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?? Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti warns that a new email scam offering discount gift cards is making the rounds of residents?????in-boxes. ???What they???re doing is they send you an email and they???ll say, ???If you want, you can get a $100 gift card for...

??Our report this week on fraudsters using the grandparent scam to target residents in the 954 area code drew complaints from some readers who described how computer hackers had immobilized their email accounts. Judy from West Palm Beach??said friends??...

Consumer loyalty, in the digital media era, seems to be as valued as an AOL start-up disk. Customers of most cellphone companies finish their contracts and win the right to keep paying the same high prices that supposedly included the cost of their once-...

You may have heard about a survey the Boy Scouts of America recently announced. The results of the survey -- which asked questions including whether a lesbian should be able to lead a cub scout den -- were supposed to guide those in charge at the national...

Sometimes I don't think we deserve e-mail. It's a tool of immeasurable importance in today's working world, yet we're wildly cavalier with it, firing off mistake-riddled missives as recklessly as a wound-up 5-year-old with a dart gun. For every...

SACRAMENTO — The most courageous politician in California — probably the nation — is a Berkeley city councilman, Gordon Wozniak. His gutsy act: proposing that the government tax email. Yes, sacrosanct, time-gobbling, out-of-control...

In the news business, you can bank on animal stories getting an emotional reaction from readers. Especially when they involve pit bulls. Or cats. Last week offered a reminder of the powerful connection between humans and felines. In a guest column...

I'm sorry. Whatever I did, I apologize. Flog me, fine me, curse my name. But honest, I didn't mean to do it. You, too, have probably felt the dismay of discovering you've slighted someone without knowing it. Your victim may be someone you've never...

A local resident used Craigslist to advertise a bunk bed for sale at $425. Immediately he was contacted by a buyer and the bed was considered sold. Next the seller received a $2,100 check that was delivered by FedEx with instructions to cash the check,...

Dear Amy: I am jealous of my boyfriend's sister and it causes me such anguish. I don't like feeling this way. We have a long-distance relationship and see each other every four or five weeks. We talk every day on the phone and email, etc., but I get...

Question: My kids and grandkids all tell me I need to get an iPad so I can see photos on their Facebook pages, use something called Facetime to talk to them and do e-mail, etc. I've only used a computer for basics, like typing a letter and an email once...

If you have paid or are planning to pay your federal taxes online this year and receive an e-mail from the IRS, be very cautious. Scammers are trying to get the attention of the many Americans who file electronically. Watch your inbox for phishing scams...