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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 ...
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Warner targets media in Twitter rant
Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia (CA) after he apparently launched a scathing attack on two journalists on social media on Saturday.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 which was ...
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Facebook still has a selling job ahead despite bold moves
Facebook Inc. 's first year as a public company was tough, get ready for a demanding Year Two.In the first year, the company faced the challenge of generating significant revenue, and it succeeded: In the first quarter of 2013, sales rose 38 per cent, to nearly $1.5-billion (all figures ...
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Latest mayoral candidate is a social media darling
MONTREAL -- Denis Coderre likes Fleetwood Mac, Florence K, The Dark Knight Rises, the Montreal Expos and Georges St-Pierre.His Facebook friends are treated to regular helpings of YouTube videos featuring the vocal stylings of Dionne Warwick, Charles Aznavour and Barbra Streisand, with only the occasional rant about the latest legislation wending its way through the House of Commons.On Twitter, ...
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Facebook shutters page taunting lawmaker female Marines
By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman - posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct within the branches - has been referred to U.S. Capitol Police for investigation. The threat was made last week against Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and her husband shortly after ...
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Aaron Eckhart on Actor’s Block Raising Teenage Girls Onscreen and Making Twitter Personal
In 16 years, Aaron Eckhart has appeared onscreen in roles ranging from a Neil LaBute sociopath and comic-book super-villain to Julia Roberts's shaggy-haired sweetheart in Erin Brockovich. In Erased, an action thriller that opens today, he breaks from the former type to play a business-suited action hero. More specifically: a former C.I.A. agent who must save himself and his estranged ...
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Australian cricketer David Warner in shocking Twitter rant
DAVID Warner appears to have launched an extraordinary expletive-laden social media tirade against journalists. A series of fiery rants were posted on Warner's Twitter account in response to a News Limited article on the perils of the rich and corrupt Indian Premier League. Warner is currently competing in the IPL for the Dehli Daredevils. His Twitter account has almost 190,000 ...
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Financial Times Twitter Email Hacked
The Financial Times newspaper said on Friday that supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had hacked its website. It said the Syrian Electronic Army, which has been blamed for hacking the main feed of The Associated Press and Twitter accounts of the BBC, posted messages on its tech blog and disrupted Twitter feeds owned by the newspaper. The group, which accuses Western media of ...
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Facebook shutters page that taunted lawmakers push to curb military rape
By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman - posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct within the branches - has been referred to U.S. Capitol Police for investigation. The threat was made last week against Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and her husband shortly after ...
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Tableau CEO Talks Up His Companys Strong Public Debut A Year After Facebooks IPO
Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot said his company's IPO was done largely to raise public awareness. (Photo courtesy of Tableau) Exactly a year ...
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NewsWatch Why Facebook is an unfriendly reminder of IPO risk
Facebook's flubbed IPO a year ago isn't the reason individual investors are reluctant to participate in the record equity rally, but it did lay bare some important investing ...
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Australian Politician Tricked Into Liking Photo of Teen’s Nuts on Facebook
An Australian politician fell victim to a photo prank on Facebook that resulted in ';liking'; a picture of a 16-year-old boy’s testicles. Peter ...
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Obscure Direct Response Brands Dominate Facebook Chatter
introduced the metric in late 2011, attempting to give marketers a clearer view of the effectiveness of their messaging on the social site. When asked about PTAT in the last year or so, most brands speaking with Adweek have said they pay close attention to the ...
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Would Yahoo or Facebook Make a Better Tumblr Parent
So Adweek asked marketers this afternoon to weigh in on whether Yahoo or Facebook would make a better parent for the site. Responses were split, with slightly more of the small sample contending that Tumblr would thrive more under the stewardship of Mark Zuckerberg's digital ...
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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