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A bus, a phone and one’s choice — ‘course correction’ possible

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Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told students to reflect upon the way they use their phones, especially as it relates to social media. “You know what it has done or is doing for you,” he said in a devotional at Ensign College in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

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