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    From Bo to Batkid, moments that inspired us on Twitter in 2013

    Dec 18, 2013 06:28 PM EDT

    At its best, Twitter connects people and ideas that are miles, states, even worlds apart. In 2013, people sent an average of 500 million tweets per day. From that list of billions, here's a look at some of our favorite Twitter moments of inspiration, amusement and wonder: A down ...

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    Drug Enforcement Administration joins Twitter

    Dec 16, 2013 04:52 PM EDT

    ... cool. RT @borderreporter: The DEA has come to Twitter. Everyone sober up. @DEANEWS— Amy Isackson (@BorderAmy) December 15, 2013 As of Monday morning the DEA Twitter was following 19 people, had more than 500 followers and had only tweeted twice. You can follow the DEA at their Twitter handle @DEANews ...

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    Twitter Chat: Should we allow cell phone use on planes?

    Dec 11, 2013 05:24 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EST each Thursday. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hash tag #NewsHourChatsPhoto by Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Air travel isn't exactly pleasant as it is. The lines keep getting longer at security while the ...

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    Twitter Chat: How should we determine the minimum wage?

    Dec 05, 2013 03:34 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EST each Thursday. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hash tag #NewsHourChats. This week: is the minimum wage a livable wage? Is it meant to be? Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images From $15 ...

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    Photographer awarded $1.2 million from media companies that lifted images off Twitter

    Nov 25, 2013 05:51 PM EDT

    A New York jury Friday ordered media companies Agence France-Presse and Getty Images to pay $1.2 million to freelance photographer Daniel Morel for using and distributing without permission eight photos he'd taken and posted to his Twitter feed. The landmark case is the first of its kind ...

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    A look at censored material from China's Twitter-equivalent

    Nov 14, 2013 10:01 PM EDT

    ... lens through which to understand China's vast system of censorship." This pic of a state official yawning was censored from China's version of Twitter. see more: https://t.co/0EiVooV3Co pic.twitter.com/KuJQ7O3phD— Christie Thompson (@cm_thompson3) November 14, 2013 Every day, censors work round the clock ...

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    Twitter Chat: Submit your tinnitus questions

    Nov 14, 2013 09:20 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EST each Thursday. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats Chronic tinnitus affects as many as 50 million Americans and 2 million have it to a degree so severe, it's debilitating. It's the most widely reported ...

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    Twitter Chat: What does 'support our troops' mean to you?

    Nov 13, 2013 10:00 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EST each Thursday. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the #NewsHourChats Photo by John Moore/Getty Images As a nation we marked Veterans Day on Monday. And while we are a nation at war, it can be easy ...

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    If @NewsHour had earned stock in Twitter IPO, we'd be $353K richer

    Nov 08, 2013 09:10 PM EDT

    Twitter's first day of trading on Wall Street was hailed a success, closing on Thursday at $44.90 a share. So naturally, people are wondering how much they have contributed to Twitter's success. What if, instead of traders on Wall Street, the active and devout users had been ...

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    How does Twitter's potential for profit measure up to its high stock price?

    Nov 07, 2013 11:16 PM EDT

    Trading under the ticker TWTR, Twitter's little blue bird soared to stock prices as high as $50.09 on the social media site's first day on Wall Street. Hari Sreenivasan talks to financier Bill Hambrecht and USA Today's Alistair Barr about Twitter's potential for growth and ...