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Woman Tweets Endeavour Pic, Shoots to Fame

Stefanie Gordon captured launch from plane window

(Newser) - When Stefanie Gordon tweeted a picture she took from her airplane window, she never expected it to get her interview requests from just about every major news outlet and a retweet by NASA. But that’s exactly what happened—since Gordon happened to be on a flight to Palm Beach...

Rihanna Flips Out at Young Fan on Twitter

Singer defends 'following' Chris Brown, then apologizes

(Newser) - Drama alert: Chris Brown recently started following ex-girlfriend Rihanna on Twitter, and she followed him back. Would be typical behavior, were it not for the fact that Brown beat Rihanna in 2009. A fan recently called Rihanna on the development, noting that she "better not" reunite with Brown. Rihanna,...

After Glenn Beck's Pukefest, Cindy McCain Swings Back

Mom not happy with Beck implying her daughter makes him vomit

(Newser) - Meghan McCain recently showed some skin in a PSA for skin cancer awareness ( watch it here ), which led to an eight-minute pukefest yesterday on Glenn Beck's radio show . Beck pretended to vomit every time McCain's near-nakedness was mentioned, while saying things like, "Put some extra...

Syria Torturing Activists for Facebook Passwords

Activists say social media no longer safe

(Newser) - Syrian activists say it’s not safe to use their Facebook or Twitter networks anymore—because they’ve been infiltrated by the Assad regime. “Some of our people who have been taken have been broken under the most severe torture, and they have revealed passwords and names,” one...

First Tweet From Everest ... Is a Commercial

Climber Kenton Cool raves about his Samsung phone

(Newser) - Mount Everest got 3G coverage last year , so it was only a matter of time before we started getting high-altitude tweets from the summit. The first one has arrived, reports Mashable . It comes courtesy of British climber Kenton Cool, who skips the scenic stuff and gets right to business: "...

Va. AG’s ‘72 Virginans’ Osama Tweet Goes Awry

Turns out he doesn't want to be bin Laden's virgin, he wants to be his Virginian

(Newser) - Virginia's attorney general learned all about the dangers of Twitter yesterday, when he sent out a tweet that made at least one writer think he wanted to "service bin Laden, sexually, in the great beyond." The offending tweet from Ken Cuccinelli: "How much would I give...

MLK, Twain Misquotes Go Viral After bin Laden Death

Facebook, Twitter users swap bogus quotes

(Newser) - A seemingly apt Martin Luther King Jr. comment quoted by people responding to the killing of Osama bin Laden quickly went viral via Facebook and Twitter. Just one problem: it wasn't accurate. The quote beginning "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not...

NFL Player Deletes ‘Truther’ Tweet After bin Laden Death

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Rashard Mendenhall skeptical about 9/11 narrative

(Newser) - Rashard Mendenhall of the Pittsburgh Steelers might have some explaining to do to the boss after controversial tweets the night of Osama bin Laden's killing, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Mashable . Among them:
  • “I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition
...

Canada Tweeters Defy Ban on Reporting Results

Twitter users say law is archaic in electronic age

(Newser) - In Canada, reporting election results before the last polls close can result in a $26,000 fine—but this year, Twitter users threw caution to the wind. At first, some used code to hint at results, referring, for example, to the New Democrats’ orange color: “My orange soda is...

It&rsquo;s OK to Laugh at Osama
 It’s OK to Laugh at Osama 
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May 2, 2011 1:59 PM CDT

It’s OK to Laugh at Osama

You don't have to respect the dead if the dead is a mass murderer

(Newser) - It is, in many quarters, still too soon to joke about the 9/11 attacks, but America hasn’t wasted a minute making jokes about Osama bin Laden’s well-earned demise, notes Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon . “You know Barack and Michelle are having some crazy ‘we killed bin...

Tech Geek in Abbottabad Live-Tweeted Attack

Social media, not mainstream media, was first on this huge story

(Newser) - Twitter has become an increasingly important method of breaking and delivering news, and yesterday it had its biggest moment yet. Osama bin Laden's death was first reported on the social media service, tweeted by both an in-the-know former political aide and an unwitting IT consultant. Keith Urbahn , once chief...

New Kids Singer Saves Fan's Life

Donnie Wahlberg finds new kidney for Tennessee fan

(Newser) - The '80s megastar Donnie Wahlberg came to the rescue of an ailing fan with some help from 21st-century technology. The New Kids On the Block singer re-tweeted a link to a blog post about a young fan in Nashville who was in desperate need of a kidney transplant to...

Stephen Fry: I'll Go to Jail to Help Convicted Tweeter

Critical of message, but says freedom more important

(Newser) - British comedian Stephen Fry is willing to go to jail—"if that's what it takes"—to overturn the conviction of a man who joked on Twitter about blowing up an airport. "This [verdict] must not be allowed to stand in law," Fry said. Several celebrities...

Stephen Colbert Skewering Jon Kyl Via Twitter

Hashtag ridicules 'not intended to be a factual statement' remark

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert had some fun at Sen. Jon Kyl's expense on his show last night , and he's keeping up the ridicule today via his Twitter feed. It all stems from Kyl's wildly exaggerated claim that abortions account for 90% of Planned Parenthood's business—and his office's followup explanation: "His...

For Terror Alerts, Check Facebook

New system will reportedly be in place by April 27

(Newser) - Details of the new terror alert system are out, and it looks like Twitter and Facebook are in. As previously reported , the government is replacing its color coding system: In its place will be a two-level system—"elevated" and "imminent"—and alerts might be sent to Americans...

Google Might Have Mole at Twitter

Tech giant makes huge counteroffer to retain employees

(Newser) - Google once paid an engineer $3.5 million not to defect to Facebook, but this is upping the ante: The search giant has reportedly offered a pair of key product employees $50 million and $100 million respectively not to jump to Twitter, according to Tech Crunch . And those mind-blowing paydays...

Twitter Wringing $22M From Strapped Frisco

Company threatens to leave San Francisco without payroll tax break

(Newser) - Pity poor Twitter. After recently raising $200 million on a $3.7 billion valuation , it doesn't want to cough up a city payroll tax. So the company is on its way to winning a major tax break from struggling San Francisco after threatening to leave its city digs for the...

Bronx Zoo Cobra Found ... Sorta

It's on Twitter, but it could take weeks to locate it in real life

(Newser) - The Egyptian cobra missing from the Bronx Zoo has been found ... on Twitter . And apparently she's a big fan of Tina Fey ("OMG! Tina Fey totally just walked by me! HUUUUGE FAN!") and Dancing With the Stars ("Want to watch Ralph Macchio go down for what...

Here's How to Truly Rate Twitter Influence

Sorry Lady Gaga, it's not just about the number of followers

(Newser) - The standard way of figuring out who matters on Twitter is to look at the number of followers, but that's outmoded now, writes David Leonhardt at the New York Times . He got an independent group called Twitalyzer to analyze the question, and it produced something called an Influence Index. Among...

New York Times Asks Twitter to Plug Paywall Loophole

Paper aims to firm up pay barrier before launch

(Newser) - The pay barrier for the New York Times' online content goes up on Monday and the newspaper is scrambling to make it more like a wall and less like a curtain full of holes. Users will be allowed 20 page views a month before the barrier comes down. But articles...

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