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Don't Trust Science?

Lee Schneider | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Jenny McCarthy, Nasa, Jenny McCarthy Autism, Rainn Wilson, Swine Flu, Facebook Status, Genesis, Facebook, Bill Nye the Science Guy, H1n1, Living News
Lee Schneider

People don't trust science like they used to. A Pew Research Center poll says that only 27 percent of Americans think our greatest achievements are in science - down from 47 percent a decade ago.

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Communication Interruptus

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Living With Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Facebook, Asd, Text Messaging, Asperger's, Facebook-Status, Texting, Communication, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

During the first 17 months of his life, my son hit development milestones perfectly on time. Then autism hit.

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Health Debate Mobs Facebook: Is Changing Your Status A Worthless Gesture?

Linda Keenan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Facebook Status, Social Networks, Viral, Facebook, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Media News
Linda Keenan

It takes quite a lot for me to shuck aside my cynicism, and join a viral Facebook campaign. But that's just what I did, changing my status update to raise awareness about the need for health care reform.

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7 Facebook Status Updates Not to Make at Work

Nicole Williams | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Business, Facebook, Social Networking, Work, Bad Bosses, Blackberry, Social-Faux-Pas, Employees, Social Networking Addiction, Social Networking Sites, Good-Jobs, Lousy-Bosses, Ferris Bueller, Internet Politics, Facebook Status, Facebook Addiction, Crazy Bosses, Workplace Taboos, Living News
Nicole Williams

It's great if you have a fabulous job where you get to travel, get chauffeured around in fancy cars, and take meetings with bigwigs. But it's a lot cooler if you don't broadcast it.

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Facebook Buys Rights To "Nearly Everything You Do Online" For $47.5 Million

washingtonpost.com | Chadwick Matlin | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Twitter, Digg, Social Networking, Online, New Media, Friendfeed, Media, Facebook, Facebook Status, Business News

Facebook just bought the rights to nearly everything you do online. And it cost them only $47.5 million. Facebook's purchase of FriendFeed, an obsc...

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Facebook Status: I Dare You. Say What's Really on Your Mind!

Joan Garry | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Facebook Status, Facebook, Living News
Joan Garry

Let's get Facebook to change "What's on your mind?" to "What clever pithy thing can you write that has has only the vaguest connection to what is on your mind?"

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Every Status Update Tells a Story: Twitter Novels and Facebook Lit

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Facebook Parody, Literature, Oscar Wilde, Facebook Lit, Twitter, Jane Austen, Maidens Who Don't Float, Facebook, Movies, Movie Lines, Social Media, First Draft Movie Lines, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Parody, Facebook Status, Mark Twain, Ophelia, Media News
Sarah Schmelling

The term sounds like a make-your-own-course title for a sixth-year undergrad at a progressive college but Facebook Lit has been my creative challenge and my job for a year.

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Facebook: Gameboy for the Over-40 Set

Anne Hill | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Facebook, Social Networking, Video Games, Nintendo, Iphone, Social Media, Iphone Facebook, Facebook Adults, Facebook Status, Adults on Facebook, Game Boy, Media News
Anne Hill

My boyfriend is on his laptop before 7 am, commenting on everyone's status updates and new photos. By the end of the day he has caught up with friends from Russia to New Zealand.

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Facebook Status-Off: Men Compete In Microblogging For Love Of A Good Redhead (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Facebook Status Video, Facebook, Facebook Status, Bojanjo, Facebook Status Off, Comedy News

Via Videogum we find the best Facebook parody since Timmy and Alice explained it all. Made by the group UntuckedFilms, the video follows two co-worker...

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I Hate Facebook

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Facebook, Social Media, Facebook Status, Adults on Facebook, Media News
Andy Ostroy

What started out as a social networking site for college kids has somehow turned into a cesspool of self-absorbed adults who tell us constantly what they're "fans of."

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February '09: A Month So Bad, I Joined Facebook

Dan Pashman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Damascus, Baseball, St. Patrick's Day, Football, Economic Crisis, Spring, Grape Soda, Winter, Facebook, Winter Blues, Black History Month, Hallmark, Facebook Status, February, Media News
Dan Pashman

Facebook is cool enough, although I haven't become obsessed the way many of my friends have. I don't care what you ate for breakfast, you don't care what I ate for breakfast, let's not pretend.

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The First Facebook Divorce

David Weiner | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Divorce by Facebook, Facebook Ends Marriage, Facebook Marriage, Facebook Dumped, Neil Brady, Facebook Married Status, Facebook Status, Facebook Divorce, Emma Brady, Facebook Divorce Emma Brady, Divorce Facebook, First Facebook Divorce, Media News
David Weiner

Well, it had to happen at some point. The Daily Mail is reporting that the first ever "Facebook divorce" has occurred in Lancashire, England. How is...

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British Man Killed Wife Over 'Single' Facebook Status

AFP | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Facebook Status, Facebook Murder, Facebook, British Facebook Murders, British Facebook Murder, World News

A British man who murdered his wife after becoming enraged when she changed her relationship status on Facebook to "single" was jailed for at least 18...

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The Israel/Gaza Facebook War

Jessica Olien | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Facebook, Israel, The Internet, Web, Websites, Facebook Status, Media News
Jessica Olien

Status Updates on Facebook have a whole new tone to them these days. In the past week these innocuous little descriptors have been replaced by some heavy war-petting, Israel style.

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