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Library of Congress to make Twitter posts available to public

donal brown April 15, 2010

The Library of Congress is launching am ambitious effort to acquire and archive all public Twitter posts starting from the beginning of Twitter in 2006. It will collect more than 50 million Tweets a day and make them available to the public after a six-month period. -db NextGov April 14, 2010 By Emily Long The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday it will acquire and archive all public Twitter posts starting from the site’s inception

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Office worker claims school fired her for reporting administrator’s sexting a student

donal brown April 15, 2010

A Phoenix high school office worker is suing her former school in federal court, claiming the administration fired her for her role in reporting a vice principal who was later arrested for sexually exploiting a minor. -db Courthouse News Service April 15, 2010 By Jamie Ross PHOENIX (CN) – An office worker claims Buckeye Union High School fired her for reporting that an assistant principal was “sexting” an underage student. The administrative assistant says she

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California: Federal panel refuses to reverse order forcing anti-prop 8 alliance to produce campaign materials

donal brown April 15, 2010

Groups that campaigned against Prop 8, the California initiative that banned same-sex marriage, lost a court battle to block release of their campaign materials. -db Courthouse News Service April 14, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – The 9th Circuit said it lacks jurisdiction to overturn a federal judge’s order forcing gay marriage advocacy groups to turn over their Proposition 8 campaign materials. Equality California, No on Proposition 8 and the Campaign for Marriage Equality appealed

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Federal judge releases documents used in Blagojevich indictment

donal brown April 15, 2010

A federal judge ruled that releasing documents used to develop charges against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich would not adversely compromise the jury pool for Blagojevich’s trial. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press April 14, 2010 By Mara Zimmerman An Illinois federal judge has given three news organizations immediate access to a previously sealed document in the case against former Governor Rod Blagojevich, the Associated Press reports. The Associated Press, the Chicago

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Open meeting controversies trouble two Orange County city councils

donal brown April 15, 2010

The Newport Beach City Council is holding a second hearing about a park access road following a claim that an earlier vote was taken without public disclosure of key documents. The Costa Mesa City Council denied that forming a subcommittee on the purchase of fairgrounds in closed session was a violation of the Brown Act. -db Daily Pilot April 14, 2010 By Brianna Bailey and Mona Shadia The Newport Beach City Council will hold a second

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