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Police encouraging anonymous text tips

If you see something suspicious, you can now report it in many parts of the D.C. area by text message.

Tags: D.C. police, Montgomery County Police, Fairfax County police, Prince Georges County Police,

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Toilet texting on the rise

What are your thoughts on using your mobile device while in the bathroom? Post a comment in this story or on use #WTOPtoilet on Twitter.

Tags: toilet, Neal Augenstein

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Texting while driving could become a primary offense in Va.

A Senate Transportation committee approved approved legislation this week that would allow police to pull over drivers who are texting.

Tags: distracted driving, texting while driving, Virginia General Assembly, George Barker

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Va. schools to offer social media education program

Tags: Neustar, EverFi, Bob McDonnell, Mark Warner, social media, cyberbullying

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1 in 10 uses texting to break up

Forget face-to-face break-ups. One in 10 is now done by text message.

Tags: john mayer, jennifer aniston, britney spears, Kevin Federline, Tiger Woods, Recombu.com, break ups by text, Paul Simon

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Game: Pick up your phone during dinner and you pay

A new game will make you pay for picking up your phone during dinner -- literally. It could make texting addicts go broke.

Tags: cell phones, dinner, game

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Bill would make it easier for Va. police to stop distracted drivers

A startling statistic on traffic deaths in Virginia has reinvigorated calls for stricter texting-while-driving laws there.

Tags: distracted driver, distracted driving, text while driving,

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