December 2010
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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“It is an architectural absurdity. Just south of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the...”
– NYT (via meredithbklyn)
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“If you move someone’s space saver and park your car in its place, you have no...”
– The “unofficial rules” for saving parking spots in South Boston, as detailed by the “Caught in Southie” blog
Dec 29th
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“There’s been a lot written about Detroit, but Charlie LeDuff’s essay ‘Who Killed...”
– David Brooks in his Tuesday New York Times column, citing Charlie’s story as one of the best this year. We’re inclined to agree. Check it out for yourself. (via motherjones)
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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#6642
ohnewsroom: Senior anchor to co-workers after the holiday: “I loved having four days off. I pretty much forgot all of your names.”
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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“Can he hit?”
– Willie Mays’ response to the question, “Is Major League Baseball ready for an openly gay player?” (via James S. Hirsch/the WSJ. H/T @xmasape)
Dec 28th
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She didn't know she was pregnant →
Coming soon to Animal Planet
Dec 22nd
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“People lie and cheat and steal all the time. That’s a fact of life. But rarely...”
– The words of an ex-husband referenced (but not named) in a The New York Times “Vows” column on Sunday.  [The “Vows” column for those who missed it]
Dec 21st
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That time our entertainment editor brought The Naked Cowboy to “True Grit”
Dec 21st
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“We did this because we just wanted one honest account of how this happened for...”
– Story behind controversial NYT Vows column — bride did it ‘for kids’ sakes’ (via today)
Dec 20th
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“According to the Atlantic Wire, the loud decry of the leaked government...”
– More: Assange Case Files Leaked: What Goes Around Comes Around? - TIME (via urlesque)
Dec 20th
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similecrum asked: Why do you call yourself "NBC Local"?
Dec 18th
similecrum asked: Why do you call yourself "NBC Local"?
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“The little-known fact that a secret brain trust of Young Hollywood stars,...”
– The Black List: 10 Things Rainn Wilson Hates About Young Hollywood - BlackBook (via bbook)
Dec 16th
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“The little-known fact that a secret brain trust of Young Hollywood stars,...”
– The Black List: 10 Things Rainn Wilson Hates About Young Hollywood - BlackBook (via bbook)
Dec 16th
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“Welcome to America, y’all,” Prince said, “where you can fail at your job, get...”
– Prince got political at the IZOD Center. (via hman)
Dec 16th
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“Welcome to America, y’all,” Prince said, “where you can fail at your job, get...”
– Prince got political at the IZOD Center. (via hman)
Dec 16th
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Twitter is somehow worth $3.7 billion. Somewhere,... →
Dec 15th
Twitter is somehow worth $3.7 billion. Somewhere,... →
Dec 15th
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“And that’s where the escalator watchers come in. This is a corps of uniformed...”
– file under: things we can learn from Moscow (via meredithbklyn) Funny. I used to have an editor like that…. (via markcoatney) Funny, we are editors like that. Seriously, move along.
Dec 15th
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“And that’s where the escalator watchers come in. This is a corps of uniformed...”
– file under: things we can learn from Moscow (via meredithbklyn) Funny. I used to have an editor like that…. (via markcoatney) Funny, we are editors like that. Seriously, move along.
Dec 15th
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We're Hiring! This Time in New York! →
Well, the folks at NBC New York are.  They’re accepting applications for a social media editor (which is the job title for one of this Tumblr blog’s managers). You’d get to help develop our latest project “The 20,” among other fun things. 
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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We're Hiring! This Time in New York! →
Well, the folks at NBC New York are.  They’re accepting applications for a social media editor (which is the job title for one of this Tumblr blog’s managers). You’d get to help develop our latest project “The 20,” among other fun things. 
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
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“I’m not worried about any gifts,” he said. “I just want my dog back,” 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw in response to burglars who stole his family’s dog and all of  their gifts over the weekend.
Dec 14th
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“I’m not worried about any gifts,” he said. “I just want my dog back,” 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw in response to burglars who stole his family’s dog and all of  their gifts over the weekend.
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
– Richard Holbrooke’s final words (Via @tertsherminator)
Dec 14th
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Reinventing The Atlantic
futurejournalismproject: Via joshsternberg: Nice piece about The Atlantic’s move to the black this year, moving adeptly through the digital universe: How did a 153-year-old magazine — one that first published the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and gave voice to the abolitionist and transcendentalist movements — reinvent itself for the 21st century? By pretending it was a Silicon Valley...
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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“JD, wouldn’t it be easier to write an album of, like, love songs?...”
– The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle announcing his upcoming album.
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“The Associated Press is putting all of its internship programs on a one-year...”
– Paul Colford, Spokesperson, Associated Press, on the suspension of its 26-year-old internship program. (via futurejournalismproject)
Dec 11th
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Snooki Starts a Tumblr →
Dec 11th
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