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Cricket Australia investigating Warners twitter rant
Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ...
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Oz jihadist charged for issuing how-to survive holy war list on Facebook
An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay. Zaky Mallah had travelled to Syria and lived with the rebels engaged in the bloody civil war against Muslim hardliner President Bashar al-Assad. He has posted some top tips for joining jihad and ...
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Yahoo to buy Tumblr for a billion dollars
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has revealed that the search engine is in talks to acquire Tumblr for a billion dollars, and enter the premier league of social media. Mayer said she is in talks with Tumblr's David Karp about the deal that would potentially add 15 billion page views a month to Mayer's hoard and restore Yahoo's popularity. CNN reports, the biggest problem of Yahoo is having advertisers. ...
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Oz captain aspirant Warner comes under scrutiny for calling journalists pck old fart on Twitter
Australian Test batsmen David Warner has come under investigation after he posted expletive-laden tirade on the social media against the journalists of a reputed Australian media company. A series of fiery rants were posted on the Twitter account of Warner, in response to News Limited journalist Robert Craddock's article on the perils of the rich and corrupt Indian Premier League, News.com.au ...
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Best Parenting Tweets What Moms And Dads Said On Twitter This Week
Here's one that falls into the category of "Things Nobody Tells You Before Kids" -- Being a parent requires tremendous stamina. Seriously, if someone had informed us of how much chasing was involved, we might have at least done some extra cardio-training pre-pregnancy. And moms on Twitter this week were quick to point out how much running around they do, either after speedy ...
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The Grudge
Director Takashi Shimizu is so good at generating scenes of escalating dread and tension punctuated by sharp, nerve-rattling, jump-in-your-seat jolts that it's hard to begrudge him the fact that his English-language debut The Grudge is composed of almost nothing but such scenes, making it ... ...
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Facebook hate-page targets Tasmanian teachers
TAS A Facebook hate-page vilifying Tasmanian teachers has sparked fresh concerns about the way young people use social media.The page titled "Tassie's Hated Teachers" has attracted more than 1,000 followers and dozens of derogatory comments since it was created on Wednesday.Most followers appear to be teenagers and have posted names of teachers from schools across the state.One ...
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Fugitive to police on Facebook Catch me if you can. They do
Taunting the police on Facebook has limited benefits -- as one wanted man in the U.K. discovers when it takes police just 12 hours to catch up with him. They leave him a taunting message on Facebook in ...
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Bill allows tougher penalties in social media based mob attacks
Gov. Pat Quinn shakes hands with State Rep. Christian Mitchell on Saturday after signing legislation which toughens penalties for individuals who use social media to organize group violence in ...
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McClellan Larry Conners issue proves Facebook is not your friend
Good morning, graduates.I have been asked to fill in as your commencement speaker. Your scheduled speaker, an esteemed television news anchorperson, is unable to address you this morning. He sends his regrets. At least he would if he could. He cannot.Let me read a letter I received from his attorney Friday morning."To Whom it May Concern: As the attorney for Larry Conners, I am constrained ...
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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
Reuters © Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kim ...
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He is the most evil, vile, demonic criminal. He is dead to me. There will be no visits, there will be no phone calls. He can never be Daddy again. I have no sympathy for the man.
Angie Gregg
Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hilton Belfast
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