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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.

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.