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On city's bags for benches program: I love that Las Cruces has become a green city.

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.

Far right extremists have been accused by Muslim leaders of attempting to capitalise on the "sick and barbaric" murder of Lee Rigby to fuel racial hatred in Britain.

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)

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.

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smoldering batteries.

The men, aged 22 and 23, were held under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred after outraged Twitter users alerted police Two men have been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred after offensive comments about the death of Drummer Lee Rigby were posted on Twitter.

The 25-year-old serving British soldier was brutally killed in an attack on a street in London on Wednesday.

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.

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.

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

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.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has started a YouTube channel- www.youtube.com/PennsylvaniaDOT -to expand its public outreach on safety and education initiatives as well as department operations.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. One of Oregon's most famous local families is getting death threats.

Did your credit take a nose dive in the recession? Or perhaps you're young and haven't had time to build a solid financial history? We found some financial companies are using social media to connect to their customers, even using it to evaluate if they're credit worthy! For example, BMX biking is Adam Grandmaison's passion and business.

Today a mum of one of the girls has today made an emotional appeal for her daughter who to come home.

For at least four years, the Columbus School District has struggled to meet student proficiency in math and reading, but ... 1. Comments from users that have private profiles are blocked by Facebook.

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.

Yahoo is determined to be relevant again, and the company's recent Flickr photo-service and app updates, just might do the trick, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand.