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First lady Michelle Obama launches new Twitter account: @FLOTUS

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Woman seduces 15-year-old boy on Myspace, has his baby

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Can Obama keep his cool on Twitter?

OPINION – By tweeting on his own, Obama opens himself up to a whole new world of criticism scrutiny…
/ June 23, 2011
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How we can tweet for education

OPINION – What if we moved from the fun and scandalous, and actually used Twitter to do something useful?
/ June 3, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

5 ways to avoid debt collectors on Facebook and Twitter

OPINION – Is the latest person following you on Twitter or friending you on Facebook actually a debt collector in disguise? …
/ May 31, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Pea’s Will.i.am says cell service stopped tweets

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – His Twitter handle was silent until after the game, when he sent out a series of tweets beginning with: “Att crashed … ahhhh!!!! The worse.”…
/ February 7, 2011
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TheGrio’s 100: Shaun King, leveraging social media for greater good

TheGrio’s 100 – With TwitChange.com, Shaun King leveraged Twitter to address the Haitian earthquake’s aftermath…
/ February 1, 2011
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50 Cent takes credit for shutting down Worldstarhiphop.com

Just moments ago, 50 Cent took to Twitter and took credit for the site’s disruption, squashing rumors that the site was seized by Homeland Security…
/ January 24, 2011
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NBA stars could be caught with their pants down on Twitter

OPINION – If the allegations surrounding Lance Stephenson are true, he is anything but ready for the temptations of NBA wealth and fame…
/ January 24, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Black lingo sets the trend on Twitter

OPINION – As a group, African-Americans have a firm grasp on the way Twitter works, and we influence the overall language of Twitter almost daily…
/ January 14, 2011

Do black people run Twitter?

Because after seeing black culture related tweets trending worldwide everyday for months, I am now convinced that it is more than just leverage…
/ January 11, 2011
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Tweet this! Tiger Woods finally joins Twitter

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) – Returning from a two-week trip to Asia and Australia, Woods posted his first tweet on Wednesday: “What’s up everyone. Finally decided to try out twitter!”…
/ November 17, 2010
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Wired up? HBCUs look to increase online ed presence

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent of students at for-profit institutions — many of which are online…
/ November 14, 2010
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Kanye West still using twitter as therapy

Kanye West took to Twitter last night for what was either a meltdown or a long session of digital therapy…
/ November 10, 2010
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How tweeting while black became controversial

OPINION – All of this speaks to a larger issue, the dearth of readily accessible quality music, movies, and TV shows that offer something in the way of mental sustenance…
/ August 19, 2010
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Kanye West's lone Twitter follower bails, balks at media attention

Inundated with requests for interviews and constantly probed by jealous peers on Twitter, Holmes’ fun times in the spotlight quickly fizzled…
/ August 10, 2010
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MTV selects its first-ever Twitter jockey

NEW YORK (AP) – The TJ position is the updated version of the network’s VJ job, and Gabi Gregg will report on pop culture news using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and MTV’s website…
/ August 9, 2010
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Student Kanye follows on Twitter is not a big fan

Kanye West, who took Twitter by grammatically-deficient storm last week, elected to follow a sole individual, 19-year-old Steve Holmes (@ste_101) of Coventry, England…
/ August 4, 2010
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Over 1 million Facebook fans agree: 'I love being black'

BlackWeb 2.0 – While there are other similar fan pages, none have been as successful in attracting a diverse following…
/ June 30, 2010