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Singing Starbucks employee fired over YouTube video

Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 1:44pm

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. -- YouTube's latest rising viral star just lost his job. Christopher Cristwell, 25, is making national headlines after he posted a video of himself on YouTube singing about his job at the Chowchilla Starbucks.

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In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 image taken from video, a group of people tilt a burning BMW up to free Brandon Wright, on his back on the ground, who was pinned underneath after he collided with the car while riding his motorcycle on U.S. 89 in Logan, Utah. Authorities said Wright was riding his motorcycle near the Utah State University campus in Logan when the 21-year-old collided with the BMW that was pulling out of a parking lot. Tire and skid marks on the highway indicate that Wright laid the bike down and slid along the road before colliding with the car, Assistant Police Chief Jeff Curtis said. (AP Photo/Chris Garff)

Utah bystanders lift burning car off motorcyclist

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 8:27am

Click here to see video of the rescue on YouTube

LOGAN — The students knew they had to act quickly when they disregarded the dangers of approaching a smoking car and rushed to help lift it so a man — trapped beneath with a motorcycle just feet away in flames — could be freed.

Abbass Sharif remembers only that something needed to be done as he, a fellow Utah State University doctoral candidate and more than half dozen others lined up on one side of the 4,000-pound car. They were able to lift it within moments, allowing one of the rescuers to pull Brandon Wright to safety.

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'Snake on a Windshield' goes viral on YouTube

Cindy Wolff Memphis Commercial Appeal

Last updated Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 2:31pm

While "Snakes on a Plane" was a box office flop, a video dubbed "Snake on a Windshield" has soared to viral status on YouTube.

Rachel Fisher was recently flying about 65 mph down Sam Cooper Boulevard in Memphis, Tenn., with husband Tony and three children when a snake popped its head out from underneath the hood beside the windshield wipers.

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Scott Davis, a sheriffs deputy in Cumberland County, Tenn., created and hosts the online series "The Missing." Hes shown, at left, with "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, with whom he developed a NASCAR program to aid missing children. (SHNS photo courtesy Knoxville News-Sentinel)

Missing children the focus of online video series

Natalie Neysa Alund, Scripps Howard News Service Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, July 1, 2011 - 2:43pm

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- When teenage runaway Lara Snyder bumped into Scott Davis in the Cumberland County Justice Center lobby, she didn't recognize him.

"You probably don't know me," Davis recalled telling the 15-year-old girl who'd been missing for months and recently returned home to her mother's Crossville, Tenn., residence.

But as Davis spoke, the teen's eyes grew big.

"I know your voice," Davis said Lara told him. "You're the guy who did the show on me on the Internet. I watched it while I was running. I didn't think anybody cared."

By day, Davis works for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office as the sex offender registry compliance officer.

By night, he runs an international online series in an attempt to gain exposure for missing children throughout not only Tennessee, but the world. The program, "The Missing," broadcasts on the Internet via YouTube and is shared with similar sites, including Facebook.

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Jury finds mother not guilty of urging daughter to fight

Pablo Lopez, Paula Lloyd, The Fresno Bee

Last updated Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:39am

FRESNO, Calif. -- A jury took only two hours Wednesday to find a Fresno woman not guilty of urging her daughter to fight a 13-year-old girl -- even though her actions were captured on a YouTube video.

On the video, Carla Jimenez is seen circling the two combatants and telling her 12-year-old daughter, "Swing, baby, swing!" She then shouts out the F-word when someone tries to stop the fight.

When the verdict was announced in Fresno County Superior Court, Jimenez appeared stunned, holding onto the defense table for support.

The mother of the 13-year-old -- Cecelia Cerda -- bolted from the courtroom before Judge Gary Orozco thanked the jury for its public service.

"I'm upset," Cerda said afterward. "I just can't believe it, because she admitted to everything."

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Mom admits to bad decision for encouraging daughter, 12, to fight

Pablo Lopez, The Fresno Bee

Last updated Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 9:37am

FRESNO, Calif. -- A Fresno mother accused of encouraging her 12-year-old daughter to fight another girl -- a 35-second battle posted on YouTube -- said Monday that school officials ignored her complaints about her daughter being bullied.

In her first interview since her arrest in September, Carla Jimenez, 43, admitted that she made a poor decision when she told her daughter to defend herself against the other girl instead of breaking up the fight.

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Middle school dean allegedly gives students middle finger in video

Lauren Roth, The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 3:56pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A dean at Freedom Middle School in Orlando is under investigation by Orange County school district officials after a video was posted on YouTube that appears to show him giving students the middle finger.

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(Associated Press file photo) Former New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines appears during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., in 2009. Daines, the innovative commissioner who left a lucrative private-sector career to fight for public health issues including a war against childhood obesity, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in Bolivia. He graduated from Utah State University in Logan in 1974.

Former health commissioner, LDS missionary dies

Michael Gormley, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:40pm

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Dr. Richard Daines, the innovative New York health commissioner who left a lucrative private-sector career to fight for public health issues -- including a battle against childhood obesity -- has died at age 60.

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Study finds many graphic YouTube self-harm videos

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 21, 2011 - 10:58am

CHICAGO -- YouTube videos on cutting and other self-injury methods are an alarming new trend, attract millions of hits and could serve as a how-to for troubled viewers, a study warns.

Many videos show bloody live enactments or graphic photos of people cutting their arms or legs with razors or other sharp objects, the study found. Many also glamorize self-injury and few videos discourage it, the study authors said.

They also feature haunting music and rich imagery that may attract young self-injurers and trigger the behavior, especially in those who have just started to self-injure, the authors suggest.

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Pilot who posted airport security video steps forward

Cathy Locke, Kim Minugh, The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 2:59pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The pilot who posted a cell phone video on YouTube revealing potential loopholes in airport security identified himself Monday and said he is "pretty shocked" by the national uproar he has caused.

Chris Liu, a 50-year-old Colfax, Calif., resident and 27-year veteran pilot, said in an interview with a Sacramento television station that he never imagined his "little video" of what he felt were lax procedures at San Francisco International Airport would get much attention.

The video, posted Nov. 30, has since been pulled from YouTube, and Liu has been stripped of his role in a federal anti-terrorism program that allowed him to carry a handgun while flying. His story has been covered by media across the country including local outlets, CNN and Fox News.

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Bieber, 'Bed Intruder Song' top YouTube in 2010

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 13, 2010 - 8:19am

NEW YORK — Antoine Dodson's dramatic reaction to a local crime has spawned the most-watched YouTube video of the year, excepting music videos.

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Disney bus driver placed on paid leave after YouTube confrontation

Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, October 15, 2010 - 9:37am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Walt Disney World Resort bus driver has been placed on paid leave after a physical confrontation between the driver and a guest that was captured on video and uploaded to YouTube.com.

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