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"Butt dialing"-yeah, it sounds funny.  But, it's anything but.  No if's and's or butt's about it.  But you get it, right?  Sorry, but I just had to run with that a moment.

Many of us do it; we put the cell phone in our hip pocket.  I don

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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.

The police chief in Middleborough, Mass. is considering enforcing a longstanding, but little-used ,law to help curb cursing in his town that could hit hard in the pocketbook.

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Police were called to the 7-11 convenience store at City View Drive and US 287 at around 9pm Monday night. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and shell casings were found in the parking lot.

A short time later, police were alerted to shots fired outside

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You may have seen the story about cops posing as panhandlers to catch people using their cell phones while driving. But have you heard about the officers who are donning bunny costumes to nab motorists who aren’t buckled up?

So, what in the name of Easter is going on?

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As in many areas of the US, driving while using a cell phone is illegal in Ontario, Canada. But since many people obey the law only when they see a police officer, undercover cops have found a novel way to catch violators: they’re going incognito as vagrants.

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Teddie Whitefield, the former Wichita Falls police officer who was involved in the fatal car accident on Jacksboro Highway in July of 2011, has turned himself in to authorities this morning.

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The Grand Jury has reviewed the incident occurring between Mr. Edward Washington and Officer John Ricketts. At that time, the

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With the convenience and anonymity that comes with texting, you would think it’s easy to pull off a prank. But for a teenager in Arkansas, a texting prank backfired when she joked about hiding a dead body, and sent the text prank to a random local number. That random number turned out to belong to a police detective, who obviously didn’t consider the message a joke.

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