RALEIGH — The North Carolina House sent a message to drivers Wednesday: keep your fingers on the wheel instead of your cell phone keypads.

Has your second-grader come home begging for a Cingular cell phone? Are the kids asking you to "check out" a racy new sitcom or Web site? Do they know the lyrics to rap songs, even when your family doesn't condone that music?

PIGEON FORGE - The Tennessee Department of Health is investigating a Sevier County nursing home after a complaint was made about an incident stemming from employee misuse of cell phones in patient areas.

TRENTON (AP) — Police in New Jersey issued approximately 120,000 tickets during the year since the state banned motorists from texting or using hand-held cell phones.

A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later. The Senate Finance Committee backed the measure (House Bill 1094) in a 4-3 vote Thursday. Shelley Forney,...

A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later.

DENVER - A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later.

Some cell phone users are discovering that voice mail messages are taking hours or even days to arrive.

A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later.

Bill requires drivers to use handsfree devices