2005: The first "CBS Evening News" report on Facebook

2005: The first "CBS Evening News" report on Facebook


2005: The first "CBS Evening News" report on Facebook

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:59 PM PDT

In May 2005, the "CBS Evening News" profiled a new website that was taking college campuses by storm. At the time it was called thefacebook.com. In this report from our archives, former CBS...
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Mayweather-Pacquiao hype helping to bolster boxing

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 07:26 PM PDT

Boxing, the sweet science, isn't as popular of a sport as it once was. But now that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are less than a month away from fighting, the sport is getting more attention...
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How South Africa's rhinos are being rescued

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:37 PM PDT

Last year alone, more than 1200 rhinos were slaughtered in South Africa for their horns. An ongoing poaching crisis has put the species at risk of extinction. Rhinos without Borders is working...
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11 presumed dead in military chopper crash in Florida

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 05:29 PM PDT

The chopper went down during a training mission Tuesday night. Crews have been searching the waters of Santa Rosa Sound for hours trying to spot the seven Marines and four soldiers.
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Experimental cancer therapy shown to dramatically prolong life

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:36 AM PDT

Duke University released a study Wednesday detailing the results of an experimental treatment aimed at getting a patient's immune system to fight off glioblastoma, a vicious form of brain cancer....
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London police "sorry" for actions before teen girls left for ISIS

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 07:14 PM PDT

The families of three teenage schoolgirls believed to have left the UK to join ISIS say they could have prevented the girls from leaving had the police warned them of the danger. The families...
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Boston bombing jury shown video of attack on MIT officer

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:30 PM PDT

The jury in the Boston bombing trial was shown distant surveillance video of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev approaching Officer Sean Collier's patrol car before he was killed. As Don Dahler...
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Secret Service agents under investigation for crashing into barrier

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:11 PM PDT

Two Secret Service agents are under investigation for driving an agency vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and crashing it into a barrier near the White House grounds on March 4th....
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Ferguson police chief out amid shakeup of city leaders

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:03 PM PDT

Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson is resigning his post after a scathing federal investigation found patterns of racial bias in the city's police department. Jackson's resignation is part of...
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OU SAE trustees: "horrible cancer" entered chapter

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:02 PM PDT

The Oklahoma University SAE Board of Trustees released a statement Wednesday about the fraternity involved in a racist video. Jericka Duncan reports.
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