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Twitter tirade lands Warner in hot water
Source: Photosport Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia, after he apparently launched a scathing attack on two journalists on social media today. Warner took to Twitter to launch his expletive-laden tirade directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after taking exception to an article published by Craddock ...
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Facebook’s ‘Like’ faces free-speech test in Richmond courtroom www.privateofficer.com
--A Facebook case being heard in Richmond could affect the rest of the nation. Facebook's "Like" button gets clicked more than three billion times each day, according to the social media site's administrators. That hasty and seemingly harmless act is now at the center of a case being heard in the U.S Court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit in downtown Richmond. Six former ...
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Phelps planning comeback retired swimmer downplays it on Twitter report
Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after taking third place in his men's 200m butterfly heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 30, 2012. (DAVID ...
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Prosecutors 3 teens posted taped sex assaults of girl 12 on Facebook
Three teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on Facebook, prosecutors said. Scandale Fritz, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Justin Applewhite, 16, were all ordered held in lieu of $900,000 bail in a hearing today before Criminal Court Judge James Brown, said Cook County state's attorney spokeswoman Tandra ...
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Fall TV ABCs Agents of SHIELD NBCs Blacklist Dominate Social Media Conversation
"Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" Now that the broadcast networks have unveiled their 2013-14 fare, it's time to take a look at which freshmen shows are already making a splash on social ...
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Warner in late-night Twitter rant
Australia opener David Warner has launched a scathing Twitter attack on two of the country's cricket journalists, labelling one an 'old fart'.Warner, who is competing in the Indian Premier League for the Delhi Daredevils, used the social media platform to post several angry, early-morning tweets.The left-handed opener was responding to an article about the IPL written by Robert ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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