Cards' La Russa Sues Twitter

Sellers turning blind eye to smuggling, devastating problem: suit

(NEWSER) - The town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, has only 14 residents, but four beer stores which sell nearly 5 million cans a year. If you think those numbers sound strange, you're paying more attention than beer makers, a lawsuit from the Oglala Sioux Tribe charges. The Pine Ridge reservation—where alcohol is outlawed—is just two miles north of Whiteclay across the state line in South Dakota, and the tribe is suing five major beer makers (Anheuser-Busch InBev, SAB Miller, Molson Coors, MillerCoors, and Pabst) it accuses of knowingly contributing to devastating alcohol problems on the reservation, reports AP . More»

Hamza Kashgari, 23, tweeted that he wants to talk to Mohammed as a 'friend'

(NEWSER) - Islamists are calling for the execution of a young Saudi Arabian who tweeted last week about the Prophet Mohammed. "I have loved the rebel in you, you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me," Hamza Kashgari, 23, wrote in a tweet addressed to Mohammed. But "I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you,” he added. "I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more." His tweets triggered more than 30,000 responses in a single day, many of them from enraged Saudis calling for his death. Kashgari has since deleted his Twitter account, and apologized, but his home address was posted on YouTube and vigilantes have been hunting him at his mosque, reports the Daily Beast . More»

Employees awkwardly encourage you to apply for a job

(NEWSER) - Twitter wants YOU to "Join the Flock Today," the company says in a new—and intentionally awful—recruitment video. The video is a send-up of other, often cringe-inducing, help-wanted videos, and it features employees uttering awkward lines like, "Boy, I wish I didn't already work here so I could apply for a job!" Writes David Gianatasio at AdWeek , "This clip hits the bull's-eye, especially since the target is presumably in sync with the microblogging firm's corporate mindset and attuned to silly humor." More»

Former MVP says he had a 'weak night'

(NEWSER) - Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton had to step before the cameras today and admit he had a "weak night" this week when we went to a bar and had "three or four" drinks, reports the Dallas Morning News . A pro athlete tipping back a few wouldn't normally be news, but Hamilton has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse—he missed the entire 2004 and 2005 seasons before making a comeback that earned him MVP honors in 2010. More»

It involves whining about a sandwich

(NEWSER) - How to be an ace tweeter? Megan Garber at the Atlantic pores over a new study and starts her lesson with what not to do. This would be "The Most Annoying Tweet Imaginable":

• "BREAKING: Last week I had a #sandwich that was SO HORRIBLE, it made me want to #scream. Seriously, why can't they make better #sandwiches?"