Accidentally started by documentary filmmaker Annabel Park, the Coffee Party movement faces its first test today:  newly-formed Coffee Party chapters are meeting all across the country.  Formed out of frustration over what some call the extreme views of the Tea Party movement, and even racism, the Coffee Party movement started with a rant on her Facebook page by Park. Several weeks ago, Park posted the following on Facebook: "Let's start a coffee party — a Red... Full Story

Gloucestershire, UK 15-Year old Holly Grogan from Gloucestershire (UK) jumped from a bridge to her death after being bullied by her classmates on Facebook over accusations of having sex with another girls' brother.   Holly's friend of three years said: '"She felt people were mean to her. I felt she was being bullied - they didn't understand how much it affected Holly. "There were three girls who spread rumours about her and called her names. They even made up a syndrome called 'HGS', Holly Grogan... Full Story

John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono has attracted the ire of the late Beatle’s fans for allowing his image to be used in a car advert. Fans are furious by video of the late Lennon dubbed with an actor’s words put in his mouth. In part of message “Lennon” says: “Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.” Many have appealed for a boycott of Citroën cars and started a Facebook campaign to get the commercial banned. “This... Full Story

Abu Dhabi, UAE In tragic news, 24-year British Teacher Emma Jones, who was working in International School of Choueifat in Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi since 2008, committed suicide after ex-boyfriend, Jamie Brayley, allegedly posted naked pictures of her on Facebook. Mrs Rowlands, 41, said: ‘He put a memory stick in the computer and copied some indecent images of Emma. He put them on her Facebook and she said she was accused of prostitution by a man working at the school. She was crying, she was... Full Story

World Dangers of sharing information on social networking sites can result in serious problems and even home burglary when you are out on vacation/work and your house is empty. To show this Dutch Programmers Boy Van Amstel, Frank Groeneveld and Barry Borsboom  developed a site called Please Rob Me (pleaserobme.com) that lets you search for empty houses. The site took them just 4 hours to develop. "It started with me and a friend looking at our Twitter feeds and seeing more and more... Full Story

USA Do you have it in you to be President Barack Obama's Social Networks Manager? Can you manage President's Facebook, Twitter, mySpace, etc. accounts? Then check it below - Job Description Organizing for America, the successor organization to Obama for America, is building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering communities across the country to organize around the issues they care most about. The Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America is hiring a... Full Story

As soon as Sunday night's "Family Guy" episode aired, it was clear to anyone viewing that Sarah Palin would probably respond to it. The Sunday episode showed Chris Griffin dating a girl with Down's Syndrome, who mentions her mother is a former governor of Alaska, an obvious dig at Palin's son Trig. In Sunday's episode, "Extra Large Medium," while she never mentioned Palin by name, the girl, Ellen, was clearly referring to Palin when she told Chris, "My dad's an accountant, and my mom's the... Full Story

It is very easy to donate your own funds to Haiti. One example is to text HAITI to 90999. Of course, what if you're not using your own phone? In this case, as heard on NPR, a resourceful individual texted from AT&T retail store display phones. In fact, according to NPR, he posted on Facebook (which doesn't really make sense) that he wondered if AT&T was going to get ticked at him for continuing to use their display phones. It doesn't make sense since NPR indicated that the employee... Full Story

Essex, UK Teenage mother Rebecca Davey, 18, was investigated by police after photographs of her six-month-old son Ollie with a cigarette in his mouth were posted on Facebook. Concerned online friends of the mother called police after they saw "smoking" baby pictures on her profile.   Rebecca then updated her status to read: 'Some w***** reported me to the police abwt picture off ollie.' Essex police visited Rebecca's home in Southend, Essex, but said there were 'no immediate concerns' for... Full Story

It couldn't last forever, could it? The "Facebook Fugitive," or Craig "Lazie" Lynch, 28, who has been taunting police via Facebook since his escape from the minimum-security Hollesley Bay Prison near the village of Woodbridge in southern England a few months ago, has been captured. It was reported by Scotland Yard that they arrested Lynch in southern England on Tuesday night. They only confirmed that he had been arrested and gave few details. Lynch had drawn a huge audience to his Facebook... Full Story