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The police department in Ontario, Calif., was sued after the chief read sexually explicit texts sent by officers. An appeals court sided with officers, saying they had an expectation of privacy.

More than a quarter of young people have been involved in sexting in some form, an Associated Press-MTV poll found.

The trucking industry says computers that connect drivers to dispatchers can be used safely and should be exempt from legislation.

Nearly one out of five U.S. drivers surveyed has read or sent a text message while behind the wheel, even though nearly all of the respondents in an AAA survey released on Friday considered such action unacceptable.

Four senators pushed for a bill Wednesday to ban texting while driving, a day after a study found that drivers who text while on the road are much more likely to have an accident than undistracted drivers.

A New York City teenager says she was text messaging while walking down the street -- and the next second she was down a manhole.

Kids are sending text messages at a frenzied pace. Should parents try to stop it?

British Airways says it will allow limited cell phone use on a London-New York flight due to start in September.