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Reading While Eating for January 11: Politics and Pizza

Wednesday’s links ponder the day’s news while ogling delicious food.

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Purity In Pakistan: Government Bans Text Messages With Obscenity – Or the Word ‘Jesus’

Try to text the word fart or idiot in Pakistan, and your message may be stopped under a new texting censorship initiative.

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Can Lawmakers Ban Texting While Walking?

If you can manage walking while chewing gum, why not add texting to the mix?

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Forget Texting and Driving: Try Texting While Lifeguarding

While you were lounging on the beach this summer, your lifeguard was probably texting. Feel safe?

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Grown-Ups Text More, But Can’t Catch Up to Kids

Adults are now text messaging more than ever. Does this mean it will stop being cool now?