The girl was 7 years old. Her father, raising her by himself, was just 23. Her great offense, Orange County detectives would later learn, was losing the cell phone her dad had given her. Terrified of what might happen, she lied and said it was stolen.

BEFORE A REVIEW-JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, guest Gov. Jim Gibbons noticed that political reporter Molly Ball was busy messaging on her Blackberry.

State regulators have issued a draft decision in which they acknowledge that AT&T Inc. has failed to meet a state standard for phone repair since 2001, but agree with the company’s claim that the standard’s relevance should be re-examined.

CITY HALL Councilman Frank Quintero was elected Glendale’s new mayor Monday night, but only after a first round of voting among his colleagues stalled on the nomination of freshman City Councilwoman Laura Friedman.

BOOK REVIEW: Good thing Octavia Spencer is an actress. She needed all her stagecraft to hide a horrified look when her friend, Kathryn Stockett, asked her to read her new novel, "The Help."

Samsung unveiled the Impression in March. Our review partner Digital Trends tested the OLED screen featuring phone and published this review. Quote from the review: "While home theater buffs still wring their hands and stock their bank accounts in ...

CITY HALL Councilman Frank Quintero was elected Glendale’s new mayor Monday night, but only after a first round of voting among his colleagues stalled on the nomination of freshman City Councilwoman Laura Friedman.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Friday declined to review a federal board's decision rejecting a request by the city of South Bend and the Brothers of Holy Cross to have two interconnected rail lines declared abandoned.

Listen up, 2.5mm-to-3.5mm headset adapters. You too, crappy shape changers required by an absurd chunk of the worthwhile phones out there: We're through. Game over. Just like voicemail and hand shakes , we're officially declaring war on any middleman component required to pump audio from a cell phone, along with the phones that require them. There was a time when this sort of thing was ...

Anthony Damato has been charged with stealing a cell phone from a local convenience store.