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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail.
A lawyer who obtained a trove of sexually explicit text messages while suing former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in 2007 said Thursday he gave a copy to the Detroit Free Press, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning stories led to criminal charges and forced the mayor from office last year.
A lawyer who used a salacious trove of text messages as leverage to settle two lawsuits against ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for $8.4 million has been charged with ethics violations, along with four attorneys who worked on the deal.
He travels in his own Boeing 737. He won a $240 million verdict against Disney. He "can't stand to lose." And he's on the job for ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
In a March 10 story about text messages between ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Skytel, the city's communications provider, released the texts to the news media.
Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of jail. His ex-lover and top aide, Christine Beatty, still has weeks behind bars. But their text messages to one another — the source of their political implosion and Detroit's global embarrassment — continue to hit the public.
Sending a text message home to boast about a beach vacation should cost less than half of what it does now, EU regulators said Tuesday.
When Barack Obama announces his choice for vice president, the real payoff may come during the next few months — one text message at a time.
Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts.
Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs — to identify criminals using text messages.
A Beijing city regulation clamping down on people who send text messages that "spread rumors" or "endanger public security" is a threat to freedom of expression, a watchdog group said Monday.
New Orleans may have half the population it did before Hurricane Katrina, but the cash-strapped city still loves a party, so to help pay for Mardi Gras, it's trying a new money source: text-messaged donations.
Learning to Text: Find Out What All the Abbreviations MeanKate Washburn didn't know what to make of the email a friend sent to her office with the abbreviation "NSFW" written at the bottom.
Apple Nips iPhone Attack In The Bug - Forbes.comApple may not be the world's most communicative company. But when hackers speak, it listens.
Short, short, short stories from the dead of nightLike most things, the best text messages happen late at night. There is something distinctive about a nocturnal text - exposing, intimate, revelatory, sometimes plain drunken.
Obama's high tech approach to Mid-east outreach: 20,000 outside U.S. received sms about Cairo speechWhen President Barack Obama addressed the Muslim world from Cairo this week, more than 20,000 people outside the U.S. received free text messages about his speech.
Texting May Be Taking a Toll on YouthTexting may also be taking a toll on teenagers' thumbs. Annie Wagner, 15, a ninth-grade honor student in Bethesda, Md., used to text on her tiny LG phone as fast as she typed on a regular keyboard. A few months ago, she noticed a painful cramping in her thumbs.
More Sex Charges Raise Questions about Teachers Texting, Communicating More criminal charges were filed Monday against a former Greenfield teacher accused of having sex with a student. Alison M. Peck faces statutory rape and sodomy charges in Dade and Lawrence counties. She now faces four charges.
Teen's phone meets dad's hammer after mega-bill (Video Report)CHEYENNE - In one month, a Cheyenne teenager sent 10,000 text messages and received about the same - all while her family's plan did not include texting. That means the family's provider - Verizon - charged them for each incoming and outgoing text.
Chris Brown, Rihanna Secretly Get Married in MiamiIn a surprising development in the Rihanna Chris Brown saga, latest reports suggest that the couple secretly tied the knot soon after their reconciliation in Miami.
(Pics) Chris Brown, Rihanna Reunion Pics in Miami at Diddy's HouseSo what's the best medicine for an altercation with your girlfriend and a potentially ruined career? Hitting the jet skis at Diddy's Miami house: See more Rihanna and Chris Brown stories
Rihanna and Chris Brown Back Together AgainPop star Rihanna was reported on Friday to have reunited with her R&B singer boyfriend Chris Brown , less than three weeks after he was alleged to have assaulted her.
Cops Release More Chris Brown / Rihanna DetailsWhile driving Rihanna home to her Hancock Park apartment, Brown reportedly received a sexually-explicit text message from a woman. "He got a booty call. He got a text. Rihanna saw it and she got upset. They started to argue," said the Daily News source.
Text messages 'sent after murder'Text messages were sent from the mobile phone of a TV make-up artist two days after she was allegedly murdered by her husband, a court has heard.
RAW INTERVIEW: Brad Conway Speaks To Media About George Anthony IncidentThe Anthonys' attorney spoke with media Friday afternoon about George Anthony. (01/23/09)
PDF: Incident Report Released on George Anthony MissingIncident Report by the Orange County Sheriff's Office
WFTV TEAM COVERAGE: Suicidal George Anthony Found At Daytona Beach MotelVideo: The case against Casey sent her 57-year-old father to his breaking point. (01/23/09)
Casey Anthony Notified Of Hospitalized FatherDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A member of the Orange County Jail's health services staff notified Casey Anthony on Friday of the situation with her father.
Fox News; "Magic Negro"Fox news does it again, with their biased news reports we now get to see people text in whatever they want. One text message read on the bottom of the screen "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET'S HOPE THE MAGIC NEGRO DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C."
Annual 'Banished Words' List UnveiledDETROIT -- You can finally call it a "recession," thanks to President George W. Bush's recent use of the term to describe the fragile state of the U.S. economy. But word-watchers far and wide forbid you to say the pain has spread from "Wall Street to Main Street."
Tattletales: NFL teams ask for text messages about rowdy fansDrunk and unruly fans are a huge problem in NFL stadiums. Between the drinking, the cursing, the fights, the cursing, the stumbling and the cursing, NFL games provide as much of a kid-friendly atmosphere as a night out with Plaxico Burress.
Don't Be 404, Know the Tech SlangA study of new slang terms entering English finds that technology is driving and perpetuating them. For instance, "404" - the error message given when a browser cannot find a webpage - has come to mean "clueless".
How emoticons wipe that smile off your face :(I like exclamation marks!!! Not to that extent but I do. I use them sparingly, to liven up dialogue, signify volume and incredulity and inject punch. But this, according to certain other writers, is a gross literary misjudgment on a par with ending a sentence with a comma,
New Website Helps New Yorkers Battle the Recession, One Meal at a TimeNew York, NY (PRWEB) October 31, 2008 -- In New York alone, the average price for a dozen eggs has risen over 25% since 2007 with food prices in general increasing by more than 5%.
Credit Ratings, Cows and 'Disturbing' AttitudesWell, well, well ... Standard and Poor officials' text messages in 2007 reveal: 'We rate every deal.
ABC News: Train Operator Sent 29 Texts on Crash DayA train operator at the helm during a deadly collision in California last month sent 29 text messages while on the job that day -- including one just 22 seconds before the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday.
As Text Messages Fly, Danger Lurks: How to instantly lose 10 IQ points!Senator Barack Obama used one to announce to the world his choice of a running mate. Thousands of Americans have used them to vote for their favorite "American Idol" contestants. Many teenagers prefer them to actually talking.
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