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Local drivers doubt cell phone ban while driving
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The National Transportation Safety Board says after completing its investigation into a deadly car crash in Missouri, it found that texting caused the accident that killed two...
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FIRST ON 3: Teacher admitted texting, blew 0.13 after school-night crash
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Texting and driving is never a good thing, especially if you’ve been drinking. A New Hanover County teacher admitted she was doing at least of those things when she hit a van...
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Text4Baby offers helpful tips to moms on the go
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Move over, Dr. Spock. Moms today now have a new way to get important information about their pregnancy and their babies. Smart Start of New Hanover County has joined a national...
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ONLY ON 3: Driver says Carolina Beach cop texting and driving, department...
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) — If a police officer catches you texting and driving, you could be in trouble. But what if it’s the other way around. A man driving in Carolina Beach yesterday says he caught...
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Drivers pledge to wait to text
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — AT&T is sponsoring a no texting and driving pledge on their website today. The “No Text On Board” campaign is to remind drivers that texting can wait until you’re not behind...
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Leland Police to accept text tips
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — The Leland Police Department is the first department in Brunswick County to offer text tip services to its citizens. Beginning next week, the Leland Police Department will launching...
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Is your life worth a text message?
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College and AT&T teamed up to bring a driving simulator to Union Station Friday to launch the ‘It Can Wait’ campaign. You sit and try to drive as someone...
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Virtual reality simulation at UNCW highlights texting dangers
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Whether you admit it or not, many are guilty when it comes to texting and driving. But do you really understand the dangers of picking up your phone while behind the wheel? UNCW...
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Woman who sent texts urging suicide guilty of manslaughter
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages encouraging him to kill himself has been convicted of involuntary...
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Woman who sent texts urging suicide gets 15 months in jail
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15...
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Alert airline passenger tips off authorities to sex abuse suspects
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (CBS News/AP) — A sharp-eyed airline passenger spotted another passenger texting about sexually assaulting children, leading officers in California and Washington state to arrest two...
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Humpday Health: Posture tips while computing or texting
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — “There’s ideal and there’s normal blood pressure, there’s ideal and there’s normal cholesterol levels. Well, someone figured out that there’s an ideal spine so we have to have...
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Honolulu passes law that makes texting while crossing the street illegal
Pedestrians pulling out their cell phone when crossing the street better be ready to pull out their wallets as well. A new that took effect Wednesday in Honolulu has now made it illegal to text while...
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Sexting increasing among teenagers, new research finds
Sexting is known as the sharing of sexually explicit images and videos through the internet or via electronic devices such as smartphones. One in seven teens report that they are sending sexts, and one...
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Police: Son knocked dad out in fight over dinnertime texting
YARMOUTH, MA (AP) — Police say a father was knocked unconscious by his son outside a Cape Cod restaurant after he told the boy to stop texting during dinner. Investigators say the pair had stepped...
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Local lawmaker, resident pushing to prevent distracted drivers
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Texting and driving, talking on the phone while driving, telling your kids to settle down while driving, those are all examples of a distracted driver. Real life issues...
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Bus driver accused of texting, looking up ‘your mama’ jokes
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis-area school bus driver is accused of texting while driving and looking up jokes on her cellphone. Thirty-nine-year-old Brenda Carsten is charged Anoka County District...
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Virtual reality simulation at UNCW highlights texting dangers
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Whether you admit it or not, many are guilty when it comes to texting and driving. But do you really understand the dangers of picking up your phone while behind the wheel? UNCW...
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Verizon experiencing texting outage
Verizon says it is experiencing a network issue that is affecting some customers’ ability to send text messages. The Twitter account for Verizon’s customer service has been responding to countless...
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