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'Texting' takes its toll.


Text-messaging by cell phone, or "texting," is a convenient way to stay in touch with friends. But it can also run up a huge bill. High school and college students who are used to sending and receiving unlimited instant messages via computer may quickly exceed the number of text messages included in their cell-phone plans. Sending extra messages usually costs 10 cents each and can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars a month. "It's it's  

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 causing family fights, the kids are broke, and a lot are graduating with debt because of cell phones," says Kevin Truitt, a high school principal in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden .

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Title Annotation:technology
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 7, 2005
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