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Nov 16, 2009MSNBC.com
A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Nov 16, 2009Washington Post
A gruesome British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a new study suggests it hasn't done much to change their...
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Oct 1, 2009Wired.com
While detractors of social media often lament the amount of information that is posted online, social networks and other venues for sharing content with friends and family continue to grow and innovate at a rapid pace. As these services evolve, th...
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Oct 1, 2009THE Journal
School districts are turning the tables against cyberbullies, using technology to flush out and crack down on online harassment.
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MORE THAN 43 PERCENT of teenagers have been the victims of cyberbullying, accordi...
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Sep 27, 2009Washington Post
It's a football Sunday, and between NFL matchups on television, Tyson Cole-Hines and his 9-year-old stepson create their own drama on the field with a video game on their Xbox 360.
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"What we're really starting to see is a c...
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Sep 27, 2009Times Online
TWITTER can be a tough crowd. When news broke last week that the profit-free internet phenomenon had attracted a $100m (£62m) investment and was now “worth” $1 billion, the reaction was almost as swift and harsh as that handed out to Kanye West af...
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Sep 20, 2009Chicago Tribune
A beauty school student thought he was offering classmates a place to vent when he created a Facebook page mocking teachers and classes.
"Don't be afraid to post comments on whats going on, this is yor voice too. All for one and one for...
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Sep 17, 2009Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Matching mullets, regrettable tattoos, metal mouths and goofy grins.
Such long-lost looks were never meant to be seen by anyone except those flipping through the pages of an old family album or studying the photo frames...
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Sep 15, 2009Washington Post | Post I.T.
Concerns over the effects of cellphone radiation have surfaced again in Washington, with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)'s pledge Monday to l...
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Sep 14, 2009Ars Technica
So is there a case for seeing two-way gaming as central to a definition of broadband? The cooperation/leadership argument may not be the strongest point, at least not if the implication is that games make gamers more helpful to society. A Pew Inte...
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