Posts tagged TheBigEditDaily

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.28.12

— GREAT ESCAPE: Chinese dissident could be at the US Embassy. (The New York Times)

— JUST WOW: Man records teachers verbally abusing his autistic son. (Radar Online)

— SOBERING NEWS: Dutch tourism predicted to go up in smoke? (The Guardian)

— NO INVITATION: Guess I’m not going to the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight. (New York Magazine, The Washington Post)

— GROWING PAINS: Secret Service gets chaperones. (TIME Magazine)

— TO THE RESCUE: Move over Ryan Gosling. (TMZ)

— WIFI: So, would this be walking on clouds?  (Discovery News)

— JACKSONIAN: Actor is in a league all his own. (The New York Times Magazine)

— HMM?: I never thought of that. (Discovery News)

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.27.12

— ECONOMY: Growth slows. (The New York Times)

— BOLDY GO: Enterprise lands in NYC. (The New York Times, Buzzfeed)

— BLAST OFF: Fly through space with NASA.  (NPR)

— OKINAWA: Half of the US Marines in Okinawa will leave after years of tense relations. (The Guardian, Stars and Stripes)

— BIN LADEN: Bin Laden family deported; anniversary of Osama’s death approaches. (NPR, Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post)

— WAR CRIMINAL: Charles Taylor is convicted by international tribunal. (The BBC, Christian Science Monitor)

— WHAT? Obama got Bidened. (New York Magazine’s Daily Intel)

—WHAT WHAT? Obama’s too cool? (New York Magazine’s Daily Intel)

— LA RIOTS: It’s been 20 years since Los Angeles exploded. (TIME Magazine)

— HOLLYWOOD BANDIT: To many, he’s a hero. (The New York Times)

— HERITAGE: Mayans feel like strangers in a familiar land. (Al Jazeera)

— NON LETHAL WEAPONS: The military tests weapons that won’t kill you. (Wired’s Danger Room)

—WRITING: Tough love from “Papa.” (Flavorwire)

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.25.12

— POLITICS: Mitt Romney sweeps up, then attacks President Obama. (Politico, The New York Times)

— OBAMA: President Obama also hit the campaign trail last night. (Denver Post, The Washington Post, New York Magazine)

— MAD COW: The disease surfaces again. (The Atlantic Wire)

— NATIONAL SECURITY: The DOD creates the DCS. (The Washington Post)

— MONEY PROBLEMS: Cooper Union will charge Graduate tuition. (The New York Times)

— HEALTH CARE: Patients pay more as insurers change formula. (The New York Times)

— BREAST CANCER: Common contaminant exacerbates breast cancer. (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

— ENTERTAINMENT: Two ferns lands on cable. (Flavorwire)

— ENVIRONMENT: The U.S. and U.K. throw money to the wind. (The Guardian)

— NEW FINDINGS: A woman’s brain on porn. (Mental Floss)

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.20.12

— TRAYVON MARTIN: George Zimmerman is granted bond, also says sorry. (The New York Times, Time Magazine)

— COLD CASE: FBI & NYPD search for 6-year-old missing for 33 years. (New York Magazine, WCBS-TV)

— BREAKTHROUGH: “Breast cancer” is nearly a dozen different diseases. (The Times of India, University of British Columbia)

— OOH-RAH: USMC searches for female infantry Marines! (CNN, The Marine Corps Times)

— AMAZON: The “Cloud” is really a jungle out there! (Wired)

— BIG BROTHER: Why does Cornell need a drone? (Electronic Frontier Foundation, via Rob Mank)

— YOUR HEALTH: Is it always better at the top? (The Economist)

— PROS AND CONS: (For CEOs, and us, too) To blog or not to blog. (Techcrunch)

— 4/20: Hahahah, it’s called: buzzzzzzzzzfeeeeeeeed. haha. hahaha. (Buzzfeed)

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.12.12

— TRAYVON MARTIN: George Zimmerman is in jail, charged with second-degree murder. (via: The New York Times, Miami Herald)

— BABY MAMA DRAMA
: John Edwards love child trial begins today. (via: The Atlantic, The Daily Beast)

