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Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties.

By Monisha Martins - Maple Ridge News Published: May 17, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: May 17, 2013 1:14 PM Ridge Meadows RCMP raided the property on 117th Avenue near Holly Street around noon after obtaining a warrant to investigate allegations of drug trafficking.

It was just a typical day of cleaning pools for John Norris, 18. That was until he noticed smoke coming from a home on 10th Street.

Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.

The odds are you are not just a face in the crowd any longer. Even if your picture isn't plastered all over social networking and photo-sharing sites, facial recognition technology in public places is making it harder if not impossible to remain anonymous.

The you-couldn't-make-this-up nature of Thursday's events has thrust the once quiet town of Clark into the media spotlight again, as the community came to grips with the arrest of alleged killer Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, aka Internet celeb "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker." After a national search, McGillvary, 24, was arrested in Philadelphia ... (more)

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Police on Thursday announced an arrest in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found on a Brooklyn beach earlier this year.

On Facebook and Twitter , Shriver shared a photo of herself with daughter Christina, with the note: "The festivities begin.

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.

At the one-year anniversary of its initial public offering, Facebook Inc. investors find themselves struggling with the question of whether the glass is half-empty, or half-full. debut was one of the hottest and largest initial public offerings of the young century.

A mother and her teenage daughter are looking for a new home in Cumberland after their rental house went up in flames while they were out of town.

Google isn't done trying to take on the behemoth social networks. That was the message from Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundorta at the Google I/O conference this week as he announced a new look for the company's Google Plus social network.

15, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

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

On Tuesday, May 14, animal organization Pasado's Safe Haven stated that all of the dogs belonging to an Edmonds, Wash.

The blaze appears to have started within the exterior walls of the home, underneath a deck, forcing crews to break through the walls to douse it.

Richard Swanson walks with his soccer ball in hand. This picture was posted on his Facebook page called Breakaway Brazil.

Students at the University of Maryland successfully campaigned for a local bar to stop distributing a stamp with a message that was criticized as condoning sex assaults.

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase the latest mobile devices running its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up. Announcements include new tools for online games and a music-streaming service that will allow Android users ... (more)