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A few different people have sent over this fascinating story of how Libyans have been using a popular muslim dating site to communicate about the protests in that country.

It's been widely covered how various protesters around the middle east have been using tools like Facebook and Twitter to organize and communicate, and governments have been responding to that fact, often shutting off access to those sites, or at least monitoring them very, very closely.

The Internet has been captivated by news of a balloon flying over Colorado this afternoon that was believed to be carrying a 6-year-old boy.

Fortunately, this story has a happy ending: the boy has been found safe and at home.

Just when you think this story is over … there’s now video of President Obama calling Kanye West a “jackass.” The clip first appeared earlier today on Politico, who then pulled it,

Facebook just sent us the staggering stats coming out of their live Michael Jackson memorial stream, created in partnership with CNN.

The numbers far exceed those from Obama’s inauguration, making this the biggest live Facebook event in history.

The stats at 10.30am (30 minutes into the memorial itself, although the stream began earlier):

- 500,000 status updates posted
- 300,000 users logged in using FB Connect and CNN
- Approx 6,000 status updates per minute (double the average during Obama’s inauguration)