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Dharun Ravi filmed his gay roommate being intimate with another man and posted the video on the internet. After finding out the private moment had been broadcast, Tyler Clementi tragically jumped to his death in 2010.

The 20-year-old Rutger's University student was found guilty of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation in February, but was finally sentenced for his crimes today.

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We were so devastated to lose yet another disco legend and music industry great this Sunday, with the passing of the Bee Gees' Robin Gibb.

Robin, like Donna Summer, had been battling cancer as well and their untimely passings have brought even more awareness to this horrible disease.

Among those celebrities and fans who tweeted their condolences for Robin are:

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Facebook has been in the news, lately.

It's back in the spotlight again, but this time it's for all the wrong reasons!

The social media conglomerate banned pictures of Heather Walker's deceased infant son, Grayson, who was born with Anencephaly - a rare brain disorder which prevents the brain from fully developing.

Although the mother and father knew early on that their baby would not survive, they decided to give birth to him anyway even though they knew he'd only live for a short time.

Her story gained legs from a blog she kept on her family's experience, and professional photographers were sent in to the mother's hospital room to shoot pictures of her holding her deceased baby.

After Walker uploaded pictures of the emotional day on her Facebook profile to her friends and family she soon realized that Facebook wasn't interested in her sharing this emotional story and BANNED Walker's pictures and blocked her from the social media website for 24 hours.

Here's what Walker said:

"Facebook deleted them because of the 'content', they allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I'm not allowed to share a picture of God's beautiful creation."

Walker executed a useful loophole on Facebook by posting the photos of Grayson on a newly created fan page, and after twenty four hours the pictures were back up on her profile which only her friends were able to see.

Afterwards, Walked posted on her blog an emotional written piece on her experience. She said:

"As I was watching Private Practice last night, I was taken back to that day for a moment. Amelia, one of the doctors, had a baby with anencephaly. As she voiced what she was feeling that day, I too can relate. I remember lying in the hospital bed wondering if he was going to be alive or how long he was going to live. I wondered what he was going to look like.  So many thoughts rushed through my brain that Wednesday morning. Of course he was perfect and fought for 8 hours. He was so beautiful and sweet."

This is an incredibly emotional and sad story, but we're so happy that Walker was finally able to show the world the photos of her love on Facebook.

We think it was a necessary step for her to overcome her great loss and subsequent grief.

All our regards to the Walker family.

[Image via Jessica Walker.]

Aww! Taylor Swift is so sweet!

The award-winning singer and songwriter has reached out to the family of a dead marine by not only sending flowers with a personal note attached (above), but by calling them too!

Sergeant Wade Wilson passed away during combat on May 11 and his friend, Corporal Josh Marreel, decided to ask Swifty via YouTube to honor the deceased. In a video, Marreel told the young star what a huge fan his buddy was and explained:

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This is so incredibly sad.

After a long and - in the past few months, especially tumultuous - battle with cancer, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has passed away at the age of 62.

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Such an unbelievable shame that egos couldn't be put aside for the greater good.

Whitney Houston will be honored at tonight's Billboard Music Awards with the Millennium Award, but sources close to production have revealed that there has been all kinds of behind-the-scenes drama and complications - all because members of the late icon's family are at war over who will accept on her behalf!

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So sad to think that so many living things have endured such mistreatment and neglect all at the expense of a fad!

Due to the success of the Harry Potter book series and subsequent film adaptations, many sought out their own pet owls just like the young wizard had, but now that the final movie has been released, hundreds of the birds - which can live up to 20 years - have been abandoned all over England!

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