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NBC promotes fall season with Twitter contest

The network said Sunday that it's holding a Twitter-based sweepstakes linked to its fall schedule presentation to advertisers - a social-media twist on the annual TV rite occurring this week.

Syrian hackers compromise FT blogs, Twitter feeds

A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad and attacking Syria's opposition.

Bahrain convicts 6 of Twitter insults

A lawyer says Bahraini courts have sentenced six people to a year in prison on charges of making Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's king.

E! Online's Twitter, texting accounts hacked

Online says hackers compromised its Twitter and text messaging accounts, sending out erroneous news alerts about Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie.

Guilty pleas in Ohio rape Twitter threat case

Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus.

Technophobe Warren Buffett finally joins Twitter

Buffett says even though he may not understand Twitter well, he knows it can't be all bad because one of the company's co-founders is from Nebraska.

UK: Guardian newspaper's Twitter feeds hacked

The Guardian newspaper said Monday that its Twitter accounts have been hacked, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army.

Twitter co-founder eyes NYC mayor's job

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the popular social media service Twitter and the mobile payments startup Square, reportedly says he wants to be mayor of New York one day.

In Twitter era, new pope not a social media maven

Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he's not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter.

British boxer tracks down Twitter tormentor

Woodhouse, who formerly played soccer with Hull, set off to find the Twitter user who had been abusing him via the social media site following his English light-welterweight title loss on Friday.

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LONDON: Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds

"Syrian Electronic Army Was Here," the group crowed on one of the FT's Twitter feeds.

Missouri House OKs new historic preservation tax credit plan

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Kansas lawmakers agree to issue biodefense lab bonds

The motion, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, is packed with excerpts from depositions of...

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Twitter Announces Official Google Glass Support

In order to access Twitter on your Google Glass, head over to and turn on Twitter.

Yahoo Adds Twitter Content to News Stream

It was a natural step for Yahoo to partner with Twitter to include tweets on its website.

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Pro-Assad hackers attack Financial Times

Twitter was not immediately available for comment.

Distro Issue 91: What the #%$! is Bitcoin?

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Why Obama's popularity still matters

Matt Yglesias asks on Twitter: "Given that Obama is ineligible for reelection, why do I care if...