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Disturbing Internet Photos Revealed As Fake
WGNO NewsDisturbing photos are being circulated on popular social networking sites. Some of them are attached to links that take you to other websites; while others promise to raise money for non-profit groups. Experts warn, there could be hidden risks to...Tags: Cancer, Culture, Facebook, Culture, Arts and Culture
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ACLU Sues To Block New Law Banning Sex Offenders From Social Networking Sites
WBRZ NewsHundreds of new state laws went into effect Monday including one that bans sex offenders from using facebook and other social networking sites.The American Civil Liberties Union has challenged the law saying it bans free speech. The ACLU is challenging...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union
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Bill Banning Sex Offenders From Social Networking Sites Heads To Governors Desk
WGNO NewsParents know to monitor their children online, but now a new tool may help them; the law. Governor Jindal is expected to sign a bill making it a crime for certain sex offenders to get on social networking sites. WGNO's Vanessa Bolano has the story. A new...Tags: MySpace, Crime, Law and Justice, WGNO, Twitter, Inc., Fines
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Jindal: New Law Will Keep Sex Offenders Off Social Netowrking Sites
WGNO NewsGovernor Bobby Jindal signs a new law designed to keep sex offenders off social networking sites. The bill is called HB 55, and will criminalizes the accessing or using of social networking websites, chat rooms and peer-to-peer networks by registered...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Fines, Bobby Jindal, Executive Branch
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Steele: "I've made mistakes"
ABC26 NewsIn damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them. "I'm the first here to admit that I've made...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Democratic Party, Elections, Executive Branch, Republican Party
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Archdiocese Of New Orleans Releases The 10 Commandments For Internet Behavior
ABC26 NewsWith the recent rise in "cyberbullying", "sexting" and other social networking and online threats, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has re-released its "10 Commandments for Internet Behavior". This set of "commandments" focuses on what parents and children...Tags: Child Abuse, Children, Abusive Behavior, Social Issues
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Friends of Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter
The Friends of the Jefferson Animal Shelter is an all-volunteer (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization and public charity. Our mission is to assist the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter to reduce euthanisia rates by providing the following programs, including...Tags: Cat (animal), Surgery, Society, Animals
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Music therapist plays guitar for cancer patients
AP NEW ORLEANS - As tubes from a machine dripped chemotherapy drugs into cancer patient Pat Spindel's body, the chords emanating from Bill Campbell's Spanish guitar whisked her away to a happier place and time. Spindel, 72, rested on a...Tags: Cancer, Health, Chemotherapy, Dance, Stomach Cancer
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Emergency Preparedness Makes Communities More Resilient
(January 14, 2009, New Orleans, La.) - Communities that prepare to respond to natural and man-made catastrophes are more resilient to the disaster's short- and long-term effects than similar communities that have not improved their readiness, said John...Tags: Florida, Research, Society, Disasters, Louisiana State University
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Tom Hanks-Produced '4-D' Film Comes To WW2 Museum
ABC26 NewsActor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday. The film will be shown exclusively at the museum's new...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, Defense
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New Social Networking Site Debuts for Kids
ABC26 NewsIt's like Facebook for kids. A new social networking website designed specifically for young children. Togetherville.com....it's a new site where children as young as six, can have their own profiles with pictures and information about themselves. Mom...Tags: Children, Twitter, Inc., Facebook
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Mississippi Man Indicted For Facebook Threat
Staff reporterA Poplarville, Miss., man on Friday was indicted on federal charges of communicating threats through a social networking Website.U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says 20-year-old Dyron L. Hart, a former student at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, used a...Tags: Mississippi, Facebook
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