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Stocks briefly drop, recover, on fake bomb tweet

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market briefly dropped, then recovered, after the Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked and a fake tweet about an attack on the White House was posted. The AP released the following statement at 1:12 p.m.:

2013/04/23

Hackers compromise AP Twitter account

LONDON (AP) — Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two […]

2013/04/23

Really, Kobe? Really?

I have been a Kobe fan since the day he got to town. But he makes it hard at times. The Lakers trying to salvage something from his awful season by at least winning a […]

2013/04/22

CBS Twitter feeds are compromised

NEW YORK (AP) — The Twitter accounts for two national CBS programs have been compromised and suspended. (Click to read more)

2013/04/20

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (AP Photo)

Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother dead.

2013/04/19

Tuning in: Twitter launches music feature

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has launched a service for people to find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio. Twitter said in a blog post that an app will be available for download from Apple’s online store Thursday.

2013/04/18

Former President Bill Clinton's Twitter account, set up by Stephen Colbert. (Photo: Twitter)

Stephen Colbert lures Bill Clinton to Twitter

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Clinton is now on Twitter, albeit without a very presidential name. Stephen Colbert lured the former president to the social networking site on “The Colbert Report” on Monday, signing him up with the handle PrezBillyJeff.

2013/04/09

Bill Clinton leads conference in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and a panel of successful entrepreneurs had a simple message Friday for college students gathered in St. Louis: Dream big, have a social conscience and commit to your goals.

2013/04/05

Gunman reported at Univ. of Rhode Island

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Police are investigating reports of a gunman at the University of Rhode Island. Steven O’Donnell, head of the Rhode Island State Police, tells The Associated Press on Thursday that there is no evidence of an active shooter.

2013/04/04

US deletes Cairo embassy Tweet on Jon Stewart

(AP) — Oh, the perils of digital diplomacy! The U.S. Embassy in Cairo temporarily shut down its Twitter feed on Wednesday and deleted a tweet linking to a video of “The Daily Show,” in which host Jon Stewart mocked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.

2013/04/03

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