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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover.A survey by online job site CareerBuilder.com of 3,169 hiring managers found 22 percent of them screened potential staff via social networking profiles, up from 11 percent in 2006.An additional nine percent said they don't currently use social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace to screen potential employees but they do plan to start.

At the CTIA Wireless trade show this week, Virgin Mobile USA introduced the Shuttle, a red-and-black slider phone that runs on Sprint's physical EVDO 3G network.

Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the internet company tries to polish its tarnished franchise.The makeover outlined for reporters Thursday represents a key step in Yahoo's push to regain the momentum that it lost while being outmaneuvered by Internet search rival Google Inc. and more recent upstarts like the rapidly growing online hangouts MySpace and Facebook.

This ad featuring Jessica Alba is part of a campaign by Declare Yourself, a non-profit dedicated to getting young people to vote.

Everyone will be forced to change despite groups forming on Facebook to protest against the move.