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9-1-1 Text Alert Pilot Program Launches in Frederick County.
rharveyjones@hmtv6.comVerizon Wireless customers can now send a text message to 911 for emergency help. A 9-1-1 text alert pilot program will be launched today throughout Frederick County and six other counties across the Northeast. The service is designed to enable those...Tags: Hearing Impairment, Politics, Verizon Wireless, Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Tickets for texting are scarce in Pennsylvania
Q: Pennsylvania's law banning texting while driving, with a $50 fine as the penalty, went into effect on March, 8 2012. Once pulled over, how is it determined that drivers were in fact texting if they contend they were not doing so? And by what means will...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Washington, DC, New York City, Allentown, Crime, Law and Justice
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HBO gives pay-TV cord-cutters a glimmer of hope
Despite the media buzz about "cord cutting" -- that is, dumping one's expensive pay-TV service in favor of inexpensive online video sites such as Hulu and Vudu -- relatively few people actually do it. According to a recent Nielsen report, only 5 million...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Computing and Information Technology Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Media Industry, Girls (tv program)
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Triffon Alatzas named top editor of Baltimore Sun Media Group
Triffon G. Alatzas, who has served The Baltimore Sun as head of digital media and also led the sports and business departments, was named top editor of the 176-year-old news organization Wednesday. As executive editor and a senior vice president of...
Tags: Journalism, Baltimore County, Newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland)
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Daily Variety ends boffo run. Malone buys into Charter.
After the coffee. Before finding out who took my "Mad Men" screener. The Skinny: I'm on the fence with Fox's "The Following," which is so grim it is sometimes hard to watch. That said, the cast is terrific. Tuesday's headlines include stories on the end...
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Time Warner Cable Inc., Charter Communications Incorporated, Brad Pitt, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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John Malone's Liberty Media buys stake in Charter Communications
Media mogul John Malone is returning to his roots. Malone's Liberty Media is acquiring 27% of cable television operator Charter Communications for $2.62 billion. Liberty is buying 26.9 million Charter shares and 1.1 million warrants at a per-share price...
Tags: Al Gore, Charter Communications Incorporated, Missing Persons, Satellite Technology, Liberty Global Incorporated
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Congress weighs legislation that would update email privacy laws
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation Tuesday that would give stronger privacy protection to emails. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 would require the government to...
Tags: Politics, Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Donoghue's late-night text message a bad idea
Parents routinely tell their children that nothing good happens after midnight. Local lawmakers perhaps need a similar reminder that the witching hour is a bad time to fire off ill-considered text messages. Del. John Donoghue, D-Washington, let fellow...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Parties and Movements
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SUDDEN DEATH NOTICE: Technology spreads bad news too fast for officials, families
scollins@amnews.comWhile social media and cell phone technology continue to advance, so does the way people communicate and receive information, both good and bad. These days, news of tragic events spreads faster than ever before, often leaving officials and...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Cell Phones, Social Media
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Grant helps improve technology at Hitchcock-Tulare school
A $10,000 project is allowing Hitchcock-Tulare School District to update its technology program and paving the way for the possible purchase of devices such as iPads or Chromebooks. Luckily, a grant was there to cover 80 percent of the cost of...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Jeff Clark
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Year-old texting ban produces one citation in Somerset County
Daily American Staff WriterOnly one driver has been cited in Somerset County for texting while driving in the year since the ban went into effect. And that driver wasn't caught on any local road — he was cited on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset County. The...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Judges, Pennsylvania Turnpike, AAA
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