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Conscience rights ignite online debatenew

A Fast Forward Weekly story from September, 2011 has resurfaced and fuelled a renewed debate about conscience rights in the current Alberta election as the right-wing Wildrose Party surges.
Fast Forward Weekly  |  Suzy Thompson  |  04-06-2012  |  Policy Issues

Got questions for the ridiculously photogenic bridge runner?new

A photo taken last weekend of a racer at the Cooper River Bridge Run has become an Internet sensation called Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, garnering hundreds of thousands of page views and a plethora of humorous captions. That's right: Charleston started a meme.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  04-05-2012  |  Features

How An Abused Teen's Suicide Played Out On Twitternew

After tweeting about the alleged sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father — and an investigation that came up empty — Ashley Billasano killed herself.
Houston Press  |  Craig Malisow  |  03-07-2012  |  Children & Families

Last Rites on the Rocky Mountain News's Twitteringnew

The Rocky's efforts recently suffered a blow after the paper assigned staffer Berny Morson to Twitter the Sept. 10 funeral of three-year-old Marten Kudlis, killed when Francis Hernandez, an illegal immigrant with a lengthy arrest record, crashed into a Baskin-Robbins outlet in Aurora.
Westword  |  Michael Roberts  |  09-29-2008  |  Media

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