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3 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Scammers bedevil religious leaders with fake Facebook pages

This is the fake Adam Hamilton Facebook page. Search for the Rev. Adam Hamilton on Facebook and you'll likely get two seemingly identical pages to choose from.

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Related Topix: Startups, Methodist, Religion

7 hrs ago | The Afro American Newspaper

Facebook & Mom: Now She's Your 'Friend'

Josh Knoller, a young professional in New York City, spent years refusing his mother's "Friend Request" on Facebook before, eventually, "caving in." Today they have an agreement: she'll try not to make embarrassing comments, and he can delete them if she does.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, LaSalle University, Family, Parenting, Fair Lawn, NJ

11 hrs ago | Silicon Alley Insider

To say the Facebook Developer Platform changed the web as we know it would be a dramatic understatement.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software

15 hrs ago | 13WMAZ.com

School Bus Driver Fired over Facebook Post about Student Lunch

When one employee spoke up about it on social media, he lost his job. Johnny Cook was a middle school bus driver at Haralson County Middle School.

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Related Topix: Startups, Education Etc., Haralson County, GA

19 hrs ago | Star Tribune

Former Minneapolis police officer charged with more sex crimes

Bradley Schnickel faces additional felony charges stemming from alleged online communications with girls, including one involving sex with a 16-year-old. Former Minneapolis police officer Bradley Schnickel, accused of using social media to try to lure girls into sexual encounters, faces five new felony charges, including an allegation of having sex ... (more)

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

23 hrs ago | Preston Citizen

Murder provokes backlash across UK

The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has provoked a backlash of anger across the UK, including the attacking of mosques, racial abuse and comments made on social media.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Fri May 24, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

Facebook backfire: Anderson paper's take on Oklahoma tornado rubs readers the wrong way

An editor at The Herald Bulletin in Anderson no doubt wishes he would have pondered a little before posting a Facebook commentary that called into question the wisdom of the Oklahoma tornado victims -- many of whom were still suffering the effects of the deadly storm.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Indiana

Canada Online Explorer

Russia's leading social network banned by 'mistake'

Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, Startups, Mark Zuckerberg

KSAT-TV San Antonio

Investors consider life after Fed stimulus

The bull market hit a speed bump this week as investors begin to consider what life will be like when the Federal Reserve starts to taper off its long-standing asset purchasing program.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Financial Markets, G!, Video Games, Startups, Social Software

Mirror.co.uk

Woolwich attack: Man arrested in malicious Facebook comments probe after soldier murder

Complaints were made to police about comments made on Facebook, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

This is Lincolnshire

Lincoln man Benjamin Flatters charged over alleged racist Facebook comments

Police have charged a 22-year-old Lincoln man in relation to comments posted on the social media website Facebook.

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Merced Sun-Star

Dothan board weighs officer's Facebook posts

The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take at least two to three weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by police.

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Related Topix: Startups, Violent Crime

University of Cambridge

Workers' strikes and Facebook likes

Social media allows access to datasets with an unprecedented range of detail, but presents a host of new challenges for researchers 25 January 2011 was the day Egypt's revolt began.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Activism, Twitter

Mashable

Can This 'Bike Sherpa' Get More PTAT on Facebook?

Robert Reimann watched the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept.

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Related Topix: Startups, Travel, Germany Travel, Europe Travel, Social Media Marketing, Small Business, Personal Finance

Thu May 23, 2013

CIO

Facebook Delays Home in Europe, Wants a Stronger 'First' Impression

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

The Campbell Reporter

Authorities hunting for Northern California suspect in murder of family of four

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.

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Related Topix: California, Czech Republic, World News, Europe, Startups, Social Software

SiliconValley.com

Google may start bidding war with Facebook over Waze

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.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Social Software, AdMob

ComputerWorld

Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says

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.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Twitter

Echo-news.co.uk

Teenager jumped in front of train after Facebook rumours

A "POPULAR and genuinely happy" 16-year-old sprinted in front of a train after Facebook comments were made about his relationship with a girl.

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Patch.com

Consalvo: Let's Revive the Boston Compact

Last Thursday, when I officially announced my candidacy for Mayor of Boston, I called for reviving the Boston Compact to bring back businesses, colleges and universities, unions and non-profit organizations as partners in our efforts to improve the Boston Public Schools.

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Related Topix: Startups, Mark Zuckerberg

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