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Martyn Williams 24 August, 2010 05:42 A Facebook account established by a North Korea-linked Web site was deleted by the social networking service on Friday, but a new group sprang up over the weekend to take its place.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Review Photo/C.J. Marshall Jennifer Wittie, vice-president of the Bradford County Old Timers, speaks with her father, Walter Wittie, of Smithfield Sunday as he operates a tractor during the 47th Annual Old Timers Reunion in East Smithfield.

Sue Connelly who work from her redwood shores home started the KIT List, an e-mail list to help former colleagues find new jobs, in 1997 with about 50 names.

A teacher in the US has resigned after accidentally publishing a tirade of abuse against staff and pupils on her Facebook page.

The isolated state apparently signed up for a Facebook page under the title “Uriminzok” Thursday, a week after it opened a twitter account under the same name.

Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy, with memories of Nazi-era denouncements of neighbors and East German secret police snooping still alive.

Lady Gaga is slated to take Britney Spears’ Twitter crown with over 5 million followers.

North Korea appears to have added Facebook to other social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S. The account opened late Thursday under the Korean username “uriminzokkiri,” meaning “on our own as a nation,” an official at South Korea’s Communications Standards Commission said Friday.

As the train rattled into Indonesia’s capital, 19-year-old Wiwit Wahyuningsih plopped down on a soft, pink-cushioned seat in a carriage newly designated exclusively for women.

Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to check in to real-life locations such as restaurants, bars or live concerts.

Nearly three-quarters of homes in Northern Ireland have broadband, it has been revealed.

Jennifer Melo of Viera always has been a fan of Playboy. When she heard about the brand’s non-nude model search contest, she had to sign up.

Target Corp. said Monday it won’t give money to gay-friendly causes to quiet the uproar over a $150,000 donation that helped support a Minnesota governor candidate who opposes gay marriage.

If she could turn back time, Sherry Petersik would have done things differently on Facebook.

Newcomer Rooney Mara has landed one of the most-coveted roles in Hollywood, co-starring alongside James Bond star Daniel Craig in the English-language remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”Sony Pictures announced Monday that Mara, 25, will play Lisbeth Salander, a fearless genius tormented by a terrible childhood, in the crime thriller based …