The Maryland Judiciary is taking a page out of your doctor’s handbook and will soon be able to text reminders about court dates to anyone who opts into the system.

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Attorney General Doug Gansler is warning residents about a text message scam that falsely suggests recipients have won a gift card to a store. The text messages tell recipients that they have won a gift card at a well-known store ...

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be ...

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Call me behind the times (actually, please don’t), but I hadn’t heard of smishing until 6:24 this morning, when I received a text message from “Wal-Mart,” directing me to a website and offering me a $1,000 gift card. A little ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America’s homepage and online banking service were experiencing problems Friday, a day after the company said it would start charging a $5 monthly fee for customers who make debit card purchases. A message on the ...

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NEW YORK — If you’re willing to pay a $35 fee to overdraw your checking account, just text your approval to the bank. Under a pilot program at Bank of America, customers would be able to instantly reverse a declined ...

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As a special surprise for the New Year, I learned that one of my e-mail accounts had an issue that kept me from seeing 5,582 new messages over the course of the past year. I told my husband about it, ...

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Clearly, there comes a time when the realities of a changing society force us to re-examine the way we behave and respond. For example, it was only a matter of time before condiment manufacturers like Heinz and Hunt’s caught up ...

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