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Explosion at a Pakistan bank
By Heila Nir
November 2, 2009 - 6:39pm
Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan

According to CNN.Com, Suicide bomber discharge explosive outside a bank in Pakistan, killing 35 people and leaving 65 wounded, authorities said.

 

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By Alyssa Henry
October 20, 2009 - 4:12pm
The staff of The NewsHouse fills you in on our social media strategy.

Let’s talk social media.

Celebrities are doing it. Businesses are doing it. And most likely, you’re doing it too.

According to a blog by Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg, there are 250 million people on Facebook. That number is from July 2009, and it’s only getting larger. People are signing up for accounts as you sit here reading this.

Like many other...

Hand-held cell phone law is being enforced
By Heila Nir
October 19, 2009 - 5:59pm
Thruway State Police crackdown on cell phone use

According to 9WSYR.com, Thruway State Police issued tickets to drivers during a four-day crackdown nicknamed “Operation Hang Up II”.  Police say they gave over 900 tickets to thruways drivers who violated the hand-held cell phone law.

The New York Sate law...

Iran ignores international requests to get rid of nuclear fuel
By Valerie Crowder
October 19, 2009 - 4:53pm
Tehran says it plans to keep enriched uranium for peaceful purposes.

Iran has announced that it will not transport any of its enriched uranium out of the country, despite requests from the six world powers, according to a report on Foxnews.com. 

Unnamed Iranian officials appeared on the state-run Press TV Monday and announced that Iran plans to keep its uranium and buy what it needs for its Tehran reactor abroad.  The Islamic Republic said it needs the uranium for nuclear fuel...

About Face
By Hallie M. Stiller
May 4, 2009 - 12:15pm
Facebook has reached new heights of popularity, but some say using the site has consequences.

As of January, Facebook has become the world’s most used social networking Web site, according to the web analytics company Compete.com. The previous site with that title, MySpace, had approximately 810 million visits.


Facebook is no longer purely the domain of college students. According to the site’s usage statistics, college students make up less than half of all users, and the fastest growing demographic is over 30 years old.