Indiana deputy attorney general fired after live ammo tweet

" TwitterAn Indiana deputy attorney general "is no longer employed" by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he tweeted that police should to use live ammunition against Wisconsin labor protesters, the...

Frank Fasi Died: Honolulu Mayor Dies at Home Age 89

Frank Fasi died last night; the Honolulu Mayor of 22 years died at his home of natural causes at age 89. Frank Fasi unsuccessfully ran for Hawaii governor five times, but he was mayor from 1968 to 1980 and then again from 1984 to 1994.  His son David told the news about...

Trick or Tweet on Twitter Changes Your Background

Twitter has a neat little trick (or treat) depending how you look at it, today to celebrate Halloween! It's a bit specific though so listen up... If you tweet #trick or #treat from your Twitter homepage, but just...

Tila Tequila Threatens Suicide On Twitter

Tila Tequila, known for her appearances in Maxim and Penthouse as well as for her reality television show A Shot of Love With Tila Tequila threatened to commit suicide on Twitter on Monday morning. The tweet that...

Rift within Aerosmith

Earlier this summer, Aerosmiths US tour was cancelled as lead singer Steven Tyler fell from the stage during a performance at Sturgis, SD. The injury resulted in a broken shoulder and 20 stitches to Tylers head. He...

Fighting Sex Trafficking One Tweet at a Time

"A Florida journalist plans to fight sex trafficking one "tweet" at a time by using the social networking site Twitter to mobilize 9,000 people to give $9 on Sept. 9. Diana Scimone, founder of Born to Fly...

The Twitpocalypse is Nearly Upon Us

"Are we in the final days of Twitter? That's right, the Twitpocalypse is almost here. Before you rush out for canned food and medical supplies, let’s take a closer look at the Twitpocalypse. The Twitpocalypse...

Tweet This: You are being sued!

Can you defame someone in 140 characters or less?  Apparently so, according to designer Dawn Simorangkir, who has alleged that eccentic rocker Courtney Love has started a smear campaign against her on Twitter...

Happy Birthday Twitter! It's three years old today

The latest social media craze, Twitter, is turning three years old today. According to CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter turns three at exactly 1:02PM California time. The social media platform, that allows you to 'tweet'...

Actors give away TV show secrets on Twitter: Heroes cancelled?

There are so many celebrities on Twitter now, that it's hard to keep tabs on them all, but it appears that some actors have been getting in to trouble with their studio executives for tweeting about what is happening...

Twitter Tweets Hate

Gazamom  (Screen capture at left made 30 January 2009) just does not jive with 'her' profile URL - a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com - would indicate.If one compares the Gazamom most recent tweets and the posts...

Massive 7.8 Magnitude EarthQuake Papua, Indonesia

Breaking now: a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the North coast of Paua, Indonesia.  A local Tsunami warning issued. EQ 7.8 Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia - PRELIMINARY REPORT"An earthquake with...

John Travolta's Son, Jett, Dies in Bahamas of an apparent Seizure

John Travolta's Son Dies in Bahamas of an apparent Seizure.  The incident report stated that he was found by a caretaker, in the bathroom, early this morning.  The report further stated that he had hit...

The Top 10 Political Technology Stories of 2008

2008 added several political mile stones. When Howard Dean used the internet to raise record money for his Presidential bid the Internet became the new frontier for Politicians  to challenge.  This year...

Twitter (microblogging) basics

"You may not want to blog, but you may want to Tweet. You may want to do both."

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