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3 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -

'Scandal': Preposterous, Unmissable, Important

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

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Related Topix: Scandal, Entertainment, Television, Kerry Washington, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

7 hrs ago | Patch.com

Live: Relay For Life in Cobb, Paulding

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.

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Related Topix: Cobb County, GA, Marietta, GA, Paulding County, GA, Dallas, GA

8 hrs ago | The Independent

One Direction global tour announcement leaves a million Directioners all of a Twitter

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

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Related Topix: Dance, Pop/Rock, One Direction

12 hrs ago | Recordpub.com

Guilty plea for Ohio man for Obama Twitter threat

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Secret Service

Fri May 17, 2013

Global Voices Online

Comoros Chats About Identity on Twitter

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

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Mixing a phone, a camera and Twitter

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

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Worcester, MA

Mashable

Yahoo Adds Twitter Content to News Stream

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)

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!

International Business Times

Financial Times Website and Twitter Accounts Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

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)

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Related Topix: Electronic, Syrian, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Blog News

Mashable

Republicans and Democrats Lock Horns Over Obamacare on Twitter

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives

SiliconValley.com

Facebook, Twitter announce apps for Google's Glass

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.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, Facebook, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Computers

Thu May 16, 2013

KMIZ

Nephew: MJ was my 'support' when molested

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.

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Related Topix: Dance, Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

Christian Science Monitor

How Twitter has changed local politics

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

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Insider Monkey

Google Inc (GOOG) News: Facebook Inc (FB) & Twitter Now On Glass, Drone Brains & NASA Supercomputer

Editor's Note: Related tickers: Google Inc , Facebook Inc , International Business Machines Corp.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Facebook, ITA Software, Widevine Technologies, AdMob

National Geographic

The Astronauts You Should Start Following on Twitter

When astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Monday, he brought home something unique: more than 800,000 Twitter followers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Startups, Facebook, NASA

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Twitter Users Risk Damnation, Say Saudi Religious Police

"The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis," the BBC reports .

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Related Topix: Middle East, Saudi Arabia, World News

Times-series.co.uk

Bercow in court for McAlpine case

Commons Speaker's wife Sally Bercow is due at the High Court for a hearing over her allegedly libellous tweet about Tory peer Lord McAlpine, The former Conservative Party treasurer is seeking damages over a posting which he says meant that he was a paedophile who was guilty of sexually abusing boys living in care.

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Wed May 15, 2013

This Is Somerset

Avon and Somerset Police a death squada shock on Twitter

Officers in the force sent an alert that read in part: "28 arrested during day of action in Somerset West: We have arrested 28 people and executed 12..." It should have said: "and executed 12 search warrants" but the 140 character limit on Twitter postings cut the message short.

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WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Fowl play? Giant rubber duck drowns in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's favorite new resident, a giant inflatable duck, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, looking less like an oversized lovable plaything and more like an unappetizing fried egg on the water.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, World News, Offbeat

WWWQ-FM Atlanta

More New Music Coming from Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber has wrapped up the most recent leg of his Believe world tour for the moment, but there's no rest for the weary.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Justin Bieber, Pop/Rock

Houston Press

Houston Not Very Racist, Homophobic Based on Twitter 'Geography of Hate' Map

Since Twitter feeds were able to be aggregated on Google Maps, there have been websites that published all sorts of geographic representations of the things we say.

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