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Facebook to Unleash Clickable Hashtags

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:14:02 +0000

Facebook just may be the new Twitter.

Breakup Note Left for Cheating Boyfriend Is a Hilarious Scavenger Hunt

Emerald Catron — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:15:18 +0000

Here are a couple life lessons to live by: Always sign out of your Facebook, folks. Oh, and also don't cheat on your girlfriend. Valuable lessons to takeaway from this deceptively cheerful breakup note peppered with hearts and exclamation points.

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Chili's Waitress Fired For Making Negative Comment About Cops on Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:08 +0000

In November, Ashley Warden was fined $2,500 when a police officer spotted her three-year old son urinating on the front yard of her two-and-a-half acre property in rural Piedmont, Oklahoma. The cop was ultimately fired for issuing the ticket. But apparently Warden still holds a grudge against law enforcement, which she made known through a recent post to her Facebook page.

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Facebook Page – Rally to Seek Justice for Chance Geery After No Felony Charges Filed in His Death [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:45:46 +0000

On April 1, Chance Geery, 18, was struck and killed by a distracted driver, Yoon Hee Cho, 38, an assistant professor at the University of Montana. It was determined last week that no felony charges could be filed in the case.

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Hamilton High School Greenhouse in Internet Competition

Steve Fullerton — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:21:52 +0000

The Hamilton High School Greenhouse is "growing" project that has an opportunity to grow even more with a website grant contest.

To maximize the growing season, the students want to add a basic hoop house in which to expand once the plants are too large for the Greenhouse

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World's Largest Message-in-a-Bottle will be On-line

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:47:05 +0000

Let's pretend you're on a cruise ship that is having a technical problem of some sort - like toilets backed up.

You want to signal for help.

If you used this tugboat-sized Solo bottle, your message would be noticed

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Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:12:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they're not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong.

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Have You Taken a Break From Facebook? Many Have

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:57:11 +0000

If Facebook was anything like Friendster and MySpace it would be only available in Malaysia or reduced to a Justin Timberlake vanity product.

Yes, the Harvard-born social network has beat the odds and looks like it will be around for the long-haul. In fact, the latest debate surrounding Facebook is what happens to a member's page when they die.

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Survey Reveals Americans Feel the Need to Take a Break from Facebook

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:33:39 +0000

Valentine's Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn't a ton of love for Facebook

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I'm Deleting a Lot of My Facebook Friends and You're Probably Next — The [Fairer Se]X Files

Jackie Mancini — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:00:10 +0000

When I got on Facebook way back in 2004, it was a network created specifically for college students. In order to join, you had to have a college email address. We all migrated over from Myspace and Friendster and left "testimonials" on each other's walls, because we had no idea what we were supposed to do. Today, Facebook is getting really creepy, and so last night I decided to start making some edits.

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The Wrap Up: 'Terms and Conditions May Apply' Trailer Might Be the Scariest Video You Watch

ScreenCrush Staff — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:40 +0000

ScreenCrush wraps up the latest in movies and TV you might have missed. Today, we've got the new trailer for the documentary 'Terms and Conditions May Apply,' the latest 'Godzilla' drama, the Best Picture Oscar nominees supercut together in one trailer, a Sundance preview, Liam Neeson's next action flick and more!

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Dad to Buy Daughters Puppy After They Get One Million Facebook Likes In A Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:51:56 +0000

It's a scenario which has played out in countless homes over the years. The kids want a puppy, but the dad isn't so sure it's a good idea.

But when the Cordell girls, Cadence, 12, and Emerson, 9, went to their father Ryan with their canine request, he added a social media clause -- he would get his daughters a dog if they could get one million likes on Facebook.

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New Facebook App Will Help You Find Out Who Gave You the Flu

Donald Deane — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:00:46 +0000

After last year's flu season, which health officials say was one of the mildest in the past 30 years, the illness is back with a vengeance. Well, if you're unlucky enough to currently have the flu, at least a new Facebook app can help track down the diseased jerk who gave it to you in the first place.

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Lolo Man Charged For Threatening Wyoming School [DOCUMENT] [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:32:40 +0000

19 year-old Erik Sven Wengren of Lolo will appear Thursday in justice court to answer charges that he threatened on Facebook to attack and shoot students at a school in Wyoming.

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Despite Internet Rumors – A Normal High School Day for Missoula [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:20:57 +0000

The best thing that happened at Missoula County Public Schools today was...nothing.

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Shocker! People Like Drinking and Having Sex More Than Facebook and Getting Sick

Mike Adams — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:20:42 +0000

Sex and drinking alcohol are the most beloved of all pastimes, according to a new survey from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Stunning, we know.

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Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:14 +0000

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.

The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:

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Facebook Can Now Help You Get a Job

Mike Adams — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:59:35 +0000

Don't just update your status—update your résumé. Facebook has just released a Social Jobs App that will allow people to search job listings from a multitude of sites like Monster and DirectEmployers.

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Facebook Makes You Spend More and Over-Eat — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:30:11 +0000

Facebook may be giving people a false sense of self-esteem, leading to overspending and gluttonous behavior, according to new research.

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Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

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