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Drive Safe Wyoming Pledge Drive April 27th

Ian Delap — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:01:36 +0000

Distracted driving is a growing problem in Wyoming and the U.S. Texting, talking on the phone, or even eating while driving can endanger yourself and those around you. This Saturday, April 27th, come to the Eastridge Mall and pledge against distracted driving. Safe Communities/Safe Kids of Central Wyoming along with Casper Fire-EMS/Community Risk Reduction Division, [...]

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Messaging!

Donald Deane — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:27:07 +0000

Although it became a widely used form of communication only recently, texting is actually a decades-old technology. In fact, it celebrated its 20th birthday on Monday, which makes it older than most of the kids who use it. OMG!

Walking While Texting Is More Dangerous Than You May Think

Shauna Wright — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:00:16 +0000

We all know about the dangers of texting while driving — but what about texting while walking? It may be funny to see someone so engrossed in a texting session that she stumbles into a mall fountain, but that aside, the practice deemed “distracted walking” can be truly dangerous. According to the Consumer Product Safety [...]

Need Some Extra Cash? Get a Job Sexting

Shauna Wright — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:17:49 +0000

Statistics show that 80 percent of college students engage in sexting, and a quarter of women in the more cougarish age bracket of 35-44 do it, too. That’s a whole lot of sexytalk flying around for free — until now. Welcome to paid phone sex for the modern age. Vanessa Marie, founder of AdultSMSTexts.com, is [...]

New Jersey Town Raises a Ruckus for Ticketing Pedestrians Who Text or Talk on the Phone [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:30:56 +0000

You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.

And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

Amish Man Arrested For Arranging Horse and Buggy Tryst With 12-Year-Old Girl

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:55:08 +0000

While the Amish completely reject most technologies, like the automobile, they apparently aren’t dead set against cellphone use.

In fact, Amish man Willard Yoder used his cellphone to send 600 sexually charged text messages to a 12-year-old girl.