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OMGTwitterisdownagain. Or extremely flaky, at least. This time, the problems seem to occur only when trying to access the Twitter website, as the API seems to be fully functional and thus not causing any trouble for third-party clients.Search also seems to work fine, as you can tell from all the people tweeting that Twitter is down.We’ll keep it short and sweet: use a third-party client for…

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On Pi Day, one number 'reeks of mystery'
CNN
Sunday is Pi Day, on which math geeks celebrate the number representing the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle. (CNN) -- The sound of meditation for some people is full of deep breaths or gentle humming. ...

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U of R gets say in FNUC
Montreal Gazette
Saskatchewan First Nations chiefs have agreed to a new management structure for the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC), which includes increased control by the University of Regina. ...
Feds won't restore funding to First Nations UniversityLondon Free Press
First Nations University won't get moneyCBC.ca
Ottawa Rejects FNUC's Pleas For Restored FundingNewsTalk650
Global BC -The Canadian Press -CTV.ca
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Twitter Gets Way Personal
Newsweek
It's good that we are no longer talking about women's experiences in the abstract. But tweeting an abortion may backfire. Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link. The fact that someone could live-tweet an abortion blows my ...

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Mr. Ardzinba led the breakaway Georgian enclave of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing.

People upset over Armenia's warming diplomatic relations with Turkey, protest in front of the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California in 2009. Obama pledged during his election campaign that he would recognize the killings as genocide, but disappointed Armenian-American supporters when he refrained from using the term in his message last year to commemorate the killings.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)Reuters - A U.S. congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.


Crashed cars with airbags deployed are shown to visitors as part of the display of Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety performance standards, called 'Global Outstanding Assessment,' at the automaker's exhibition hall in Toyota, central Japan, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline 'black boxes' that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.  (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the District of Columbia's gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day.

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Jamie Hoffmann originally did not think he would have to choose between baseball and hockey because, he said, baseball was not interested.


Sirens sounded early Saturday morning across Hawaii, warning people of a possible tsunami and telling people to in coastal areas to evacuate.