Friday, January 17, 2014

Today's Best Tweets--January 17



Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...




CBS News ‏@CBSNews 5m
The last Japanese Imperial soldier to surrender - a full 29 years after the end of WWII - dies at the age of 91 http://cbsn.ws/1kGxjoK

Huffington Post ‏@HuffingtonPost 36s
Happy birthday, Betty White! The national treasure turns 92 today pic.twitter.com/vtW5MydVWU http://huff.to/1dBgt58

Margaret Eby ‏@margareteby 9m
Yes, we should still teach novels to high school students: http://nydn.us/1hsf4P9

Chicago Red Stars ‏@chicagoredstars 2m
With the 3rd pick in the first round of the #NWSLdraft, we are very excited to select Julie Johnston of Santa Clara University.

Sarah Spain ‏@SarahSpain 6m
How anyone STILL smokes/ever smoked cigs is beyond me. RT @ghein83: Smoking is even worse than you thought http://usat.ly/1dVSt99

Matt Spiegel ‏@MattSpiegel670 23m
MLB Replay! Challenge flags for the first 6 innings only. Up to the umps for the last 3. Central office. It ain't perfect, but FINALLY.

Len Kasper ‏@LenKasper 15m
Best part about replay selfishly is...content for us. Adds interesting strategy to an already intellectually-stimulating game. Should be fun

Rolling Stone ‏@RollingStone 21m
"Beyond our wildest teenage dreams." U2 react to their Oscar nomination: http://rol.st/1cAiVnZ

The Onion ‏@TheOnion 30m
In Focus: Nonprofit Fights Poverty With Poverty http://onion.com/1dbqdOW

ColonelTribune ‏@ColonelTribune 32m
Illinois ranked 45th in emergency care, study shows. That's a big drop from just a few years ago http://bit.ly/1cvJlHl