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Cell phone addicts, your texting privileges behind the wheel are not gone yet, but City Council members did discuss the ban for the first time Thursday night.

Mayor Glen Robertson has called the issue “polarizing” – either you’re strongly in support of a ban, or strongly against it. So KCBD set out to hear what Lubbock drivers had to say about a possible cell phone ban.  

“As far as texting goes, no. I’m 100 percent against it,” Lee Reese said.

“I think it’s a pretty good idea. I think accidents have been on the rise,” Scott Salyer said.

Most Hub City drivers we talked to shared this sentiment – full support for a ban on cell phone use behind the wheel. However, we did find one woman who wasn’t so welcoming of a possible ban.

“I wouldn’t feel right because if I want to text someone, let me text,” Betty Beavers said.

Beavers believes that this ordinance is an infringement of her rights.

“They need to stay out of my business, everyone’s business. Let us be, we’re supposed to do whatever we want in the USA,” Beavers said.

Councilwoman Karen Gibson thinks that’s a fair argument, but she’s also concerned of the logistics of passing such a ban.

“Everyone wants to stop it. I want it stopped. But then you’ve got the problem, can it ever be enfor…………… continues on KCBD-TV

FORT EDWARD — An analysis of the cellphone that a Queensbury woman had when she drove off a road and killed a woman cutting grass last year could not determine whether the phone was in use at the time of the collision.

The phone found in the vehicle driven by Deana M. Olsen when she went off Route 4 in Kingsbury and killed Terry Brownell on the front lawn of Brownell’s home was analyzed by State Police computer experts. Olsen was charged with manslaughter and lesser counts for allegedly using a cellphone and driving under the influence of drugs just before the Aug. 27, 2011, crash.

Washington County sheriff’s Investigator Bruce Hamilton wrote in a report filed in court that investigators could not say whether the phone was being used in the moments because no time-stamped messages from that period were discovered.

“In other words, if there is no message sent, there is no date or time stamp,” Hamilton wrote.

However, the user could have been viewing or reading messages or using the Blackberry-type phone for other purposes that w…………… continues on Glens Falls Post-Star

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Cellphone shoppers generally judge wireless carriers based on their networks’ speed, size and—above all—reliability. But reliability extends to customer service. Will your carrier be able to help when something goes wrong? And can you get your questions answered in a timely fashion?

With that in mind, we performed a survey of the country’s four largest service providers—AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless—to determine which offers the best service and which could use some lessons in customer appreciation.

How We Tested

To get a complete view of each carrier’s customer support options, we visited two of their brick-and-mortar stores, placed two phone calls to their tech-support hotlines and tried to connect with them via their Web services. For our tests, we used purchased phones (instead of review units) to help ensure we received genuine user experiences.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Police still have no suspects, but are hopeful the cell phone belonging to the pizza deliveryman that was stolen during the Sunday night robbery can provide more clues.

The cell phone was found on the bike path today, said Capt. Jeffrey Allen.

“The cell phone was secured for processing, but it has been exposed to the elements and we don’t know how many people have touched it,” Allen said when asked if it could be dusted for finger prints.

A caller from a private number placed an order for delivery to 4 Mechanic Street in Wakefield from the Domino’s Pizza in Narragansett.

According to a press release by Det. Sgt. Joel Ewing-Chow, as the deliveryman walked up to the residence at around 6:30 p.m., he noticed the house was in complete darkness and appeared to be abandoned.

The home is owned by Doris F. Martin, according to tax assessor’s records.

The deliveryman, who was not identified by police, was then approached by an individual wearing a ski mask, dark clothing and gloves. He allegedly told the deliveryman to put down the food – two medium pizzas, a 1-liter Sprite and 14-piece box of hot wings – and proceeded to steal his money and cell phone. The deliveryman said he thought the suspect had a handgun in his waistband…………… continues on Patch.com

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Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday.

FRANKFURT — Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, laid the groundwork Thursday for a more aggressive response to the euro zone debt crisis, suggesting that the bank could increase its support for the European economy if political leaders took more radical steps to enforce spending discipline among members.

Mr. Draghi stopped we…………… continues on New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — Occupy San Francisco protesters and police tussled through the evening Thursday, raising campers’ fears of an impending raid on the two-month-old camp at Justin Herman Plaza.

Several people were arre…………… continues on San Jose Mercury News

AT&T Files Public Statement with FCC Supporting T-Mobile Acquisition

Dallas, Texas, June 10, 2011

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today filed with the Federal Communications Commission its statement supporting its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA and responding to critics. The filing demonstrates the overarching imperative that drives this transaction: giving AT&T and T-Mobile USA customer…………… continues on BGR