Twitter Rundown for Thursday, January 10, 2013
Haiti Earthquake: 3 Years After ‘The Big Truck That Went By’
Jonathan Katz was the only full-time American correspondent in Haiti when the 2010 earthquake hit. He survived and wrote a book, “The Big Truck That Went By: How The World Came To Save Haiti And Left Behind A Disaster.”
Biden Says Consensus Emerging On Gun Safety
Vice President Joe Biden meets today with the nation’s largest gun rights group, as he tries to craft proposals by the end of the month on ways to reduce gun violence.
Cancer-Screening Power of Pap Test Is Expanding
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have been able to use samples collected from a Pap smear to indicate not only the presence of cervical cancer, but endometrial and ovarian cancers.
Aurora Mass Shooting Survivor With Ties To Newtown Becomes Activist
Stephen Barton, 22, grew up minutes from Newtown, Conn. and was among those wounded when a shooter opened fire inside a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. in July.
Oscars Nods Include Oldest, Youngest Best Actress
Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln” leads the field with 12 Oscars nominations. There were also a handful of surprises.
A professor from Howard University has some advice on what African American high school graduates need to hear when they receive diplomas over the next few weeks.
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What if you could replace styrofoam with something that biodegrades and doesn’t contain petroleum? That’s what one start-up is trying to do — with mushrooms.
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Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.
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