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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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Earth Day 2013: 10 quotes about planet Earth
Earth Day is April 22. There is no shortage of famous musings on what Carl Sagan once called our 'pale blue dot.' Here are 10 of our favorite things said about planet Earth.
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Major League Baseball 2013: bobbleheads and fireworks galore for fans
Fans in the know are as likely to buy Major League Baseball tickets based on scheduled giveaways and promotions as on the opponent. Here then is a list to help introduce you to this aspect of game attendance.
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CSMonitor editors share their favorite people to follow on Twitter
Twitter turned 7 this week. In celebration of the social network's birthday, The Christian Science Monitor compiled a list of favorite Twitter accounts. Each is informative and useful in its own way. Find out what each section recommends for you.
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Hugo Chavez: Global reactions to the Venezuelan leader's death
While he was alive, Hugo Chávez – the longest ruling democratically elected leader in Latin America – inspired people who loved him as often as he inflamed those who didn’t. That polarization seemed to follow him in death.
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Black Friday? Nordstrom Rack goes one better.
Black Friday draws attention, but Nordstrom Rack is offering a deal with a different twist: a $50 coupon for $25, which is good through Dec. 31.
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Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin keep it upbeat -- exasperating critics
Bristol Palin and her mom, Sarah Palin, have used their reality TV shows – 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' – to underscore a secret to their appeal: the disarming smile.
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Fans tune in to see latest tweets from Tiger Woods. What did he say?
Tiger Woods opened a Twitter account in June, but until Wednesday, it remained static. Woods' greeting to the Twitterverse? Short and sweet.
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Africa's poor, left out of Millennium Development Goals summit, now have the stage
A conversation about September's Millennium Development Goals summit, which lacked the voice of those MDGs mean to help, led to an event to give voice to Africa's poor.
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The top words and phrases of 2010
The Global Language Monitor, a language analytics company based in Texas, tracks language trends around the world. One of its projects is an annual list of the year's most buzzed-about words, phrases, and people, which provides a good snapshot of what the world was thinking about in 2010. Click through below for the five most popular words and phrases of 2010.
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TSA screenings at airports too invasive? 'Opt Out' protest planned.
Internet grass-roots groups urge passengers to 'Opt Out' of the digital whole-body imaging scan on the day before Thanksgiving. The alternative to these TSA screenings is an 'enhanced' pat-down.
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Remember when the Web was competitive?
Google, Facebook and Amazon have proven virtually unassailable, regardless of who's taken them on.
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"Girl Talk" provokes copyright owners with free download of new album, 'All Day'
Musical artist and mashup DJ "Girl Talk" has posted his entire 'All Day' album online as a free download - provoking copyright owners for the fifth time.
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Android Gingerbread is in the oven, says Google
Android Gingerbread – the 2.3 iteration of Google's Android mobile OS – could hit phones as soon as the end of this month.
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Economy 2.0? Meet 'ifarmers' – they plant, tweet
Social-networking 'ifarmers' post messages from their tractor, or even from horseback, to reach consumers.
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Why the Twitterverse turned on South African politician Julius Malema
A spokesman for politician Julius Malema threatened to 'shut down' Twitter after fake accounts making fun of Mr. Malema surfaced. South Africans responded by making Malema, known as "Juju," one of the most popular topics on Twitter Friday.
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How can Amazon tame controversy over book on pedophilia?
Amazon has responded to customer pressure by removing a book on pedophilia from its site – but the controversy lives on.
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'Dancing with the Stars': Is tea party conspiracy helping Bristol Palin?
'Dancing with the Stars' judges are giving Bristol Palin low marks, but mama grizzly's tea party supporters may be keeping her swirling. What hath Election 2010 wrought?
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South Africa's growing trend: cynicism
Only a few months after the World Cup, South Africans' idealism has been replaced by cynicism about the country's values and a feeling that corruption is their only shared experience.
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Sarah Palin and Wall Street Journal in a food fight: Who's right?
Sarah Palin battles The Wall Street Journal over whether grocery prices are rising. A reporter there says no, but Palin's got ammo for her assertion of inflation at the cereal shelf.
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Katherine Jackson on Oprah: Children coping with father's death
Katherine Jackson said that Blanket, whose given name is Prince Michael Jackson II, is shy but now wants to attend school next year, when he'll be in fourth grade.
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Russian journalist's beating signals looming Medvedev-Putin battle
Saturday's brutal beating of Oleg Kashin highlights not only a withering of press freedom in Russia but also a broader effort to silence dissent ahead of 2012 elections.
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Obama turns to '60 Minutes.' Who is he trying to reach now?
President Obama's postelection media strategy seems to pull back from the edgy with an appearance on the tried-and-true '60 Minutes.' Some say the move makes sense.
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China puts Ai Weiwei, co-designer of Olympic 'Bird's Nest' stadium, under house arrest
Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-known artists who has become an increasingly vocal critic of the Chinese government, was about to leave for his Shanghai studio.
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How to flee the Facebook frenzy
Want a short respite from Facebook? A clean break? Here's what to do.
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The best Twitter hashtags for writers and readers
There are writing and book conversations happening 24/7 on Twitter.
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For 2010, Twitter is election night go-to for average Joes
As agile as the big cable networks have been this election night, political junkies and everyday people swear by Twitter for the latest raw election night data.
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2010 election results: media coverage in portions for every appetite
Coverage of the 2010 election results will be provided in more ways than ever before – from centuries-old delivery methods like newspapers to ABC News's iPad application.
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SF Giants win World Series after 56 years, riots follow
The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 in their first World Series win since 1954.
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Schwab hosts 2,000 financial advisors: Here are the take-aways
Some intel from the big Schwab conference in Boston last week.
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