How to Use Social Networking Sites for Marketing and PR
New York Times - Tue Dec 2, 5:05 pm ESTSocial networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can be powerful communication tools for your business, as long as you learn how to use them wisely.
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Austin High graduate dies after Frat party
KVUE-TV Austin - 30 minutes ago18-year-old Carson Starkey, a graduate of Austin High School in May of 2008, was attending Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo. His grandmother Liz Starkey says he wanted to become a commercial building designer.
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Westfield crash victim remembered as angel at memorial service
The Republican - 32 minutes agoAGAWAM - Carlos J. Montes de Oca may be dead, but the brief life of the popular teen known as "Shorty" inspired many with a faith in God that guided him every day.
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Bush's interest in Senate seat excites strategists
The Palm Beach Post - 40 minutes agoJeb Bush has confirmed his interest in running for U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's seat, unleashing a frenzy of activity in GOP circles and among elected officials whose own hopes for the post may now be dashed.
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Alternate-side parking clouded in mystery for too many
Wisconsin State Journal - 1 hour, 6 minutes agoMatt Hill knows the wrath of alternate-side parking. He just doesn't know its rules. After collecting three or four citations for violating the much-despised city of Madison ordinance, and after three years with a car on campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison senior has only a shaky understanding of what the ordinance requires. And he said there's a lot of other students in the same boat. ...
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Vinyl records begin a comeback
Penn State Collegian - 1 hour, 13 minutes agoChronic Town , 224 W. College Ave. City Lights Records , 316 E. College Ave.
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I'm going to feel like a loser at my high-school reunion
Salon.com - 1 hour, 35 minutes agoOne chum is working on a cure for cancer; one has started his own political party. All this overachieving is giving me status anxiety.
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Couple ties the knot amid Christmas Magic
York Daily Record - 1 hour, 36 minutes agoIlluminated by Christmas lights, Linda Gemmill and Todd Zartman said their "I dos" as Christmas music played in the background and passersby snapped pictures.
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Tidbits: Mama Montag gives Speidi six months
MSNBC - 1 hour, 42 minutes agoNewlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are all smiles as they embark on their post-nuptial media blitz, but for the mother of the bride, it’s a time for tears.
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Suspect in Hudson murders has long rap sheet
FOX 19 Cincinnati - 1 hour, 48 minutes agoCHICAGO (AP) - The man charged with murdering the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was a high-school dropout and street gang member with a long rap sheet for drug offenses and stealing cars.
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Losing My Religion
The Harvard Crimson - 1 hour, 49 minutes agoIt was a “Ben Franklin-inspired” protest. A group of parents at Julie A. Duncan ’09’s all-girls Catholic school in Kentucky pushed for a ban on several English books containing objectionable material like child abuse and pre-marital sex.
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Gang link probed in arrest of Calif. politician's son
Honolulu Advertiser - 2 hours, 1 minute agoSAN DIEGO — Esteban Nunez, the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, and three other men who were arrested in the fatal stabbing of a college student in San Diego fit the definition of a criminal street gang, police said in search warrants released Wednesday.
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Personalizing Ads Piece by Piece to Get More Clicks
WebProNews - 2 hours, 3 minutes agoDisplay advertising is making a comeback. Ok, it never really left, but the targeting capabilities of newer services like MySpace's MyAds , or even Google's display ads for AdWords have made the advertising medium more appealing because they utilize the personalization and targeting strategies that made search engine advertising so attractive to advertisers since the dawn of the AdWords ...
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Mobile Content Bits: GoTV Banners; Pandora On iPhone; Vlingo Adds Voice; Glu Game; Couponing
paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago-- GoTV adds banners and video advertising with Thin Multimedia: Thin Multimedia said GoTV will start integrating its multimedia mobile advertising into its content offerings for select U.S. and international carriers.
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Ex-Speaker Nunez's Son Charged With Murder
CBS 13 Sacramento - 2 hours, 28 minutes agoFour Sacramento men, including the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, went looking for revenge after being turned away from a fraternity party the night a San Diego college student was stabbed to death, then tried to destroy evidence, according to an arrest warrant released Wednesday.
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Martin safe in Mumbai
The Sand Mountain Reporter - 2 hours, 33 minutes agoAn Albertville native is safe despite being close enough to the Mumbai terror attacks to hear the explosions and gunfire. Leah Martin, a singer and model, has been living in India for the past few months. She and her boyfriend, Amitabh Shah, have been active in Indian social causes.
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Murder Charge For Ex-Assembly Speaker Nunez's Son
CBS 5 Bay Area - 2 hours, 42 minutes agoThe 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four people charged in the stabbing death of a college student, San Diego County prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Police: Shackled Calif. boy jumped fence to escape
Hollister Free Lance - 2 hours, 47 minutes agoAfter being held captive for about a year, an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old boy climbed out a window in the home of his captors and walked into a nearby gym in search of help, police said Wednesday.
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Google provides best upgrade for e-mail system
Technician - 2 hours, 49 minutes agoOUR OPINION: A third-party service like Google would provide additional space and give students access to a variety of useful applications.
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All the Social Networks, Together on Your Smartphone
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 8:07 pm ESTCellular networks are putting Facebook, Twitter and MySpace in one place, in your pocket.
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Who Needs a TV? I?m Watching on a Laptop
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 8:07 pm ESTFor some TV viewers, the computer is the best place to watch their favorite shows.
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