 2012 • Texting may not always be the best method of communication, but it can be a promising support network for smokers who want to quit. Several recent studies show that receiving an encouraging text can help stave off a cigarette craving and boost motivation to quit for good.

Text Messages Help Smokers Kick The Habit

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Can College Students Resist The Lure Of Facebook, Twitter During Class?

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Can College Students Resist The Lure Of Facebook, Twitter During Class?

August 16, 2012 • What's a professor to do when students are more focused on their electronic gadgets than on class? Commentator and William and Mary professor Barbara J. King writes an open letter to students, and issues them a challenge.

Austin Wierschke, left, of Rhinelander, Wis., and Kent Augustine, of Jamaica, N.Y., compete during the final round of the 2012 LG U.S. National Texting Championship on Wednesday, in New York. Wierschke won the championship for the second time in a row. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

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