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He did it! Cory Booker has succeeded in defeating Republican, Steve Lonegan, in becoming the senator-elect of the state of New Jersey for the Democratic party. Booker, 44, reported...

Facebook Now Lets Teens Post Publicly but Will Default Them to Only ‘Friends’

If you have a teenager (13-17) who's on Facebook, you'll probably want to listen up. Facebook is making some changes to what they call the "teen experience," and it amounts to a...

Fit Mom Defends Controversial Picture [IMAGE]

Sometimes moms tend to be a little overcritical--especially of each other. Whether it's vaccinating, breastfeeding or screen time, some moms feel the need to be very vocal about w...

Caroline Wozniacki Prompts Lesson in Oversharing

Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis star and girlfriend (for now) of Irish...

Facebook Brag Leads to Teens’ Arrest in Florida Bullying Case That Led to 12-Year-Old’s Suicide

Two Florida teens have been arrested and charged with felony aggravated stalking in correlation with the suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, who jumped off a concrete silo last...

WashPost: NSA is Collecting Your Friends Lists

According to the Washington Post's latest documents provided by ex-contracto...

Twitter Lets You Get DMs from Anybody, If You Want

On occasion, you need to communicate with someone on Twitter and you don't want everyone to see it. That's fair - maybe you're complaining about an embarrassing product that you bo...

Facebook Mom Sticks It to ‘Shaming Police’

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Jimmy Johnson’s Pregame Speech Goes Viral

The marriage between sports and social media is humming along quite smoothly. So much so, it appears to be a match made in heaven. A great deal of what happens in the sports world...

Whoopi Goldberg Compared to 2 Chainz on “Mean Tweets”

2 Chainz made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's popular "Mean Tweets" segments last week. During "Mean Tweets", celebrities read offensive or creative tweets that people have posted...

Carlotta Ferlito, Italian Gymnast, Says She’d Win if She Had a Black Face

The typical reaction a competitor has when their performance isn't as strong as desired is that they need to work harder, but not Italian gymnast Carlotta Ferlito. Her...

Strike 3 Call: “Whoomp, There It Is!” [VIDEO]

Do you ever hear the phrase, "Whoomp, there it is!" anymore? Well, you're about to, especially if your kid plays fall baseball. And no, it's not because you've been transported b...

Facebook Privacy News Gets The Taiwanese Animation Treatment

On Thursday, Facebook announced that users would no longer be able to keep their profiles out of Graph Search. Last year, the company already removed the ability for users who were...

Instagram Yanks Option to Turn Off Video Autoplay a Week After Announcing Ads

In oh Instagram, I see what you're up to news, you can no longer disable autoplay for Instagram videos. For the more visually inclined, you used to have this option......

Nobel Prize Committee Turned to Twitter When They Couldn’t Reach Peace Prize Winner by Phone

This morning, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the 2013 Peace Prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a watchdog group tasked with eliminating chemical...

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