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Disastrous Butt Dial Sends SWAT Team to a Middle School

In the age of cell phone mishaps, we often find ourselves checking our phones after we hang up to make sure we actually disconnected -- lest the person on the other end hear the whining we do about them afterward. In fact, each one of us has a horror story from before the age of screen unlocks, like pocket-dialing a parent during intimate moments (or worse: vice-versa). But touchscreens, elaborate ...

Teen Thief Caught After Accidentally Dialing 911, From His Pocket

Most of us have embarrassingly pocket-dialed someone before, and some have even accidentally hit the emergency call button on our cell phones, but a Peoria, Arizona teenager allegedly took dialing mishaps, and stupidity, to a whole new level last week. The 16-year-old delinquent apparently broke into a car, boosted its stereo and a Cricket cell phone, and then met up with fellow rapscallions to ...