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$In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 photo, Duane Sherman, 96, poses at home with a small fraction of the 50,000 birthday cards he's received after his daughter's social media request for people to send him cards to cheer him up on his birthday went viral in Fullerton, Calif. (Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP)$

Daughter’s plea draws 50,000 birthday cards for US veteran

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Oklahoma House votes to ban members from livestreaming video

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This Nov. 1, 2017, file photo shows prints of some of the Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, in Washington. According to a study published Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Science Advances, people older than 65 and conservatives shared far more false information in 2016 on Facebook than others. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016

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Facebook rebuts Vietnam claims over alleged illegal content

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Army ring missing at least 2 years returned to owner

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Louisville lawmaker decides against run for governor

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Whelan family shows Paul Whelan in Iceland. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in Russia on espionage charges, was visiting Moscow over the holidays to attend a wedding when he suddenly disappeared, his brother said Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (Courtesy of the Whelan Family via AP)

Jailed American spent years collecting Russian contacts

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German journalists’ group advises against travel to Turkey

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Evangelist Franklin Graham speaks during a mass prayer rally on Boston Common, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Boston as part of a tour to urge evangelicals to vote. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Facebook apologizes for banning evangelist Franklin Graham

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Rollercoaster Stock Market Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Stock market is in a cyclical funk for reasons that will pass, albeit painfully

By Peter Morici

Specialist Matthew Greiner works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. U.S. stocks wavered between small gains and losses Friday, struggling to maintain the momentum from a two-day winning streak following a week of volatile trading. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trade war, big profits, wild swings: a look at 2018 markets

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Evangelist Franklin Graham speaks during a mass prayer rally on Boston Common, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Boston as part of a tour to urge evangelicals to vote. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Franklin Graham blasts Facebook over temporary ban

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Trader Joseph Lawler works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. U.S. stocks staged a furious late-afternoon rally Thursday, closing with gains after erasing a 600-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trade war, profits, marijuana: Markets saw it all in 2018

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Facebook, YouTube algorithms, facial id usher in tech dystopia

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. We may remember 2018 as the year in which technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley’s connect-everything ethos. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 21, 2018 file photo, a Facebook start page is shown on a smartphone in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) **FILE**

Breaking up (with Facebook) is hard to do: Here’s how

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Human rights group report gains traction, Twitter hammered

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What can you do to protect your data on Facebook?

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

An employee at a photography institute checks his Facebook account in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Facebook is shutting down a series of fake news sites spreading false information about the Bangladesh opposition days before national elections, a top security official with the global social media platform said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Facebook shuts down fake Bangladesh news sites ahead of vote

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press