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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Today's Best Tweets
Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...
New York Daily News @NYDailyNews 10m
This homeless man who held up a bank may be a genius. http://nydn.us/16PRVO9
Guardian news @guardiannews 20m
Iran considers lawsuit against US over 1953 coup http://gu.com/p/3tb9m/tf
The New York Times @nytimes 6m
The most famous words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech, delivered 50 years ago today, were improvised http://nyti.ms/17lLk0b
Peter Gammons @pgammo 5m
Rather than unlimited Sept. rosters that impede pennant race integrity Buck Showalter suggests teams designatie25 rosters before each series
Matt Yglesias @mattyglesias 54m
How the gin and tonic built the British Empire: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/foreigners/2013/08/gin_and_tonic_kept_the_british_empire_healthy_the_drink_s_quinine_powder.html …
davidfrum @davidfrum 56m
Chaos prevails in Libya, in case you were wondering how the last war in Greater Middle East ended up http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/26/us-libya-oil-tanker-idUSBRE97P0VQ20130826 …
People magazine @peoplemag 1h
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones separate http://ow.ly/ol2xY
Paul Sullivan @PWSullivan 1h
Still going strong at 70, Lou Piniella reflects on his wild ride managing the Cubs. http://trib.in/17lDiEG
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 1h
The guy who hit the longest HR of the year -- this was judged to be 476 feet -- chokes up on the bat. http://wapc.mlb.com/sf/play/?c_id=sf&content_id=30102797&topic_id=11493214
BillMoyers.com @BillMoyersHQ 15m
Are we a plutocracy ruled by self-centered jerks? Two new studies say so. http://bit.ly/17kpme7 -@Joshuahol
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