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As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there. You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein. More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least...
Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Politics, Culture
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Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Elections, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Politics
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Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishops
AP National WriterLong a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The committee that will conduct this inquiry is headed by Bishop...Tags: Social Organizations, Religion and Belief, Family Planning, Christianity, Reviews
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Facebook CEO turns 28: Does age matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook's chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network's biggest week ever. The company is expected to start...Tags: Arts and Culture, Leveraged Buyouts, Michael S. Dell, Social Media, Kraft Foods, Inc.
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New 'super' PAC hopes to woo younger voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political committee wants to bring them to the GOP's side. Crossroads Generation, a new super PAC formed with...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Politics, Unemployment
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Market Basket: Revitalizing River Park business district
The potential is there. Valerie Schey watched eclectic neighborhood shopping districts evolve when she lived in the suburbs of Chicago, and she believes the same can happen here. In River Park. One of her top priorities as the 3rd District...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Cabbie unlikely celebrity in Colombia sex scandal
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and now seems to be in...Tags: Lawyers, Twitter, Inc., U.S. Secret Service, Social Media, Sex Crimes
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Schools will get to opt out of 'pink slime' beef
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."
Amid a growing social media storm over so-called "lean finely textured beef," the Agriculture...Tags: Social Media, The New York Times, Hamburgers, Explosions, Food Industry
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Effort aims to rescue gay nightclub in Mishawaka
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Faced with a crushing debt and the prospect that he'd have to close the gay nightclub he started 21 years ago, John Shockey popped the words "Save Trumans" on his marquee. All he wanted was to boost business. But Truman's Nightclub, a...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, Ellen DeGeneres, Politics, Human Rights, Music
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Facebook privacy fight pits teacher's aide against Lewis Cass school district
WSBT-TV ReporterDo employers have the right to look at an employee’s private Facebook page? That's the center of a legal battle in a Cass County school district WSBT first told you about in March. On Wednesday the school superintendent spoke with WSBT about it...Tags: Trials, Social Media, Arbitration, Facebook
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Israeli changes his name to Mark Zuckerberg
JERUSALEM (AP) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, meet your Israeli doppelganger: Mark Zuckerberg. Israeli entrepreneur Rotem Guez says he has legally changed his name to that of Facebook's CEO, a gimmick meant to persuade the social networking...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Companies and Corporations, Facebook
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Newsstand magazine sales down 10 percent in U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. magazine sales at newsstands and other retailers dropped 10 percent in the second half of 2011, a sign that Americans are still careful about discretionary spending and impulse purchases. The Audit Bureau of Circulations said...Tags: News Media, Media Industry, Food Network (tv network), Books and Magazines, Magazines
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