Cassi Van Den Dungen, 17-year-old Australian model, recently went to France to find modeling work for Paris Fashion Week, and got herself in a controversy by posting some outrageous post on Facebook, after returning home empty-handed. According to a report by The Daily Telegraph, she labeled the French as “frog eaters” and “snail “slurpers”. She also took on the “Frasians...

A spell of students being suspended regarding Facebook post and misuse grabbed the news in the recent past. Now, it seems like it’s teacher’s turn. Last week, an East Stroudsburg University professor was suspended over a Facebook post. Now, according to a report on the Telegraph, a teaching assistant accused of using Facebook to mock a four-year-old who cried in class has been suspended. Parents...

The Israel Defense Forces called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details of the operation, including the time and place, on Facebook on Wednesday, Haaretz reports, quoting Army Radio. The soldier described in a status update how his unit planned a “clean-up” arrest raid in a West Bank area. He is also said to have disclosed the name of the combat unit. His Facebook...

In an interesting turn of event, Lockport police posted a thank-you note on 39-year-old Christopher Crego’s Facebook page saying, “It was due to your diligence in keeping us informed that now you are under arrest.” According to the source, police in western New York said the fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace. Mr. Crego, who was wanted...

John Burge of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been living with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) for 16 years. Two years ago, he was told he needed a transplant, but unfortunately could not get a match. “We felt like we were at the end. We didn’t really feel like there was another option,” said Burge’s wife Katie. When no donor was found by mid-September, Burge’s son, Matthew, turned...