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New York Times NYC Subway Push : Picture Grows with Controversy

A man was arrested for pushing a man onto the tracks of an oncoming train in New York City.  He pushed the man and watched from the platform, making no effort to help him up, as the man was hit by an oncoming train. “He wouldn’t leave me alone, so I pushed him,” Naeem Davis […]

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Pope Benedict XVI Opens Twitter Account: @Pontifex

Even though a single Tweet has yet to be sent, Pope Benedict XVI’s Twitter account totals 432,96 followers, with many more expected to join that number. The Vatican opened the account as an attempt to use the new media platform to connect to new audiences. The Pope’s primary Twitter handle, @Pontifex, is the English-speaking account, […]

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Miami School Bus Shooting : Thirteen-year-old girl shot on bus

4A 13-year-old girl was shot on a Miami-area charter school bus Tuesday morning and airlifted to a hospital. After browsing some news articles it appears the gun shot the child suffered in the Miami Bus Shooting was fatally shot.  Miami-Dade Police said they are questioning a male student in custody, but did not release any […]

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Walmart’s Black Friday Flyer is Here {2012 Ad}

It seems companies are starting to market holiday sales earlier and earlier.  Before Halloween was over I started seeing Christmas supplies in stores!  It used to be a sale right after Thanksgiving, but now they are also starting to give deals before Black Friday.  Walmart released their New Black Friday Ad for 2012 already. Their […]

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Mitt Romney Cha Cha Slide Tweet – BU Student Goes Viral

Patrick Curran from Boston University posted a tweet that went viral during the presidential foreign policy debate.  We’ll call his tweet, the “Cha Cha Romney Slide”.  Anyway, he had around 124 retweets and tweeted he had become a celebrity.  A little while later he had 15,000 tweets and said, “I think I just became famous”. […]

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Fewer Horses And Bayonets : Obama’s Navy Comment

Obama’s, “Fewer Horses and Bayonets“, comment during the foreign policy debate was quite the blow to Romney.  If you start to see this viral comment from the final presidential debate you can now see where it came from. Obama’s Navy Comment: “You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships […]

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Obama’s Optimal Comment Causes a Stir

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired a pre-recorded interview with the president and there is a little controversy regarding the attack on 9/11. Obama’s being analyzed for a comment he made regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans dead.  […]