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...Miley march in single file off a cliff; at school-board meetings, where members argue over the signal sent by including condoms in the prom bag; at the dinner table, where parents try to transmit values to children, knowing full well that swarms of other messages are landing by text and Twitter. "The culture is everywhere," says Randy's daughter Khrystian, 20. "You can't get away from it." But maybe, the new Puritans suggest, there's a way to boost girls' immunity...
...Even more astounding, the California law does not specifically prohibit text messaging while driving, although an officer can issue a citation if he believes the driver is not operating the vehicle safely. When the California law was first proposed in 2001, texting wasn't nearly as popular as it is now, and the language of the law never caught up with the times. Another bill has been introduced in the state legislature that covers texting, but until then, drivers in the Golden State are free to barrel down the freeway while manically thumbing their keypads...
...19th-century Australian nun Mary McKillop. Both are patrons of World Youth Day and, their supporters hope, will soon be declared saints by the Church. Out in the bright blue, southern hemisphere winter day, pilgrims strolled or sat in the sunshine, strumming guitars, snapping photos, checking daily Papal text messages, and buying "I [heart] Jesus" T shirts...
...Texting While Driving Re "Omg. Almost Causd Fendr Bendr, Lol!": The people driving in front of Taylor Leming have thus far been spared [July 7]. Why not forget phoning or texting and just arrive at the destination "in 5" as planned? When she does rear-end someone (or worse), she'll have lots of time to text as she waits for the accident report. Donna Houskamp, Wyoming, Michigan...
...decades experts had worked tirelessly to reconstruct the original version of the film on the basis of set photographs, intertitles (the text between scenes) and its score. Although large gaps remained - roughly 30 minutes, one quarter of the film's duration - when the results were made public in 2001, most critics believed this was the closest one would ever get to the definitive version...