— GUNS BLAZING: GN’R frontman fires at the R&R Hall of Fame. (via: The Los Angeles Times)

— A MAN WALKS INTO A BEAR: A lesson on the perils of texting and walking in Los Angeles. (via: Buzzfeed, CBS News Los Angeles)

— INSTAGRAM: What’s next for the photo sharing site after the Facebook acquisition? (via: The Washington Post, The Daily Beast)

— FOR THE BIRDS: Apparently, Martians loved parrots. (via: Discovery News)

— IN MEME-MORIAM: Texts from Hillary says TTYL. (via: Texts from Hillary, The Atlantic Wire)

— BALDWIN TWEETS: Little birdie says Jack Donaghy may fly the coop. (via: Twitter, Washington Post)

— “CRAZY”: Britney drops a different kind of record. (via: Entertainment Weekly)

— NEW HEROINE: Sabrina will soon bewitch the silver screen. (via: Flavorwire)

THE.BIG.EDIT.DAILY / 4.11.12

After a brief hiatus — The Big Edit Daily is back!

— INDONESIA QUAKE: An 8.6 magnitude quake, and at least two magnitude 8+ aftershocks hit off the coast of Indonesia. (via: The Guardian, The New York Times)

CAMPAIGN: Santorum (and his sweater vest) bounces. So does a Gingrich check. (via: The New York Times, Buzzfeed, ABC News)

— DEATH AND TAXES: They really are related! People try to get away with everything. (via: Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Wire)

TEXTS FROM HILLARY: Hillz lolz! (via: The Politico)

OOPS!: Show and tell leads to jail. (via: Connecticut Post)

SIMPSONS SECRET: Where is the real Springfield? (via: Smithsonian Magazine)

GOING GREEN: Military green energy. (via: The Atlantic Wire)

— HUNGER DOLL: Mattel reveals the much anticipated Katniss Barbie! (via: Buzzfeed, In Style)

— GEEKING OUT: Lego fan has waaaayy too much time on his hands. (via: Design Taxi)

THE BIG EDIT DAILY / 4.3.12

— GOP RACE: It was a good night for Mitt Romney. (via: New York Times)

— OBAMA: The President hits back, attacks GOP budget: (via: New York Times, Guardian News)

— GAY MARRIAGE: Challenge to DOMA goes before US Court of Appeals on Wednesday. (via: Boston Globe, Washington Post)

— TEXAS TORNADO: Twisters touch down in Dallas Look at these photos!. (via: CBS Dallas, Buzzfeed)

— NEW DUDS: NFL gets a makeover from Nike. (via: NFL.com)

— PAGING GEORGE JETSON: A flying car! (via: Chicago Sun-Times)

— MAGAZINE AWARDS: Men dominate the field. (via: The Atlantic Wire)

THE BIG EDIT DAILY / 4.1.12

— SUU KYI WINS: The former political prisoner and Nobel laureate wins a seat in the Brumese parliament: (via: New York Times, BBC

— BIG BROTHER: Unprecedented monitoring law on deck in UK. In the US, tracking cell phones is routine. (via: BBC, New York Times)

— HIT THE BRAKES: GM pulls funding from conservative think-tank. (via: The Guardian)

— THIS WOMAN WILL KICK YOUR ASS: Go ahead, it’s okay to feel bad for yourself. (via: Buzzfeed)

— BIRTHDAY SUIT: A woman sues for being exposed: (via: Deadline Hollywood

— YES!: Lego my Avengers!: (via: Lego)

— SUNDAY ROUNDUPPink slime and more. (via: The Daily Yonder

— NO COMMUNITY: Star and creator feuding: (via: New York Magazine)

— OLBERMANN: The fallout continues. (via: Daily Beast)

— DOGS COMPETECute and agile. (via: CNN)

— HAMMER TIME: Yes. I also thought this was an April Fool’s joke! (via: The Atlantic)

— APRIL FOOL’SHoaxes through history: (via: Discovery News)

— HOAX?: Are there aliens in Siberia? (via: The Daily Mail

— HA. HA.: Funny, NPR. Real funny. (via: NPR

— JOKES: The web is full of them: (via: The Atlantic Wire)