Saturday, February 2, 2013

Amber Alert system to utilize text messaging

<p>LOS ANGELES The next time a child is abducted near you, your cellphone may shriek to life with an alert message.</p><p>AP</p><p>In this Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 photo, an Amber Alert app is seen on the cell phone of Capt. Greg Gerrero of the California Highway Patrol in Sacramento, Calif.</p><p>A new national Amber Alert system officially rolled out earlier this month to millions of cellphones, and because the alerts are automatically active on most newer phones, the messages have already taken tens of thousands of people by surprise.</p><p><a href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/national/Amber_Alert_system_to_utilize_text_messaging.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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