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'American Idol,' can Twitter popularity predict the winner?
The Baltimore SunAngie Miller and her steely-eyed focus transmitted into the homes of 10-plus million American Idol viewers won her 50,000 followers in the Twitterverse the week of the show's Top 10 reveal -- nearly 18,000 more social media fans than her next highest...Tags: Chris Daughtry, Social Media, Entertainment Events
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Fighting homophobia by tracking down its source
As a journalist, I'm a big believer in free speech, but also in the idea that bigotry and wrongdoing are fair game for scrutiny. Regardless of your political leanings, it's fair to say that publicly ridiculing others in a confrontational and...
Tags: Human Rights, Social Media, Homophobia, United Nations, Discrimination
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Niall Ferguson's blooper
At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, "effete" homosexual, he embraced a doctrine that favored...
Tags: Milton Friedman, Awards and Prizes, Same-Sex Marriage, Sonia Sotomayor, Gays and Lesbians
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How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)
Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...
Tags: Apple iPad, Social Media, Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Corporation, The Players Championship
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CNN, MSNBC, Fox show true colors in choice of stories this week
The Baltimore SunLast week was a great one for cable news watching. Not because any one channel did such outstanding work, but rather because several stories clamored simultaneously for the camera’s attention. The choices that a channel makes in such situations are...Tags: Television, Prosecution, Justice System, Abusive Behavior, Trials
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The Internet celebrates LeBron, Europe, your mom
It's Europe Day! (Yeah, we didn't know that either.) Welcome to your trends report for Friday, May 10. You're not alone if you were in the dark about the EU's annual holiday: Apparently, very few Europeans know that it exists. Nonetheless, between that,...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Social Media, San Antonio Spurs, Bangladesh, Media Industry
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Sanford and Hicks go to Congress, The CIA goes to Hollywood and CNN stays put
Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been elected to the House (or at least that's where we hear he's going). Welcome to your trends report for Monday, May 8, 2013. Sanford will head to Capitol Hill after facing off against Elizabeth...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Executive Branch, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Indiana Pacers, Government
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High-flying moves and a killer waltz for Jacoby Jones on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Tonight on “Dancing with the Stars,” each couple did two full dances. As the couples were introduced, Jacoby Jones was wearing a cowboy hat. We didn’t find out why until his first routine, which turned out to be a Viennese waltz to...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bleep (euphemism), Bars and Clubs, Justice System, Judges
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Torrey Smith cuts off his dreadlocks
The Baltimore SunRavens wide receiver Torrey Smith has joked about cutting off his dreadlocks before but never followed through with it. Even getting pulled down to the ground by his hair two seasons ago by Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones wasn't enough to...Tags: Adam Jones (football), Torrey Smith
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Tim Tebow will now have time to celebrate International Dance Day
Feliz Día Internacional de la Danza! Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 29, 2013. As the international Twitter scene lights up with colorful pictures of people dancing all over the world, the East Coast is more focused on the release...
Tags: Boston Celtics, Winnipeg Jets, Dwight Howard, Sports Illustrated, New York Rangers
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Would Rutgers transfer Eli Carter fit in with Maryland?
The Baltimore SunThere’s been a lot of buzz on Twitter the past few days about where Eli Carter would land after asking for his release from Rutgers. The 6-2 guard led the Scarlet Knights in scoring as a freshman (13.8) and again as a sophomore (14.9) before his...Tags: Students, Basketball, Teaching and Learning
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World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen
Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after his sentencing over what amounts to a human-...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Iron Man 3 (movie), Social Media, Punishment, Barclays Center
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