House Republicans aren’t leaving it to lawmaking to get the Keystone XL pipeline built: They’re also turning to social media. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has started the Twitter feed @KXLFiles in recent days, according to committee spokeswoman Charlotte Baker. The first-person feed...
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The area of Boylston Street after two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Boston Bombing Spurs Internet Tracking
As officials continue to pursue suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, the highest-profile act of terror in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in 2001, individuals are taking to the Internet in efforts to identify potential...
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Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks during a forum on U.S. and Saudi relations in Washington, DC.
Zbig News: Tweeting on Cyber Attacks
This is @zbig: Zbigniew Brzezinski, the stern-voiced former National Security Adviser and a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, has started tweeting. About cyber attacks. In his debut today on Twitter, ”Dad,” as daughter Mika...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jeb Bush: Republicans Too ‘Anti’
Jeb Bush says it’s time his Republican Party stops being known as the “anti” party. It’s time, he says, to reach out to Americans who have been excluded. “We used to be the party in the front,” Bush said...
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Ellen DeGeneres poses for a portrait during the 39th Annual People's Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A.
Obama’s BDay Greet for DeGeneres
Beyonce wasn’t the only one lip-syncing at the inauguration this week. Ellen DeGeneres’ producers were taking some liberties of their own. The Ellen DeGeneres Show worked over the video of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address to render a birthday greeting to...
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Sen. Rand Paul during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
Rand Paul vs. Kerry-Clinton Democrats
Sen. Rand Paul is laying down some fire lines. The Kentucky Republican and son of former Texas congressman Ron Paul, said to be considering a presidential campaign of his own, has revealed a take-no-hostages approach to his questioning of departing...
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Mitt Romney and President Obama walk past each other on stage at the end of the last debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
Obama vs. Romney in 2012 Contest: More Engineers Than Ideas
We are ending a campaign in which more than $3 billion likely has been spent, and yet it has been remarkably small bore. Neither President Barack Obama nor Republican Mitt Romney has advanced a single big idea. There is no...
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A delegate poses with a red, white and blue top hat in the Facebook photo booth during the RNC in Tampa, Florida.
Voters on Social Media Should Dodge ‘Bombs’ Before Nov. 6
Updated 5:50 pm EST Dodge the Google bombs. Outsmart the Twitter bots. Stay off the astroturf. Most Web users don’t realize it yet, but these are tasks they face in the 12 days left before the election to avoid being...
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Obama `Rusty:’ 26% Tweeted — Romney `On Game:’ 22%
Twitter was abuzz over last night’s presidential debate. And people are still tweeting. More than 10.3 million “tweets” were issued in the course of the 90-minute face-off between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. In addition to Big Bird...
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Reading the Los Angeles Times using the Flipboard app on an iPad in Los Angeles.
Online News Outpacing Radio, Newspapers — Television Next
More people get their news online than from radio or newspapers, and television could be next to lose out in the evolving habits of news consumers, according to a poll out today. The survey by the Pew Research Center for...
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