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Court eyes work texting

The Supreme Court says it will decide how much privacy US workers have when they send text messages from company accounts.

The justices said yesterday they will review a federal appeals court ruling that sided with California police officers who complained that the department improperly snooped on their electronic exchanges. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco also faulted the text-messaging service for turning over transcripts of the messages without the officers' consent.