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ESPN has punished Bill Simmons for writing tweets critical of Boston sports radio station WEEI. ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King wrote a blog post to confirm the news, writing that "we've taken appropriate measures."ESPN Radio and WEEI announced a partnership on October 7, and Simmons has criticized the Boston station on h (Read More)
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We're a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the best deals, you had to wait for the sales flyers to hit your newspaper or mailbox. You'd make a list of what you wanted and get your game plan together. But that's all changed because of social media. Tools like iPhone apps, blogs, Twitt (Read More)
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Last year, Peter Norback was looking for a way to do a service for his community. "Just before the election, Barack Obama was talking about community service. I had thought about that for years," said the 67-year-old resident of Tucson, Ariz. "But I couldn't get involved with those meetings that didn't do anything, it was j (Read More)
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As USA Basketball's spokesperson and primary media contact, it's safe to assume that Craig Miller receives a ton of phone calls and email inquiries that can quickly and easily fill up an eight-hour workday. Add that to the mix of coordinating all press conferences, overseeing all press releases, producing USA Basketball's w (Read More)
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A Vietnamese blog posted this picture of a package of 'Google' brand "bathroom paper."According to EnGadget's attempt to translate the text printed on the wrapper using Google Translate, the product's description reads,Very long, soft, smooth. Of high vacuum, because you always!Let us know at technology@huffingtonpost.com i (Read More)
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Thirteen-year-old fashion blogger Tavi already skipped school in September to attend New York Fashion Week, but WWD reports that the talented teen's next adventure will take place slightly farther away than the Big Apple. She's slated to be the guest of honor at Comme des Garcons' holiday party on November 27 at the 10 Cors (Read More)
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Founded this year, ThinkSocial's goal is to connect people and ideas to advance the use of social media to address society's most pressing challenges. Today we are very proud to announce the inaugural ThinkSocial Award Winners and also release Blueprints 1.0, a report detailing trends in social media for the public interest (Read More)
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Twitter will be adding commercial accounts to its site, a Tweet from Twitter COO Dick Costolo and interview with co-founder Biz Stone confirmed.Stone outlined the site's plans for commercial accounts in an interview with the BBC.The blog V3 reports Stone told the BBC,Twitter will always be free to everyone whether it's comm (Read More)
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Craig and Darren are back and since they destroyed the Twittersphere, Craig has moved on from Twitter to Linked In. Darren is still having none of it, begging the question, "Why does anyone us this site?" over and over again. Craig explains that one must be linked in to find a job, even though nobody he knows has ever found (Read More)
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While the overall U.S. financial system is showing signs of stability, a rapidly rising tide of troubled loans for commercial real estate threatens the survival of hundreds of the nation's small and medium-sized banks.Financial reports this month from federal regulators and industry analysts detail a new cycle of uncertaint (Read More)
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Jo Dee Messina, is a country singer with a big heart. She's been actively raised money and awareness for organizations like St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and the Special Olympics. But on Dec. 5, Messina is pitching in to help the tiny church organization Harvest Hands, Tonic Reports. Harvest Hands is a Community D (Read More)
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JCPenney is discontinuing its biannual "Big Book" catalog and instead will concentrate its efforts on creating smaller, more targeted catalogs, online selling and social media exposure. Case in point: the retailer's recent foray onto Facebook.
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One of the loudest populist voices in the Democratic Caucus predicted on Thursday that the party may have to forcefully challenge the White House on economic matters if it wanted to hold on to power in the 2010 elections.One day after calling on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) told (Read More)
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So you're working overtime and money's tight, but you still want to give back this holiday season? The Ning network, Happiness Inside has got you covered. In a recent blog post, Gordon Simmons, the founder of Happinesss Inside, put together 50 Ways to Give More This Season. The post is full of simple ways to donate a little (Read More)
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With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself launched their closing arguments to ensure passage. On Friday, five different groups released polling numbers, television advertisements, robocalls and fact-checking data in an e (Read More)