Twitter Rundown for Wednesday, August 1, 2012
How A Photo Cracked Open A Child Porn Ring
Jenifer McKim of the Boston Globe tells the story of how a photo of a half-naked toddler led investigators to an international network of child pornographers.
Politics Wrap Up: From Texas Vote To Presidential Polling
Wednesday’s political news spanned from Texas to Israel.
Cape Cod Beaches Still Open After Shark Attack
The Denver man bitten by a shark Monday on Cape Cod says he’s going to be more careful from now on. Meanwhile, beaches there remain open.
Former Unpaid Intern Calls On Companies To Pay Up
Ben Weitzenkorn worked for six months without pay at the New York Observer, and he doesn’t want others to go through the same thing.
Appreciating John Cheever
Even though he has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his short stories, John Cheever may not be at the top of your reading list — and Here and Now pop culture critic Renee Graham thinks that’s a shame.
Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”
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Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don’t have home-based shelters?
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