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May 1, 2013 | By Molly Eichel
EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Susan Barnett is leaving CBS 3 and the CW Philly. Barnett has been at CBS since 2006, anchoring the evening newscasts since 2008. She anchored the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. broadcasts on CBS, and the 10 p.m. broadcast at the CW Philly, along with co-anchor Chris May . Her contract expired in March. "I have decided to not renew my contract with the stations at this time. I am incredibly thankful for having been a part of the CBS Philly family, but I feel that this is the right decision at this time," Barnett said in a statement yesterday.
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April 6, 2013 | By Patrick Torphy, WOODLYNDE SCHOOL
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across the country have increasingly used them to scrutinize applicants. To avoid being found on Facebook by admissions officers, it is typical for high school seniors to change the last names on their accounts. "I don't have anything that I would want to hide, but I am still going to change my name [on Facebook]
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May 17, 2013 | By Rita Giordano, Inquirer Staff Writer
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, a hitchhiker and drifter who became a cyber-culture celebrity, was arrested at the Philadelphia Greyhound bus terminal late Thursday in the slaying of a North Jersey lawyer, authorities said. The arrest followed the discovery Monday of the body of Joseph Galfy Jr., 73, in his home in Clark. Galfy, dressed only in underwear and socks, was found in his bed, apparently beaten to death, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. An autopsy found he died of blunt force trauma.
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April 6, 2013 | By Jessica Yee, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
It is not your typical five-minute wait. With each second ticking by, your Facebook page stays the same. Then the red notification flag flashes on your blue screen. Congratulations, you have received your first like on your post. As people post their status, photos, or videos, competition begins with the number of likes or comments they receive. Whether that competition is healthy for teenagers is an open question. For some teens, the problem arises when they realize that their friends get way more likes or comments than they do. Many people have argued that social media websites enhance a person's self-esteem instead of deflating it. Others disagree, saying that social media websites are not a good place for people with low self-esteem.
NEWS
February 15, 2009 | By John Timpane, Inquirer Staff Writer
It's called "25 Random Things About Me. " It lives on Facebook, the popular social-networking Web site. It's a list you fill with 25 items of personal information, ranging from the trivial to the intimate. Trivial: "I hate tuna. " Personal: "Part of me hasn't grown past the moment of my father's death. " Intimate: "I have been unfaithful, but so far it hasn't mattered much. " You send your "25 Random Things" chain-letter-style to 25 friends, and they fill it out and tag 25 others, and . . . And soon Facebook - a virtual living room where people hang out and tell everyone else what they're doing and thinking - is awash with personal revelations, admissions, info once kept private.
NEWS
July 12, 2008 | By SOLOMON JONES
I'M TRYING TO be down with the whole social networking thing, so I recently joined Facebook. I mean, if I'm going to make a living as an all-around communicator, I clearly need more than just a Web site. I need the kind of Internet mojo that comes with having a profile in every available online community. I have sacrificed greatly to fulfill that need. I sat on my hands when an 18-year-old dressed in Ninja pajamas called me a "wannabe journalist" on MySpace. I repeatedly deleted dirty pictures some nasty girl kept posting on my Blackplanet guestbook.
NEWS
January 29, 2012
PhillyStage facebook.com/PhilllyStage PopLife facebook.com/PopLifeinq Arts facebook.com/InqArts Restaurants and Food facebook.com/PhillyFood
NEWS
May 23, 2012 | By Steven L. Johnson
With a $16 billion IPO behind it and its billionth user on the horizon, Facebook has made it hard to imagine a world without it. Yet the technology industry is notorious for booms and busts. Can you remember the last time you fired up a Netscape browser, visited a GeoCities website, or invited a friend to join AOL Instant Messenger? I'm convinced that Facebook is as doomed to fail as those ventures. To remain vibrant and relevant, Facebook must overcome daunting challenges. Unless it can deftly incorporate future waves of innovation, it faces the fate of other once-successful technology companies: death.
NEWS
July 12, 2010 | By Carolyn Davis, Inquirer Staff Writer
Ken Savage's marriage already was strained, but the first sign that something was egregiously, electronically wrong came a year and a half ago, when his wife started taking her laptop into a different room to check Facebook. Once, Savage walked in on her. She asked, startled, "What are you doing?" and shut the laptop with a thump. The better question was: What was she doing? Savage, 38, a computer guy, eventually tracked his wife's Facebook posts and chats to discover she had reconnected with a former boyfriend on the popular social-networking website and arranged a Saturday tryst in a hotel.
