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NEW YORK — The NYPD has formed a unit to monitor social media outlets Facebook, Twitter and Myspace to find out information about illegal flash mobs, house parties and gang fights. The New York Daily News reports: Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in […]

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RANKIN COUNTY, MS — A young man is alleged to have killed his friend after an argument about a girl and a Twitter post. Dorian Cyrus allegedly killed his friend  Jeffery Taylor Jenkins after an argument on social media network, Twitter. The Grio reports: The two were suspected to be having an argument about a […]

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A writer for the Huffington Post has written an article on why African Americans are more likely to participate on the social networking site, Twitter, than white people. Instead, the research concluded that an interest in entertainment news was a “significant predictor” of Twitter use and that African American users were “more likely” than other […]

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TWITTER TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA *LIVE* BE SURE TO JOIN THE DIALOGUE & SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS BELOW #ASKOBAMA FOLLOW @TOWNHALL FOLLOW @WHITEHOUSE JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV Submit your questions online now below on our message boards. Simply log in with your Twitter or Facebook profile to […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will make history yet again as he gears up for the first ever Twitter town hall meeting on Wednesday, July 6th at 12 p.m ET. The president will be answering questions on the economy and jobs via a live web cast. Previously, he held town halls hosted by and broadcasted […]

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Rep Allen West, an African American Republican congressman from Florida, had a pro-gay Tweet, retweeted from his account over the weekend. The tweet was from the Scissor Sister, a homosexual dance group that read: “Dear Tracy Morgan’s son: if you are gay, you can TOTALLY come live with me. We’ll read James Baldwin & watch […]

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Anthony Weiner’s Twitter scandal is not the worst of the ridiculous events that have transpired through this media channel. The personal nature of Twitter has made it all too easy for big egos to express their worst sides before rational thought can intervene. Embarrassment over these scandalous tweets is one common result of reckless writing […]

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After his interview with The Lantern essentially confirming the allegations of illegal activities by some OSU football players, Ray Smalls has become public enemy number 1! OSU fans have slandered his twitter page with a barrage of death threats and hateful comments. RELATED: Jim Tressel Resigns! [Breaking News] RELATED: In Tressel We Trust? [VIDEO] RELATED: […]

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This weekend, rumors spread on Twitter that R&B singer Kelly Price died. The rumors horribly spread like wildfire once one person erroneously tweeted that piece of misinformation. Kelly responded on her Twitter account by calling on Jesus and urged her followers to pray the rumor away. RT @KellyPrice4Real: Im calling on everyone that knows how […]

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WASHINGTON D.C.-Reporter, Craig Melvin took to Twitter to express his feelings about former Virginia Governor, George Allen who asked him on two occasions about what position he played. For the 2nd time in 5 months, fmr. gov. and sen candidate George Allen asks me,”what position did you play?” I did not a play a sport. […]

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R&B/soul singer Syleena Johnson has been one of those artists you just can’t get enough of since she first burst onto the scene with her mature sound and her stories of love and life back in 2001. For the last decade, she’s been known to give us passionate records that tell the tales of all […]