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Loopt app gets Facebook Places support
Loopt, one of the original location-based services, has integrated support for Facebook Places, allowing users to see “check-ins” from friends on both Facebook and Loopt in the same app.
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Loopt Integrates with Facebook® Places, Plots Your Friends on One Map
Loopt, the mobile connection to people and places around you, today announced it has integrated Facebook Places with the latest version of its app for iPhone and iPod touch, making Loopt’s friend-finding capabilities even stronger.
Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

5 Ways to Stay Safe on Facebook
Embarrassing photos, questionable “friends,” and sneaky applications abound on Facebook. Don’t let gaffes like these unravel your social-networking experience — or worse, your life. Here’s how to stay safe. 
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So…What Are the Other Friends Up to This Week?
With Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer suddenly in the news, and Jennifer Aniston never out of it, WTF are the rest of the Friends gang up to? —Gina, Upper Darby, Pa., via the…
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Vince Gill believes upcoming CD his best work
While Vince Gill is touring this fall, it’s not to promote a new album. In fact, Gill hasn’t released a new album since 2006, a long time by Nashville standards where an album a year has been commonplace for decades.
Read more on Reno Gazette-Journal

Track Listing Announced for “Elaine Paige and Friends” CD
“Elaine Paige and Friends,” the latest CD from West End musical theatre star Elaine Paige, who made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard , will be released in the U.K. Nov. 1 with an early 2011 release planned for the U.S.
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MoD urges staff not to use Facebook Places
Location service could put employees at risk The Ministry of Defence(MoD) has warned employees not to use Facebook’s new geo-location service, Places.
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PO OP-ED: The wise probably ought to avoid certain ‘Places’
The most amazing thing about Facebook s newest feature is that some hive-mind employee actually thought people would want their so-called friends to know their geographic position at all times.
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Ministry of Defence warns service personnel over Facebook Places
Security officials warn members of armed forces that geo-location services could be used by terrorists to track potential targets.
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Reader callout: Facebook Places
Facebook recently launched a new application called Facebook Places which allows users to note their location at any given time.
Read more on Journal & Courier

Honor Flight stirs pride
Tideland News Writer If one man’s feelings are representative, last week’s Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., was an overwhelming success and an outstanding tribute to the national service provided by the 100-plus World War II veterans who made the trip from southeastern North Carolina.
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Three Kids Hurt in School Bus Crash
A school bus crashed into the back of a car on South Pacific Highway and sent several kids to the hospital.
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Va. man receives father’s WWII dog tag
FREDERICKSBURG — A Fredericksburg man says he has his father’s World War II dog tag back through the generosity of an Australian memorabilia collector.
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From the Left: The right to bear arms? Still?
By: Ally Priest and Cara Copeland In 1791, as many of us know, the Bill of Rights was ratified. We were a new country with a new government that a lot of people were wary about. People thought that the government would impinge on their rights, and not be able to provide adequate securi…
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Local News
August 28, 2010 Todd Randolph wakes up every morning at 4 a.m. to an ominous rumble outside his small white ranch home in Pleasant Township. more »» August 28, 2010 A new program will keep some criminal offenders out of jail, giving them the option to seek treatment instead.
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Racine Branch AAUW presents Susan B. Anthony reenactment
RACINE – The Racine Branch of the American Association ofUniversity Women will host the program, “Women Heroes , Historicallyand in our Midst,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Los MariachisMexican Restaurant, 5821 Washington Ave. Dinner will begin at 6p.m. with the program to follow at 7 p.m.
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Williamson claims Junior Miss title
Andrea Williamson plans on taking a break, but just for a week. In January she will compete for the 2010 Alabama Junior Miss in Montgomery.
Read more on The Decatur Daily

Concert raises money for victims of summer flooding
Some big name country stars were in Lexington Friday night to help eastern Kentucky flood victims.
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60 second audition leads to stardom?
TRABUCO CANYON – He had no agent. No manager. No experience in this. But he loved to sing. So Michael Johnstone stepped off a subway and into a cattle call audition for the national tour of South Pacific. The odds? About nil. “You walk in and all…
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PokerStars returning to the Philippines
(PRESS RELEASE) — PokerStars .net, the world’s largest online poker site and title sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), has announced a return to the beautiful South Pacific island of Cebu in the Philippines for the fourth leg of Season 4 of the APPT.
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Francis T. ‘Bill’ Schaefer; Delaware River Master
Francis T. “Bill” Schaefer, 97, a U.S. Geological Survey employee for nearly 50 years who oversaw the apportionment of scarce water resources in the Delaware River basin during the 1970s, died Sept. 15 at his home in McLean. He had complications from congestive heart failure.
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Why do they call it that? Niota
The small town of Niota in McMinn County has some big history related to the women’s suffrage movement.  Its history also includes a name change to address railroad confusion.
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Dianne McDonald: Lohan, Spears and Cyrus vs. Earhart
Young women are inundated with multimedia saturation of pop culture. Entertainment superstars are spoon fed to us from infancy. Enter the Bratz phenom followed by Britney, Miley, Christina and Ke$ha.
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Facebook Places Propels SCVNGR to 100,000 Downloads in 48 Hours
When Facebook entered the location arena with Facebook Places this summer, many were quick to assert that this would spell the end for smaller players in the space. But Google-backed SCVNGR is fighting the odds and proving that mobile game layer can still thrive in post Facebook Places.
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Facebook Places Propels SCVNGR to 100,000 Downloads in 48 Hours
When Facebook entered the location arena with Facebook Places this summer, many were quick to assert that this would spell the end for smaller players in the space. But Google-backed SCVNGR is fighting the odds and proving that…
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How to Fake Out Facebook Places
Three easy ways to hack your location using Facebook Places through your mobile phone or a geo-aware Web browser. Facebook – Mobile phone – Social network – Online Communities – Facebook Places
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