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Secret Service probes Facebook poll on Obama

Sep. 28, 2009
The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.
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Facebook expands reach with new deal

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The social networking Web site Facebook will likely expand its online presence with its purchase of social aggregator FriendFeed, The Washington Post reports.

Swahili Facebook Web site started

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet social networking Web site Facebook now has a Swahili version, its promoters say.

Older Americans joining Facebook

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- The online social networking site Facebook is growing in popularity among older Americans, a U.S. researcher says.

Arabic version of Facebook debuts

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.

Facebook bans breast-feeding photos

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- More than 58,000 people reportedly are protesting Facebook's decision to remove images of women breastfeeding from the social networking site.

Facebook axes 'dead babies' group

LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Social networking Web site Facebook has removed a group titled "Dead Babies Make Me Laugh" after protests from mothers in Britain who had lost children.

Scrabble knock-off removed from Facebook

WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Scrabulous, the Scrabble-like game that was one of the most popular features on Facebook, has been removed from the Internet social networking Web site.

Muslim cleric decries Facebook

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 31 (UPI) -- A Saudi woman's alleged death at her father's hands has been cited by a Muslim cleric in his criticism of the Internet social networking site Facebook.

Teens give up Facebook for lent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christian teens and young adults are replacing fatty foods or meat with social networking Web sites as the thing they prefer to give up for for Lent.

Facebook Web site faces investigations

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Facebook social networking Web site is facing investigations from multiple U.S. state attorneys general over concerns about online sexual predators.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler