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2 Reporters Engage In Twitter Fight Over Michael Vick Injury, Gets Physical, Receives Animated Treatment
The latest in sports-related Twitter fights isn’t among athletes over-stepping their bounds, it’s between 2 Philadelphia sports reporters and it actually gets physical. The argument began when Jeff McLane tweeted about how Michael Vick was likely starting on Sunday after he was injured in last Sunday's loss to the New York Giants. He linked to an in-depth blog... Read more » Man Creates 2 Fake Facebook Profiles To Coerce 14-year-old Girl Into Meeting For Sex
A 53-year-old man has been accused of using fake Facebook accounts to convince a 14-year-old girl to meet with him for sex. The 2 accounts he created were under the names Anthony and Glenn. William Ainsworth was arrested for a handful of felonies that included unlawful contact with a minor. Ainsworth admitted that he created Anthony to help him contact teenagers... Read more » IndyCar Driver Helio Castroneves Fined $30,000 For Comments Posted To Twitter
Helio Castroneves, a 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner, has been fined $30,000 for a tweet directed at IndyCar race director Brian Barnhart. Castroneves used the microblogging service to complain about a penalty he received in the final lap during his race in Japan, reports USA Today. During the race, Castroneves was dropped to 22nd place after coming in... Read more » Undefeated High School Football Team Disqualified From 3 Wins, Loses 2 Players After Mom’s Facebook Posting
Facebook helps police catch all kinds of criminals -- mobsters who accidentally post their location and motorcyclists who brag about outrunning the police -- but sometimes, Facebook is used to keep tabs on rule-breakers with much smaller offenses. An undefeated Tennessee high school football team learned that their first 3 wins didn’t count because 2 of the... Read more » L Word Star Booted From Flight For Kissing Girlfriend, Fires Back On Twitter And Gets YouTube Animated Treatment
L Word star Leisha Hailey caused quite an uproar on Twitter when the actress was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight after a flight attendant caught her kissing her girlfriend and believed it to be against Southwest Airlines’ family image. Of course, this lead to a heated argument that crossed over into Twitter territory. Leisha Hailey is an avid Twitter... Read more » Kim Kardashian Hits 10 Million Followers On Twitter
Kim Kardashian is the latest celebrity to hit 10 million followers on Twitter, and in celebration, the TV personality plans to give away some awesome prizes to her followers. The middle child of the Kardashian clan has had a big year appearing in ads for Sketchers Shape Ups, launching her Web store ShoeDazzle in the UK, creating a fragrance, running a clothing... Read more » Woman Steals Baby Photos From Facebook, Convinces Her Ex It’s His Daughter For 2 Years
When it comes to love and Facebook, is everything fair game? In the past a woman sued a man she met over the social network for essentially, breaking her heart. As crazy as that might sound, this 23-year-old has her beat. She decided to take matters into her own hands and con her ex-boyfriend into thinking they had a child together by stealing a friend's baby photos... Read more » @MarkDavidson Fires Twitter Ghostwriter But Never Changed Password, Guess What Happens Next…
Sometimes your attempts at reaching fans through social media completely fail -- especially if you fired the person who handles your accounts but forgot to change the passwords. Mark Davidson, a social marketing and communications strategist, learned that angry ex-employees can completely ruin your credibility in one of the most hilarious Twitter tirades I’ve... Read more »
Sinead O’Connor Scares Followers With Suicidal Tweets
We have a tendency to roll our eyes at the stupid things celebrities say on Twitter, like when Xzibit called Planking racist or when 50 Cent joked about the tsunami in Japan. Very rarely does a tweet shock followers -- aside from sometimes sending them into a 140 character rage -- but recent tweets from singer Sinead O’Connor caused followers and those close to the... Read more » Police Officer Posted Photo Of Badly Burned Thief On Facebook, Now Investigated By Internal Affairs
A Honolulu police officer is under investigation after he posted a photo of a suspected copper thief in a hospital bed to Facebook. The 40-year-old suspect had been seriously burned after trying to steal copper wire from the New Hope Christian Fellowship. The police officer posted the photo, which showed the suspect’s badly burned skin with tubes going in and... Read more » 
