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School board fires Ohio teacher who taped students' mouths for Facebook photos
Akron Beacon JournalAKRON, Ohio The Akron school board has fired Melissa Cairns, a former math teacher at Buchtel Community Learning Center who had posted photos of her students' duct-taped mouths on her Facebook page in October. Cairns, 33, had taught in Akron for five...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, MySpace
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Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some big mistakes and I know...Tags: Elections, Twitter, Inc., U.S. House of Representatives, New York City, The New York Times
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World Nutella Day survives after Ferrero reaches out to superfan
Devotees of Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread can call off the riots -- the brand’s Italian parent Ferrero says it reached a peaceful understanding with the superfan founder of World Nutella Day, an annual appreciation event that the company tried...
Tags: Italy, Target, New Products, Walmart
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Entertainment One Looks to Coax 'Simon's Cat' from YouTube to TV
VarietyEntertainment One acquired worldwide distribution rights to YouTube toon phenom "Simon's Cat," with plans to license the fat white British feline to TV, home entertainment and other digital companies. On YouTube, "Simon's Cat" has 1.77 million...Tags: Entertainment
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Vimeo, Flickr reportedly to be built into Apple's upcoming iOS 7
The next version of Apple's iOS will reportedly include Flickr and Vimeo integration, making it easier for users to share content they create with the two social networks. Apple news website 9to5Mac reported Tuesday that iOS 7, which the Cupertino...
Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Culture, YouTube
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Cricket-Australia's Warner fined for Twitter outburst
ReutersBy Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - Australia batsman David Warner has been fined A$5,750 ($5,600) for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, the maximum financial penalty for a first offence, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday....Tags: Cricket, Fines, Punishment, Twitter, Inc., Sports
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New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media
Mobile advertising is about to become a lot more personal. Pasadena technology company UberMedia has launched a mobile advertising platform that tracks publicly available information provided by smartphone users on their social media channels and then...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Advertising, Twitter, Inc., Oblivion (movie), Tom Cruise
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Kings get into hot water on Twitter during Sharks game
The Kings' official Twitter account received a game misconduct penalty Tuesday … from the Kings' front office. Kevin Ryder, of KROQ's "Kevin & Bean" morning show, handled the Twitter posts for the Kings' Stanley Cup playoff game against the San...
Tags: San Jose Sharks, Anze Kopitar, Twitter, Inc., Stanley Cup Playoffs
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More teens flocking to Twitter as enthusiasm for Facebook wanes
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is getting the youth vote. Nearly a quarter of teens now use Twitter to catch up with friends and keep track of celebrities, a big jump in usage as teens flock to different social media sites and spend less time on Facebook to...
Tags: Culture, Harvard University, Twitter, Inc., Google Inc., Sociology
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Ricky Gervais Provokes Twitter Flap Over Sending Prayers to Oklahoma
ReutersMay 22 (TheWrap.com) - While many Americans have taken to Twitter to send out thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado, comedian Ricky Gervais urged users of the social media site to actually do something for them. In response to...Tags: MTV (tv network), Twitter, Inc., Katy Perry, Beyonce, American Red Cross
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My best Terps' predictions -- and one clunker
The Baltimore SunI don’t tend to make that many predictions. My thinking is that there is already enough material online that is less than certain, and I don't need to add to the morass. I try to confine my writing to topics with solid factual underpinnings and...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Twitter, Inc., National Invitation Tournament, Russell Wilson, National Football League
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