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...ticket sales. The prediction of final weekend grosses thus involve much entrail-reading, analysis of the success of earlier films in the same genre and the possible use of Ouija boards. The tense to be used in these stories really shouldn't be the past ("won") but the future perfect ("will have") or, more cautiously, the conditional...
...Instead of media organizations always playing catch-up, the objective should be for them to incorporate data in new and different ways from the very beginning," Gordon says, noting that, in addition to Digg, websites such as ProPublica, EveryBlock and PolitiFact have achieved this goal successfully. "It makes perfect sense to have programmers involved with this effort from the very beginning." (See the 50 best websites...
...fear of accidentally offending someone. This is the brilliance of the website historicaltweets.com. (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds.) Historicaltweets.com has re-imagined famous moments throughout history as Twittered by the people who experienced them. Some entries are by politicians (Abe Lincoln: "Gr8 show tonite. Ford is the perfect venue for AAAAARRGH!!"). Others are by fictional characters (Odysseus: "Back home! Who r all these random dudes?"). Some even mock taboo subjects (Lou Gehrig: "Found a penny on the sidewalk! I'm the luckiest man on the face of this earth."). Despite a few questionable entries, we here at TIME...
...behind the attacks, American authorities needed conclusive proof, not least to satisfy skeptics like Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, whose support was essential for any action against the terrorist organization. U.S. intelligence agencies also needed a better understanding of al-Qaeda's structure and leadership. Abu Jandal was the perfect source: the Yemeni who grew up in Saudi Arabia had been bin Laden's chief bodyguard, trusted not only to protect him but also to put a bullet in his head rather than let him be captured. (See pictures of do-it-yourself waterboarding attempts...
...something that I could count on more." So he bought a paddleboard, and now fits the workout into his daily routine three times a week. "It's been awesome. I really enjoy it," says Zapata, who's lost a couple pounds in just a few weeks. "It's the perfect amount of time to escape and get a little activity in and recharge, and I feel it in places that I don't when playing basketball or doing other activities...