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Mayor Jon Mitchell says he has some reservations about a bill that would limit cell phone use in the car. The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill that would require drivers to use hands-free devices if they were to talk on the phone while imposing fines of up to $500 for violators...

A New Bedford man is indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury in relation to a deadly shooting in January. 36-year-old Jason Valliere of New Bedford has been indicted on murder and firearms charges for the January 22 killing of a MetroPCS employee...

I'll never forget the little sign over a public toilet at the Conoco gas station near my high school. It read: "Our aim is to keep this toilet clean...Your aim will help!" That memory would never have resurfaced if not for an article I was reading by the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Southern California...

Fall River Police have filed charges against two teens after a transaction involving a cell phone leads to a hit and run. Detective J.D. Costa says a 17-year-old male from Swansea went to South Winds at 4700 North Main Street to view a cell phone that was for sale...

A prosecutor in a murder case against ex-New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez says his lawyers agreed to turn over a cellphone the defense now claims was illegally seized. A judge heard testimony Tuesday in Fall River Superior Court in the defense's bid to have evidence from the phone thrown out...

New data shows that the average person checks their phone around 110 times a day. The number comes from the Android app Locket, which monitored the phone use of its 150-thousand users. They defined "checking" their phone as activating the screen by pressing the home or power button, or unlocking the device...

It takes me anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes to simply text anyone who sends me a message.

A Rochester man is robbed of his cell phone by a man with a gun. According to Det. Capt. Steve Vicente, the 18-year-old Rochester male was waiting for his father at the New Bedford bus terminal, when another man asked to use his cell phone...

Imagine a world where your smartphone can realize that you're angry or sad, and react accordingly. Thanks to the University of Rochester, it's not as far away as you might think.

Sooner or later you knew it would happen, at least I did! Rehab for cell phone addiction, and they have a name for the addiction: Nomophobia!