Trending on Twitter in New York this morning: Petraeus, FBI and Elmo. The sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, his mistress and a family friend has grown to include Gen. John Allen, who is leading American forces in Afghanistan. More: Who may succeed Petraeus. Following this Petraeus story… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Islanders and Brooklyn. Long Island’s hockey team is expected to announce today it’s moving closer to the city — to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the new home of the NBA’s Nets, according to the Associated Press. An official announcement is… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Russell Means. The Native American activist and actor from South Dakota died this morning of throat cancer. He was 72. R.I.P. to American Indian Icon Russell Means ow.ly/eFvoe via @nytimes #SiouxNation— Led Black (@Led_Black) October 22, 2012 SD has… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: #Newsweek, After 80 and Dec. 31. Tina Brown, editor of the 80-year-old news magazine, announced this morning that it’ll publish its last print edition Dec. 31 and go all-digital. .@newsweek takes a leap into the future and goes all-digital… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Lance Armstrong, Livestrong and Nike. Armstrong resigned today as chairman of his charity, and Nike canceled his contract. Even though #Nike dropped Lance Armstrong they need to continue the Live Strong movement. The cause its represent is far more… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Citigroup and Pandit. Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup, resigned effective immediately today. Shocker at Citigroup as CEO Vikram Pandit Abruptly Resigns finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout… via @yahoofinance— Gregg Weiss (@greggweiss) October 16, 2012 Citigroup CEO suddenly steps down after decent earnings… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian who broke three records Sunday when he jumped from a capsule more than 24 miles above the Earth’s surface: both the highest and fastest jump in history, and the largest number of concurrent live streams… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: — Felix Baumgartner, whose 23-mile free fall is on hold due to high winds. RT @hamdenhustlin: Felix Baumgartner is jumping from space today. Isn’t the future awesome? #RedBullStratos— Kathleen Wamser (@KWamser) October 9, 2012 History in the making; in… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Mitt Romney, who debated President Obama last night in the race for president. It was abundantly clear that Obama is a rusty debater. Kept looking at his notes. Getting testy. Romney just clobbered him.— sevenlayercake (@sevenlayercake) October 4, 2012… Read More →
Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: Oscars. “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane is hosting the awards ceremony this year. Just for fun, it’d be nice to see Jim Lehrer host the Oscars and Seth MacFarlane moderate the debates.— Josh (@Tyrangiel) October 3, 2012 Inside Oscar’s… Read More →