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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: Sociology, Elections, CNBC (tv network), Arts and Culture, Chicago Restaurants
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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, Yahoo! Inc., Kraft Foods, Inc., University of California, Berkeley, PepsiCo Inc.
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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, Sex Crimes, Trade Dispute, U.S. Secret Service, Secret Service Prostitution Scandal (2012)
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14-year-old South Bend students suspended for cyberbullying
WSBT-TV ReporterIt’s a Website used by millions of people to connect with each other. But recently, police say a group of 14-year-old LaSalle Intermediate students used Facebook for the wrong reason…to bully classmates. Their punishment? Suspension. The...Tags: Trials, Students, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Safety at School, Health
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Tiny Indiana county aims for Wikipedia feature
KRAMER, Ind. (AP) — On Thursday, Warren County will be known as more than the third-smallest county in Indiana, childhood residence of Purdue astronaut Donald Williams and home of the long-gone Mudlavia Hotel. If all goes as planned, Warren...Tags: Science and Technology, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Jeff Williams
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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: Explosions, The New York Times, Hamburgers, ABC (tv network), Food Industry
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Senator: Employers shouldn't ask Facebook password
SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. senator from Connecticut says he is writing a bill that would stop employers from asking a job applicant's Facebook and other social media passwords. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal told the Associated Press on Thursday...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Facebook
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Teacher's aide says 'no access' to her Facebook; now legal battle with school
WSBT TV ReporterKimberly Hester never imagined a Facebook post intended to make a co-worker laugh would cause so much controversy and lead to a legal battle with the school district that employs her. “It was very mild, no pornography,” she said of the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Facebook
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Michigan lawmakers contact teacher's aide in legal battle over Facebook
WSBT TVA local teacher’s aide who refused to let the school district she works for access her Facebook page says she’s received an outpouring of support since we first reported her story Wednesday. Hester said Michigan State Representative Matt Lori...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Facebook
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Student's profane tweet stirs free-speech debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Carroll was fighting insomnia when the Indiana teenager turned to Twitter for relief and casually dropped the F-word multiple times, apparently to demonstrate to his followers that the expletive would fit almost anywhere...Tags: Television Stations, MySpace, Students, Politics, Human Rights
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Knox swim coach charged with child seduction
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentThe Knox High School swimming coach is facing felony child seduction and attempted child seduction charges claiming he had improper online communications with a student. Robert "Ryan" Corbin, a 27-year-old Knox resident, was arrested Sunday by Knox...Tags: High School Sports, Students, Facebook, Teaching and Learning
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Attorney asserts Knox High swim coach's innocence in child seduction case
Robert "Ryan" Corbin, the Knox High School swim coach who is facing charges of child seduction and attempted child seduction of a 16-year-old Knox girl, now has an attorney. That attorney, Nick Otis of LaPorte, has released a statement Friday...
Tags: Students, Facebook, Teaching and Learning
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