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The men, aged 22 and 23, were held under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred after outraged Twitter users alerted police Two men have been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred after offensive comments about the death of Drummer Lee Rigby were posted on Twitter.

The 25-year-old serving British soldier was brutally killed in an attack on a street in London on Wednesday.

The crime was as shocking as any that investigators in the Czech Republic city of Brno had ever seen: four members of the same family murdered -- some or all with their throats slit, the home they had opened to their apparent killer set ablaze, according to wire service reports.

Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday.

Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First.

Google , maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze, setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook , people familiar with the matter said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has started a YouTube channel- www.youtube.com/PennsylvaniaDOT -to expand its public outreach on safety and education initiatives as well as department operations.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. One of Oregon's most famous local families is getting death threats.

Did your credit take a nose dive in the recession? Or perhaps you're young and haven't had time to build a solid financial history? We found some financial companies are using social media to connect to their customers, even using it to evaluate if they're credit worthy! For example, BMX biking is Adam Grandmaison's passion and business.

Today a mum of one of the girls has today made an emotional appeal for her daughter who to come home.

For at least four years, the Columbus School District has struggled to meet student proficiency in math and reading, but ... 1. Comments from users that have private profiles are blocked by Facebook.

An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.

Yahoo is determined to be relevant again, and the company's recent Flickr photo-service and app updates, just might do the trick, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand.

The Oklahoma tornadoes displaced families and destroyed homes, but another facet of the tragedy saw hundreds of people separated from pets and searching in vain for family photos.

By Kevin Diakiw - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 21, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 21, 2013 1:11 PM On Monday, May 20 at about 11:15 a.m., a man in the 13000 block 103A Avenue heard a knock on his door.

The DVLA has been criticised for their "draconian" approach to the sacking which was revealed following the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act The employee axed for accessing the social networking site on his mobile phone at the agency's contact centre last year.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- As Twitter continues to grow in both importance and the number of users, teenagers are increasingly turning to the micro-blogging social network.

Are Wednesdays really so tough? Well, yes, they can be. Here, though, is to keeping things in perspective.

Aftermath images and videos of the Oklahoma tornado are now posted on social networking web sites.