Tag: IDAHO

A guy in Idaho has been arrested for pretending to be a police officer -- with his smartphone. On Saturday night, Alexander A. Welch allegedly used an app that flashes blue and red lights to trick another driver into thinking he was a police officer. It worked. The motorist pulled over, and Welch sped away. Understandably annoyed, the driver followed Welch's car, and called the real police. ...

Residents of Idaho receive more spam e-mail than anyone else in the United States, and we're not talking about the canned meat that'll clog arteries. Those spudsters in the northwest are the nation's number one recipients of e-mail spam, with Symantec's MessageLabs concluding that 93.8-percent of all Idaho e-mail is garbage, Mashable reports . Last year, the Gem State was ranked 44th in the ...

Proponents of banning text-messaging-while-driving have a new case to use as evidence for their arguments. Last week in Boise, Idaho, an unnamed driver crashed his car while sending a text message. While this may not seem especially noteworthy, the circumstances surrounding the accident certainly qualify. According to police spokesperson Lynn Hightower, the 37-year-old Nampa, Idaho native ...