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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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2008’s most intriguing, fun, and brave technologies
Column: Tom Regan rolls through the year’s clever devices and creative decisions
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When is an online fad over?
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Microblog while you work
E-mail only gets you so far. Now, some companies turn to a new tool: pithy online posts.
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The novel by tweet
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Watching the election online - where to go?
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Quick houseplant update
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The novel by tweet
The microblogging site, Twitter, launches into serialized fiction for bored cubicle dwellers.
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The novel by tweet
The microblogging site, Twitter, launches into serialized fiction for bored cubicle dwellers.
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Obama gets blue-light special rate for primetime TV address
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Download a song, if you promise to vote; 'tweet' the debate as it happens; sing your way through election history; and more.
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What YouTube's 'Charlie bit my finger' tells us about Web 2.0
Our hunger to create, share, and talk is fueling a media revolution.
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Physical newspapers aren’t dying off – they’re evolving
Column: I may not subscribe for home delivery, but I read the news more than ever.
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Blu-ray and Yahoo inject the Web into television
Coming to a TV set near you: IMs, eBay, Wikipedia, and widgets.
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Who's coming to Sabbath dinner?
An Orthodox Jewish family hosts curious strangers at weekly meals.
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Facebook, the movie: the Facebook group
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When disasters strike, citizen journalists turn to Twitter
Why more news outlets are setting up bureaus in the blogosphere.
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China quake loosens government’s grip online
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Why I bought a Kindle
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'Write as short as you can'
A collection of six-word mini-memoirs.
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'Write as short as you can'
A collection of six-word mini-memoirs.
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Face-off by Facebook
Using Web social networks for political ends is a new political force – for the better.
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Twitter: How news and politics plays on a popular social networking service
It lets users know what their friends are up to and also serves as an alert service for breaking news.
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Hurdles ahead for Google's cellphone plan
Bringing Internet openness to the closed wireless world is bold but difficult, analysts say.



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