Pets In Austin Find Loving Foster Homes After Being Displaced By Floods

Now, it’s love that’s raining down on Austin’s furry friends. After a severe storm on Monday night flooded Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC), a no-kill shelter in Austin, Texas, dozens of cats and dogs were displaced. Austin Pets Alive!, a rescue organization housed inside of TLAC, posted a plea for help on Facebook, and just hours later a long line

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Sheryl Sandberg Won’t Take Leave Of Absence From Facebook After Husband’s Death

Sheryl Sandberg returned to work Monday, just 10 days after the death of her husband, David Goldberg. Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, will not be traveling for work during this transitionary period and will work around her two young children’s school schedules, according to Re/code’s Kara Swisher. “Sandberg decided to return to Facebook — rather than taking a leave —

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Twitter Stock Tanks After Earnings Spoiler

Twitter stock tanked more than 18 percent by market close on Tuesday after the microblogging site’s disappointing earnings hit the Web ahead of schedule. The first-quarter results, which were initially published by market data firm Selerity, reported revenue of $436 million, below the $458 million analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected. It was not immediately clear how the information

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Wale Waited 6 Months To Tweet The Perfect Response To Drake’s Photo

With an assist from Washington Wizards forward Paul Pierce, Wale just settled a hip-hop score with Drake that was months in the making. The Canadian rapper rubbed a Toronto Raptors victory over the Washington Wizards in Wale’s face about six months ago, posting a view of the lopsided score to Instagram and tagging the D.C. native. In sweet, sweet retribution,

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Why Was This Catholic School Teacher Reinstated After Anti-Gay Facebook Posts?

(RNS) — Patricia Jannuzzi, the veteran Catholic high school teacher from New Jersey suspended for her anti-gay Facebook posts, will be reinstated immediately, school principal Jean Kline said in a letter. Jannuzzi, a 33-year theology teacher at Immaculata High School in Sommerville, N.J., was forced to deactivate her Facebook page last month after several alumni started circulating screen shots of

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