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Police Arrest Man Over Olympic Tweets

A U.K. teenager was arrested and cited for harassment Tuesday for posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, police said. The first tweet told Daley he had let down his dad with his fourth-place finish in Monday's synchronized diving performance. A later tweet threatened Daley with drowning. Daley's father died of brain cancer last year and the 18-year-old Olympian had said he wanted to win a medal in tribute to his father's memory. In his...Full Story
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