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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Today's Best Tweets
I've begun to spend a few minutes every day reading my twitter feed. Here are ten that caught my eye today...
The Balding Handbook @BaldingHandbook
Royal cover-up? No sign of a bald patch on Prince Charles's 60th birthday coin http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1056279/Royal-cover-No-sign-bald-patch-Prince-Charless-60th-birthday-coin.html … via @MailOnline
miketoomey @miketoomey
This day in 1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth but in fact Tammy Faye Bakker's pillow case.
USA TODAY Life @USATODAYlife
Lil Wayne has surpassed Elvis Presley as the leading male with the most entries on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. http://usat.ly/NTazko
Rolling Stone @RollingStone
#TheBeatles' remastered albums are finally coming out on vinyl: http://bitly.com/QWRqfc
Sam Sifton @SamSifton
Don't eat that gray snow, either. NYT reports on a ski resort that wants to use sewage effluent to make powder: http://nyti.ms/QVCSwz
Univ. of Illinois @Illinois_Alma
Here's a mesmerizing time lapse video of the demolition of Garner Hall. Did you live there? http://ow.ly/e2cBg
The New York Times @nytimes
Herbert Lom, Frustrated Boss of Inspector Clouseau, Dies at 95 http://nyti.ms/QWYDfm
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
Here's the story by colleague Willie Weinbaum about Adam Greenberg getting an at-bat. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8430448/7-years-later-miami-marlins-give-adam-greenberg-another-bat …
WBEZ @WBEZ
On new album, Green Day sorely missing the B.S. detector that has served them well during 12-yr rise via@JimDeRogatis http://bit.ly/Qf7kAA
WSCR AM @670TheScore
Listen: Indians Radio Announcer Rips Sox Fans For Lack Of Attendance http://cbsloc.al/VOoF7G