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Town Council meetings may be a little more tense after Arlene Michelin publicly aired her "disgust" and frustration with how council has been operating, especially with the hiring process of a new Recreation Director.

In Chicago, three teenage boys have been accused of raping a 12-year girl, at gunpoint.

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.

When are friends not really friends? Perhaps on Facebook, the Fifth District of Texas Court of Appeals recently ruled, in a matter involving a judge's social media contacts and perceived biases.

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.

On Monday, Gregory Twyman, 44, uploaded an image of a shotgun and a shotgun shell he bought at Walmart to his social media page, police said.

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.

An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet meltdown.

Two members of a Marion County criminal street gang were arrested with the help of social media, according to deputies.

Washington has become the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews Gov.

Rolando Gomez, world famous photographer, author and lecturer, has released "Socially Smart: Twitter Plus Facebook, Marketing Multipliers and Brand Boosters." This book builds on his popular university and trade show lectures on "Internet Strategies and Guerilla Marketing." In it, Rolando shares everything he has learned from successfully using ... (more)

Granting limited discovery in a social media dispute, a Lancaster County judge has ordered the parties in a personal injury case to hire a "neutral forensic computer expert" to review the plaintiff's private Facebook page during a 17-day window in which the defendants claim the woman alleging injuries was photographed playing in the snow.

Teens are posting more and more personal information on social media sites, but most also are taking formal and informal measures to protect their online privacy and reputations, a new survey finds.

Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook .

Police are investigating a "foolish" video showing a teenager throwing a bottle at a car from the fourth storey of a Perth car park.

Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.

Glenview might not be part of the CTA's train network, but there's still something familiar about the ever growing Facebook group People of the CTA.

The complaint filed in Michigan federal court not only accuses the popular social network of lifting one of Eminem's songs for the April launch of a new application called "Facebook Home," but tells the story of how Facebook's advertising company attempted to use Eminem to attract the liking of Mark Zuckerberg , and how, when threatened with ... (more)

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. 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.