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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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Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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Top 10 secret menu fast foods
Ten of the strangest, most innovative entrees you won't see on fast food menus – but can get anyway, if you ask.
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Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s
Check out our picks for the best songs from the 2000s whose artists made the charts with these hits, but never released another successful song.
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers
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Sohrab Erabi: a new martyr for Iran's protesters?
The teenager disappeared June 15, when hundreds of thousands rallied in Tehran. Officials notified his mother of his death only on Saturday, despite her repeated inquiries at courts and prisons.
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Urumqi unrest: China's savvier media strategy
Taking a cue from Western PR tactics, Beijing moved away from trying to block coverage altogether – and was benefited by doing so.
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Photo exhibit offers an intimate look at America's jazz ambassadors
Black jazz legends were sent abroad as part of a State Department diplomatic push even while segregation continued back home.
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Greenpeace scales Mt Rushmore - issues challenge to Obama
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What China is doing to quell Uighur-Han unrest
Police established a curfew Tuesday, as 20,000 security forces roamed the streets. Internet connections have also been cut to prevent the violence from 'spreading.'
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It's National Cellphone Courtesy Month: Please silence your ringtone.
Column: We love our mobile phones, if only everyone else would stop using theirs.
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Opinion: A Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?
The free social-messaging utility uniquely documented and personalized the story of hope, heroism, and horror in Iran.
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British pin Wimbledon hopes on a Scot who hates second place
Andy Murray is hailed as Britain's best chance of winning the tennis championship since 1936. He's not the typical British tennis star.
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Survey: Healthcare reform less valuable than pizza
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Don't tell the boss: millions of Americans browse gossip sites at work
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After a lull, protests revive in Iran
Witnesses describe the unauthorized rally in Tehran Sunday that was ultimately broken up by police and militia.
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Flip Video succeeds with simplicity
Small, no-frills device is the point-and-shoot of video cameras.
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Michael Jackson's death leaves door open to hacker threat
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Battle for Iran is online as much as on the streets
Web and social media are helping protesters, but government censors are catching up.
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New Hero smart phone boasts Android brain and human touch
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Many Iranian-American protesters fear to speak too boldly
They want the story of their homeland told, but they worry about reprisals against relatives in Iran, as well as from pro-regime groups here in the US.
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ThisMoment captures personal scenes with a social sheen
New website rolls pictures, stories, even YouTube clips into customized slideshows.
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Why Iran's Twitter revolution is unique
The government's tight control of the Internet has spawned a generation adept at circumventing cyber roadblocks, making the country ripe for a technology–driven protest movement.
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Bulldoze the 'burbs?
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Montana job seekers asked for Facebook, MySpace logins
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Iran blames US for 'intolerable' meddling
Tens of thousands rallied behind defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi again on Wednesday. Soccer players at a World Cup qualifying match wore green to show their solidarity.
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US Persian news service provides critical link
US government-run broadcast enjoys new popularity as Iran blocks other media.
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From the tumult in Iran, Twitter emerges as a powerful social tool
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iPhone 3G S reviews are in – and so's OS 3.0
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