Two students suspended after posting controversial Facebook photo

Two students suspended after posting controversial Facebook photo

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Two high school students say they’re facing expulsion over a photo posted to Facebook.Tito Velez, 16, and his girlfriend, Jamie Pereira, are shown holding airsoft guns in ahomecoming photo they posted on Facebook last Friday, according to WCVB.Airsoft guns are replicas, which can fire plastic pellets, and are intended to be non-lethal.

Mom's Facebook post gets 4-year-old son expelled

Mom's Facebook post gets 4-year-old son expelled

CALLAHAN, Fla. -- A Florida mom is fuming after her 4-year-old son was kicked out of preschool because of something she posted to her own Facebook page.Ashley Habat doesn’t think her 4-year-old son should be punished for what she wrote.Habat said her son, Will, was late for school on picture day at his private Christian preschool.When they arrived, she told the school that she thought it didn’t give parents enough notice for picture day.

Banned for life? Mother says photo of her two-year-old daughter could get her kicked off the site

Banned for life? Mother says photo of her two-year-old daughter could get her kicked off the site

NORTH CAROLINA (WITI) -- Facebook officials are speaking out after a Hickory, North Carolina mother says she could be banned for life after posting a photo of her young daughter that exposed her buttocks.Jill White, a photographer from Hickory, North Carolina told WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina she recreated the famous "Coppertone Girl" pose with her two-year-old daughter.

WHOOPS! Man accused of burglarizing home logs onto Facebook there...and forgets to log off

WHOOPS! Man accused of burglarizing home logs onto Facebook there...and forgets to log off

MINNESOTA (WITI) -- WHOOPS!Some people...just can't fight the urge to check their Facebook account constantly -- but this man picked the wrong place and the wrong time!According to WCCO in Minneapolis, a Minnesota man is sitting in jail...because he logged on to Facebook.WCCO reports police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his Facebook profile from a home he broke into on June 19th.Unfortunately, he forgot to log off.The homeowner, James Wood, came home to find his house ransacked -- credit cards, cash and his watch all gone."I started to panic, but then I noticed he had pulled up his Facebook page," the homeowner, James Wood said.Wood posted to Wig's profile -- stating Wig had just burglarized his home -- even sharing his phone number.Wig texted him later that day.So how did police catch up with Wig?

Woman creates fake Facebook account, discovers niece is planning murder

Woman creates fake Facebook account, discovers niece is planning murder

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WITI/AP) — Authorities in central Alabama have arrested a 19-year-old woman they say tried to have someone she met on Facebook kill her family.But the person she was talking to over the social media site was actually her aunt.AL.com reports that Marissa Williams was arrested Monday and charged with solicitation of murder.

Kenosha Police Dept. issues warning about Facebook scam

Kenosha Police Dept. issues warning about Facebook scam

KENOSHA (WITI) -- The Kenosha Police Department issued a warning on Monday, January 20th regarding a Facebook scam.According to police, some Kenosha-area residents have reported receiving messages from their known "Facebook friends" asking if they have a Chase Bank account.According to authorities, if the person replies that they do have a Chase Bank account, their Facebook friend will then ask for their account number -- claiming they can get "grant money" deposited into their account.Officials say a person then calls the victim, claiming to be a part of the grant deal, and requests PIN numbers and the location of their bank.The Kenosha Police Department is advising residents to NEVER give out personal information via Facebook.

Can Facebook predict your breakup?

Can Facebook predict your breakup?

(CNN) -- You're about to get dumped, and you have no idea -- but Facebook does!A new study by Cornell University and Facebook suggests the social network can predict how healthy your relationship is.Researchers got insight from more than a million Facebook users.The yardstick used to measure a relationship was something the researchers called dispersion -- or how well a couple's mutual friends are connected.Researchers found that a couple with a "low dispersion" -- or when the couple's friends are well-connected on the site, are 50% more likely to end the relationship over the next two months than a couple who has a "high dispersion" -- or connections to different groups of people.In simple terms, the study suggests people in the healthiest relationships have their own lives and friends.The findings will be presented at a conference on social computing in February.