Hackers take Jeep's Twitter account for a ride
Someone hacked their way into Jeep's Twitter account on Tuesday, posting fake tweets about the brand being sold to Cadillac and that it was suspending ...

Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking
Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo. The tweets ...

Social media gives Indonesian women new voice
A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old second wife, then quickly ...

Facebook gets unwelcome look at hackers' dark side
Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the ...

Rapper 2 Chainz arrested in Md. on drug charge
Rapper 2 Chainz has been arrested on drug charges in Maryland where he was performing at a college homecoming event. Maryland State Police spokesman ...
Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site's policy requiring users to register with ...
Online chatter continues over Dorner rampage
The death of ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in a fiery standoff with authorities has done little to quell online chatter over a man ...
Runner's Twitter feed is a long victory lap
Since captivating the world with his groundbreaking Olympic trip to London, Oscar Pistorius' life seemed like an extended victory lap. More than ...

Facebook CEO's sis Randi Zuckerberg has book deal
A sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a two-book deal. HarperCollins announced Wednesday that Randi Zuckerberg, a social media executive and ...

Rubio's sip of water joins line of political slips
Nothing trumps a carefully crafted political message like the unscripted moment. All-too-human blips and slips were the bane of politicians even ...

Gag orders silence Israeli press in digital age
Israel's military censor, which has long served as the country's guardian of state secrets, is suddenly under the microscope following a pair of ...

Alone, together: Snowed in, in the age of hashtags
The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of ...

SHOW BITS: It's after-party time at the Grammys
Show Bits brings you the 55th annual Grammy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the ...

Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition
Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are ...
UK authorities charge man in US school threat
A British man was charged Saturday after he allegedly posted a threat on Facebook to kill 200 people in the U.S. state of Tennessee, causing many ...

AP Exclusive: Mysterious China blogger comes out
For weeks, a mysterious microblog has been lifting a veil from around China's new leader, Xi Jinping, with candid snapshots from his travels that defy ...

Police arrest 3 for threatening Kashmir girl band
Three people have been arrested in Indian-controlled Kashmir for allegedly threatening the first Kashmiri all-girl rock band, which disbanded after ...
Facebook video overturns parking ticket in Israel
An Israeli woman has turned to Facebook to beat a parking ticket — and expose a Tel Aviv road crew. Hila Ben Baruch says she parked her car legally ...
China's new leader urges 'sharp' party criticism
China's new leader said the ruling Communist Party should tolerate "sharp" outside criticism, in comments that are being viewed skeptically by a ...

Monopoly fans vote to add cat, toss iron tokens
The Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a cat token to the property trading game, replacing the ...
Pew: Most Facebook users take a break
Too much drama, boredom and scads of irrelevant information are just some of the reasons Facebook users give for taking a break from the world's ...

Budweiser Clydesdale foal is named Hope
The three-week-old star of Budweiser's Super Bowl ad now has a name: Hope. Anheuser-Busch said Tuesday that its contest to find a name for the foal ...

Live action: Twitter grabs Super Bowl spotlight
Beyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on ...

Oh the drama! Super Ads go epic
Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a ...

Sandy Hook choir, Hudson delight Super Bowl crowd
As 26 children in white polo shirts excitedly walked to center of the Superdome field and prepared to sing, a packed Super Bowl crowd revved up by a ...