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1 hr ago | KRCR

Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Publishing, Media, New Times

3 hrs ago | EDGE

Nyc LGBT Center and Anti-Violence Project Announce Community Events to Respond to Recent Violence

The New York City Anti Violence Project and LGBT Center announced via social media yesterday that a rally and Community Safety Night will be held next week in response to the recent ash of anti-gay violence across the city that lead to Saturday night's attack and murder of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Startups, Facebook

7 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Woman killed at downtown Jeep show in Edmonton

Police investigate the scene of a fatality which took place during a stunt demonstration at a Jeep show in the parking lot of Oliver Square shopping centre in Edmonton on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Paul McGann

11 hrs ago | New Pittsburgh Courier Online

'Scandal' finale viewing party leaves fans wanting more

While many all over the country watched the season finale of "Scandal" from their homes, locally, fans gathered together at 7101 2nd Time Around in Homewood for Vernard Alexander's "Scandal Party" for what they called the most anticipated season finale since "Who Shot J.R.?" in 1980.

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Related Topix: Scandal, Entertainment, Television, Kerry Washington

Sat May 18, 2013

Red Bluff Daily News

Facebook tells appeals court ' like' feature is vital to free speech

Facebook's "Like" feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have free-speech protection under the Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Hampton, VA, US News, US Supreme Court

Caravan Stockton Newspaper

Art Expressions of San Joaquin Present master artist Gil Dellinger

It is no secret Mr. Dellinger's amazing work speaks volumes and is in demand on local, national and international arenas.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, University of the Pacific

SiliconValley.com

Facebook IPO one year later: Ripple effects still being felt

It was supposed to be the IPO of the decade: a soaring success that would finally shake Silicon Valley out of its doldrums and pave the streets with gold.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

WTOP-FM Washington

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

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.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

Maple Ridge News

One arrested in Ridge drug bust

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.

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The Arizona Republic

Casa Grande teen helps woman escape house fire

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.

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Related Topix: Fire

Fri May 17, 2013

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Spin Meter: Gop raps Dems for Irs union cash

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Democrat

WTKS-AM Savannah

New intrusive technologies enable the government to ID just about anybody, anywhere

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.

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Patch.com

Clark Mayor, Community Come to Grips With High-Profile Murder and Media Frenzy

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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Related Topix: Clark, NJ, Union County, NJ

Patch.com

School Newspapers, Teachers Wanted for Patch Local Voices

Patch is seeking student newspapers, teachers, parents and administrators to contribute to our Local Voices platform and help educate the masses on what going on in your schools.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Michigan

NY1

Maine Man Charged In Death Of Brooklyn Teen

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.

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The Arizona Republic

Maria Shriver shares picture from daughter's graduation

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

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Related Topix: Georgetown University, Entertainment

WFIE-TV Evansville

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

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.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

Thu May 16, 2013

MarketWatch

Facebook's 1-year fight to regain IPO heat goes on

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.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

Canada.com

Vacationing Vancouver Island woman learns her house burned down through Facebook post

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.

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Related Topix: Fire

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Google Plus Tackles Photos in Social Network Fight

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.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Facebook, Cameras

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