NEWS
June 7, 2011
BERLIN - Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online. A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests showed up and around 100 police officers, some on horses, were needed to keep the crowd under control. Eleven people were temporarily detained, one police officer was injured, dozens of girls wearing flip-flops cut their feet on broken glass and firefighters had to extinguish two small fires at the 16th birthday party in Hamburg, police spokesman Mirko Streiber said Sunday.
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May 17, 2013 | By Rita Giordano, Inquirer Staff Writer
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, a hitchhiker and drifter who became a cyber-culture celebrity, was arrested at the Philadelphia Greyhound bus terminal late Thursday in the slaying of a North Jersey lawyer, authorities said. The arrest followed the discovery Monday of the body of Joseph Galfy Jr., 73, in his home in Clark. Galfy, dressed only in underwear and socks, was found in his bed, apparently beaten to death, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. An autopsy found he died of blunt force trauma.
BUSINESS
May 3, 2013 | By Steve Rothwell, Associated Press
NEW YORK - The stock market is all about jobs this week. Stocks rose Thursday after unemployment claims fell to a five-year low. A day earlier, it was just the opposite - the market slumped after companies added just 119,000 jobs in April, the fewest in seven months, according to payroll processor ADP. And stocks could swing again Friday when the government's closely watched monthly employment report is released. "Everyone is looking to the April jobs numbers," said Tyler Vernon, chief investment officer at Biltmore Capital.
SPORTS
April 25, 2013
The Inquirer covers the Penn Relays live, with news and results as they happen Thursday through Saturday only at inquirer.com/sports. Video, live blogging, and stories will appear throughout each day. Follow on Twitter: @JoeJulesInq @PhilAnastasia @Matt_Breen On Facebook, tell us about your favorite Penn Relays memories: facebook.com/sportsinq
NEWS
April 7, 2013 | By Valerie Palmer, WEST DEPTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Nonprofits have taken advantage of social media's ability to reach out for new volunteers and supplies in ways that are faster than ever before. An increasing number of nonprofit organizations are using social media to reach their target audiences to meet their needs and to keep in touch with members. Creating a page on any network is quick, easy, and - more important - free. Once a page is created, millions of social network users can access the page. Allowing every user on social media to access the page is important for bringing in new ideas and new people to the nonprofit.
NEWS
April 6, 2013 | By Kristyn Young, AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL
The Internet is the easiest place for a person to create a new identity. People are disguised behind a screen and can quickly spout out lies with only a few strokes on a keyboard. Social media allow people to connect with "friends" they may have never met. Often, relationships are developed. While there is potential for an Internet-born relationship to be genuine, there is an increasing risk that a relationship is developed under false pretenses and based on lies. Without actually meeting someone in person, no one can be sure if the individual represented in his or her profile is precisely the person they befriend online.
NEWS
April 6, 2013 | By Virginia A. Smith, Inquirer Staff Writer
One thousand curious fans filled the grand ballroom and balcony of the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Center City Thursday to hear the Sheryl Sandberg prescription for gender equality: Women need to "lean in" - step it up - in the workplace. Men need to do the same at home. Only then, according to Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the best-selling book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead , will American society begin to approach parity between the sexes.
NEWS
April 6, 2013 | By Patrick Torphy, WOODLYNDE SCHOOL
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across the country have increasingly used them to scrutinize applicants. To avoid being found on Facebook by admissions officers, it is typical for high school seniors to change the last names on their accounts. "I don't have anything that I would want to hide, but I am still going to change my name [on Facebook]
NEWS
April 6, 2013 | By Jessica Yee, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
It is not your typical five-minute wait. With each second ticking by, your Facebook page stays the same. Then the red notification flag flashes on your blue screen. Congratulations, you have received your first like on your post. As people post their status, photos, or videos, competition begins with the number of likes or comments they receive. Whether that competition is healthy for teenagers is an open question. For some teens, the problem arises when they realize that their friends get way more likes or comments than they do. Many people have argued that social media websites enhance a person's self-esteem instead of deflating it. Others disagree, saying that social media websites are not a good place for people with low self-esteem.
BUSINESS
April 5, 2013 | By Michael Liedtke and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
MENLO PARK, Calif. - With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook aims to put its social network at the center of people's mobile experiences. If users choose to download Facebook's Home software starting next Friday, the social network will become the hub of their Android smartphones. A phone from HTC that comes preloaded with Home will also be available starting that day, with AT&T Inc. as the carrier. The idea behind the software is to bring Facebook content right to the home screen, rather than requiring users to check apps.
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