South Carolina resident Frank Brown has filed additional legal proceedings against the Snapchat mobile photo and video app, with accusations that founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy commited fraud and a lawsuit against the company's investors.

In an impromptu press conference yesterday at Toronto city hall, Mayor Rob Ford admitted that he had smoked crack before during a "drunken stupor" but that he would not be resigning as mayor.

After the Toronto police chief announced last week that it has obtained a digital video file of Mayor Rob Ford that is "consistent with the description that had been provided in news reports," the mayor himself is now asking the police to release the video for everyone.

This year, National Novel Writing Month has partnered with book discovery site Wattpad to offer a $2,000 prize for one lucky participant who completes a 50,000 word novel this month.

In dealing with the aftermath of Healthcare.gov's launch FAIL, the Medicare & Medicaid chief Marilyn Tavenner issued a formal apology in front of members of Congress today, assuring the American public that the website will be debugged and running smoothly by November.