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...Facebook officials in the U.S. and Europe say they don't know whether this harassment problem extends beyond Britain, the only place where such cases have been made public. "We believe this is really a case of first impression," says Tim Sparapani, Facebook's director of public policy in Washington. "We've searched far and wide within the company and, among the collective memories of staff, we think this has no precedent." (See "Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real...
...Miraculous Year. After that comes another collaboration with Boal, a movie about the drug trade in South America. And in the near future there are the Oscars. She fields a question the other Best Director nominees probably aren't being asked: What's she wearing? She doesn't know yet, but she has one guideline: nothing showy. "I'm used to being behind the scene," she says, "not in the spotlight...
...know the story: it’s 2 a.m., and you’re trying to finish that paper due tomorrow. Or start it. Whatever. Doesn’t matter—you’ll be on Facebook, probably experiencing that gnawing “go-do-something-with-yourself-already!” feeling. But that doesn’t mean you’ll stop clicking links until you somehow end up looking at photo 154 of 835 of you-aren’t-actually-sure-who. Or maybe now you’ll be Buzzing...
...France went flying off a bump and skidded on her behind before coming to a stop. "Ooohhhh, that's got to hurt," yelped one of the p.a. guys. American Callan Chythlook-Sifsof smashed her back against the snow after bungling a landing; somehow, she bounced back up. "You know, I'd have to come down in one of those yellow baskets if that happened to me," said a wisecracking announcer. Naturally, replays of all the crashes conveniently popped onto the big screen at the bottom of the hill, where the crowd was gathered to watch the event...
...beginning of Lent. For the country, a period of spartan repentance lies ahead - and not just because the seven-week period of Lenten fasting is starting. After years of overspending by both the government and ordinary people armed with credit cards - and now flush with credit-card debt - Greeks know the party is over. According to a poll released on Feb. 14, nearly two-thirds of people support the government's proposed austerity measures to cut the soaring deficit. Many even believe they don't go far enough...