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Yesterday | Examiner.com

Lady Gaga and Newt Gingrich: Fake Twitter followers continue to multiply

Lady Gaga has just announced a new tour, which is going to make a stop in Los Angeles the second half of 2012.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Newt Gingrich, Pop/Rock, Marketing

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Houston Chronicle

Fake Facebook 'surfer' charged

A married father used phony Facebook profiles to pose as two different Florida surfers to solicit sexually graphic messages and photos from seven teenage girls in western Pennsylvania, and two of the girls eventually agreed to meet for sex with the surfers' middle-aged "friend" - yet another fake persona he used, the state attorney general said ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Pennsylvania

Switched

HBO, U.S. Clamp Down On 'Sex In the City' Counterfeit Perfumes

And of all perfumes seized, the one most often found was called "Sex in the City," a counterfeit variation on the HBO trademark.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Feb 09, 2012

WisInfo

Movie review: 'Chronicle' a well balanced tale of supernatural

Fake found-footage films seemed to be a genre that would wear out its welcome practically by the end of the next shaky-cam scene we are forced to sit through.

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Related Topix: Chronicle, Pop/Rock, Blog News

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Examiner.com

Fake pregnancy rumors resurface with Beyonce's post-baby body appearance

Many people are wondering why the surrogate mother -fake pregnancy rumors have resurfaced with Beyonce's first public appearances since Blue Ivy's birth.

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Related Topix: Beyonce, Dance, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, R-N-B, Pop/Rock, Tagged News

Tue Feb 07, 2012

WTTV Indianapolis

Police seize more than $5 million worth of phony Super Bowl gear

Federal agents, backed by NFL investigators and local police, have seized a total of $5.12 million worth of counterfeit NFL merchandise.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

MSNBC

Fake news stories used to sell worthless stuff

That online news story with glowing reviews about an amazing weight-loss product may be fake designed to look like objective reporters have tested the stuff.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Catoosa County News

War on synthetic marijuana: Fake pot more potent than hippy weed

The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force seized hundreds of packages of synthetic marijuana in late January.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medication, Pop/Rock, Drug Enforcement Administration

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Neowin.net

US government closes 307 pro football themed web sites

In a press release this week , the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department announced these new law enforcement actions which were organized under the title "Operation Fake Sweep." Sixteen of the sites illegally streamed live sporting telecasts over the Internet, including NFL games.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Comstock Park, MI

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Broadcasting & Cable

Super Bowl Preview: ICE Seizes Websites Allegedly Pirating NFL Games

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "seized" 16 Websites that it says were illegally streaming sports video, including NFL games.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Pop/Rock

Korea Herald

Fake social network accounts in dispute ahead of ele...

Politicians rush to improve Twitter, Facebook profiles amid growing worry over artificial enhancement Korea's politicians are desperately scrambling to boost their influence on social networks ahead of the parliamentary elections.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Pop/Rock

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Feds seize $5 million in counterfeit NFL gear, Comstock Park man accused of online piracy

A Comstock Park man is accused of illegally streaming sporting events live on the Internet, while others lose $4.8 million in counterfeit NFL merchandise.

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Related Topix: Comstock Park, MI, Pop/Rock, Grand Rapids, MI

Knoxville News Sentinel

Feds seize nearly $5M in phony Super Bowl swag

Federal officials say authorities have seized nearly $5 million worth of phony Super Bowl sportswear and merchandise in a nationwide sweep.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Sports

WSAW

Woman Charged With Selling Fake Facebook Stock

As Facebook announces plans for going public with a stock offering, an Oshkosh woman is charged with selling fake shares of the Internet social networking company.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Pop/Rock, Oshkosh, WI

The Daily Advertiser

'Chronicle' is a balanced tale of supernatural

Members and their humans of the Krewe des Chiens, or the Krewe of the Dog, will be holding the 14th... Fake found-footage films seemed to be a genre that would wear out its welcome practically by the end of the next shaky-cam scene we are forced to sit through.

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Related Topix: Chronicle, Pop/Rock, Blog News

Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Atlantic

The Ethics of Fake Twitter Accounts

The recent revelation of the identity of @CormacCMcCarthy has us thinking the ethics of Twitter impersonation.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Pop/Rock, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, New York, Journalism

ContactMusic.com

Reba McEntire - Reba McEntire Falls Foul of Online Death Hoax

Reba Mcentire has fallen victim to an online death hoax. The 56 year-old country music singer was reported to have died in Austria, whilst filming a movie out there.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Reba McEntire, Pop/Rock

Mon Jan 30, 2012

The Uber-Review

New Apple Employees Assigned to Fake Products [Maintaining Secrecy]

For a company as notoriously secretive as Apple, the claim that it tests out new employees by getting them to work on dummy projects shouldn't really come as a surprise.

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Contra Costa Times

"We Are the (Tech) World": Google exec and blogger put together anti-SOPA e-book to benefit cause

From "We Are the World" to Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit, rock stars have long used all-star collaborations to benefit charity.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Product Management, Social Software, Pop/Rock

Coin World

Counterfeits, coin doctoring

Coin World images. Fake and doctored coins pose long-term threats to the hobby. Shown is a legitimately produced replica of a 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent that was later artificially circulated after the word COPY was removed from the piece.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

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