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Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A graphic video of one of several weekend assaults in the Five Points area of Columbia has surfaced in a post on Facebook.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  The head of South Carolina's National Guard has spoken with Gov. Nikki Haley's husband about Facebook posting and says Michael Haley expressed himself as a private citizen, not as a member of the Guard.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  The North Carolina father who became an overnight celebrity after posting a YouTube video of himself shooting his daughter's laptop is moving on.

Friday, February 10, 2012  Tommy Jordan of Albermarle, NC, responded to a lengthy, "disrespectful" Facebook post by his 15-year-old daughter by posting a video of himself unloading his pistol into her laptop on YouTube.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010  An Arkansas school board member allegedly says he would not wear purple to show support for bullied gay and lesbian youth unless "they all commit suicide."