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Facebook shuts down thorny marketing tool

Sep. 21, 2009
Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its five-year history. The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activities on other Web sites. When it launched in 2007, Beacon was immediately attacked by users as a...
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Study says Facebook can impact studies

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 12 (UPI) -- U.S. college students who routinely use the social networking Web site Facebook typically have lower grade-point averages than those who do not, a study says.

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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- Arabic and Hebrew versions of the popular social networking Web site, Facebook, are now available, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has announced.

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CLACTON, England, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old British girl said she was fired from her office job after managers saw that she had branded her position "boring" on Facebook.

Facebook besieged by Koobface virus

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Naples archbishop takes word to Facebook

NAPLES, Italy, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Catholic archbishop in Naples, Italy, says he is enjoying using the popular social networking site Facebook to communicate with people the world over.

Facebook spawns new boy band

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch