In early March, Barack and Michelle Obama appeared in an exclusive Facebook video from the White House. The topic was bullying prevention, and it was by far the highest profile in the series of online conversations the social-media behemoth has produced with various members of Congress and federal and state officials in recent months.
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Senior officer escapes assassination bid in Pakistan
The second assassination attempt in a week on a senior Pakistani military officer ended Tuesday in the nation’s capital with a narrow escape by the officer.
Helicopter crash in Pakistan kills 3
Three people were killed Saturday when hostile fire caused a Pakistani military transport helicopter to crash, Pakistani officials said.
Sun blames Brussels as 3,000 jobs are axed
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday announced plans to slash 3,000 jobs over the next year, putting the move down to the delay in getting European Commission clearance for its agreed $7bn acquisition by Oracle.
Media tycoon Reinhard Mohn dead at 88
Reinhard Mohn, who turned his family’s religious publishing company into Bertelsmann AG, one of the world’s largest media conglomerates, died Saturday, the firm announced Sunday.
Police drummer: Band’s friction is a good thing
Stewart Copeland and Sting get along great. Really.
Gunfights kill eight in Kashmir
An Indian army officer, a naval commando and two top militant commanders were among eight people killed in two extended gunfights in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
Washington state killer captured after field-trip escape
A legally insane killer who escaped in Washington state during a field trip was recaptured Sunday, the Yakima County Sheriff’s Department told CNN. Phillip Paul’s capture came three days after he escaped in Spokane County, Washington
iReporters enjoy Thailand, the ‘Land of Smiles’
Phillip Paul’s capture came three days after he escaped in Spokane County, Washington. After escaping, he was the subject of a massive manhunt
Adding vacation time to a business trip
If you’ve got to be there for work anyway, why not live it up? That seems to be the sentiment of a growing number of workers who are extending business trips to squeeze in some vacation time, surveys from Orbitz and PhoCusWright suggest