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State officials say the polar plunge challenge is spreading over social media.
A special segment called "Latinos Making History" in which we highlight the many contributions Latinos are making in their community. On this edition, we tell you about a Latina who made history in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Marisol Nobrega recently became the first Latino female Sergeant in the history of the Lowell Police Department.
Running may be an individual sport, but there are plenty of ways to connect to the community of runners.
A 79-year-old teacher was friends with about 250 current students on her Facebook page but that's against school policy.
Scammers had a field day with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), using it as a way to fool Americans into sharing their personal information.
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is warning high school athletes about an underground fight club.
A potentially deadly drinking game is being blamed for taking lives in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and there are concerns it could come to the United States next. The game is called "neknominate", where young people post video of themselves drinking large amounts of alcohol in different ways, then challenge their friends to do the same thing -- or come up with something even more extreme.
You'll now have a lot more options -- nearly fifty terms -- when filling out your gender information on Facebook. The social networking site has been working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups to expand the choices beyond male and female, and says the change is aimed at giving people more choices in how they describe themselves.
Facebook announced Thursday that its 159 million U.S. users now have dozens of options for completing the gender question on their profiles. The social media giant has been working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups to expand the choices beyond male and female. The result: a "custom" option that lets users pick from about 50 terms, including transsexual, androgynous and intersex.
It has been 10 years since a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg created a website called Thefacebook.com to let his classmates find their friends online.
