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Right-wing bloggers say that a New York cab driver that tossed a gay couple out of his taxi is being persecuted by the "gay mafia" for telling the men to get out.

Microsoft has halted distribution of its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool after questions were raised as to whether the software utility makes improper use of open-source code.

When a dozen Cuban bloggers wanted to stage a protest last month, they simultaneously tweeted, texted and posted messages like ``Freedom.'' One later used a blond wig to sneak into a government building and complain against censorship of the Internet.

Corporate tools take note: You can tell Twitter exactly what you're doing, and it'll tell LinkedIn too.

Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:17 p.m. HAVANA - The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island.

Call it video blogging for reptiles: conservationists are attaching cameras to the critically endangered Indian gharial, a crocodile-like creature, to understand more about its life in a bid to save it.

The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. Huffington Post blogs : "A truly alarming storm is brewing in the ongoing health care reform saga," as "[b]ipartisan congressional opponents of abortion are explicitly threatening to vote 'no' on any health care bill that does not explicitly prohibit abortion coverage," Menin, a ...

The Pioneer press has an article in today's paper about local blogs: A Day in the Life: Who is Minnesota? Look online at some blogs to find out .

Freedom of speech campaigners are railing against the repression of bloggers around the world, following claims by a prominent Cuban dissident that she was beaten up for her online activities.

A murder warrant is issued for 33 year old Roberto Urquiza. Urquiza is wanted for the Monday shooting death of 20 year old Erik Victorino.

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By Eleanor Momberg The blogger-sphere was buzzing this week with claims that the South African police were clamping down on people critical of the government and crime.

"Words from the Wise" this week comes to you in a shortened format as I am about to leave Cape Town for a visit to the colder environs of Switzerland and Slovenia.

From Globe T.O. Love in the time of bloggeria Lauren White, an award-winning blogger whose site is raymitheminx.com, broke up with her fiance and fellow blogger, igniting an online gossip war.

That is, can Americans really communicate? The word means, literally, "To make common." And at times like this, I wonder if it's possible.

John Chow and daughter Sally, age 3, Twitter in West Vancouver on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.

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Right-wing media attack Obama's introductory remarks Fox Nation: "Appropriate? Obama Gives 'Shout Out' Before Fort Hood Remarks." Fox Nation posted a video of the press conference on November 5 with the headline, "Appropriate? Obama Gives 'Shout Out' Before Fort Hood Remarks": Drudge headline: "Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following ...