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Power is back in the city of Jamestown after a 90-minute blackout. Officials at the Board of Public Utilities could not be immediately reached for comment on a cause.

Commander Chris Hadfield , the web's favorite astronaut, returned to Earth last week after 146 days in space.

Online Media Daily reported yesterday that Yahoo and Twitter have forged a partnership, allowing Yahoo to "incorporate selected tweets into the news feed on its" new home page.

The Guardian yesterday passed the 1 million follower milestone on Twitter for its flagship @Guardian account, which acts as a showcase for the top stories and best content from the news outlet.

After committing to Kansas on Tuesday, mega prospect Andrew Wiggins made a big mistake.

One of the best things about Twitter is that it allows people in the greater Spokane area to interact with celebrities and other noteworthy people who use the popular microblogging site.

We're featuring your photos and tweets about the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair from Twitter - play them on our slideshow above.

A group of researchers from the Floating Sheep project - who also mapped racist tweets surrounding President Barack Obama's re-election - have geotagged racist and homophobic tweets in the United States and plotted them on an interactive map.

Kerry Washington from the ABC's "Scandal," is shown on a TV monitor as an iPad displays the show page.

Close to 4,000 people are set to gather in two counties to remember those who lost their battles to cancer, show support to those who survived it, and to raise money to fight the disease.

The group revealed details of the mammoth Where We Are Tour at a press conference at Wembley Stadium in north London.

A Columbus man has pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama on Twitter and now faces up to five years in prison.

The hashtags #TesPasComorien and #Teamcomoco are stoking conversation among Comorian Twitter users about what it means to be from the island nation.

The author got this shot after seeing a tweet about an incident on Main Street in Worcester.

In a move that shows how Yahoo values what industry organizations, outlets and people are saying on Twitter , the company announced it will be integrating tweets into the news stream on Yahoo.com. CEO Marissa Mayer delivered the news in a blog post which detailed how the company views tweets "as [an] important information source for many of our ... (more)

Hackers replaced headlines on the FT's website with: "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" and messages on the newspaper's Twitter feed read: "Do you want to know the reality of the Syrian Rebels?" Another tweet, sent through the FT's World News Twitter account read: "Jabhet A-Nosra terrorists executed innocent citizens" and included a graphic video ... (more)

Republicans are promoting their 37th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as "Obamacare" - with the Twitter hashtag #ObamacareInThreeWords. Democrats all the way up to the White House took the hashtag and spun it in favor of the bill, turning it into a full-blown Twitter spat.

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook , Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

Michael Jackson's nephew revealed Thursday that when he was molested as a child, Jackson "was a support system for me and my mom." Taj Jackson, 39, claimed he was a child sex abuse victim in a series of Twitter messages posted in response to Wade Robson's televised claim that Michael Jackson molested him.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has used his Twitter account to connect with his constituents on pertinent issues.