"The methods by which they guide public opinion are very sophisticated — they're way more sophisticated than anybody realized," Harvard professor Gary King says.
Graham Allgood
It was only fitting that Graham Allgood received his summer internship offer from Horizon Media via Snapchat.
After all, that's how he attracted their attention in the first place.
Business Insider first reported about Allgood's Snapchat creativity on May 12, after Allgood had already first been turned down by the company.
He'd been looking for an internship since Christmas, only to find his emails unreturned or résumé shoved into piles.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi urged patience Sunday as the search for the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 concluded a third day with scant progress. Government investigators said it would be a month before they would release preliminary findings.
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(AP) — Michigan's senators are asking the Department of Transportation to make sure oil pipelines crossing underneath the Great Lakes are classified as "offshore" so that owners would have to pay the full costs of cleaning a spill. The senators wrote the finding has "significant consequence," because under the Oil Pollution Act the liability for cleanup costs for owners or operators of onshore facilities are capped at $634 million.
The remaining two candidates were in a dead heat in second-round voting of Austrian presidential elections Sunday, local news sources reported. The runoff voting saw a matchup between far right-wing Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer and Green Party independent Alexander Van der Bellen.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family spokesman said Sunday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family spokesman said Sunday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family spokesman said Sunday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family spokesman said Sunday.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislation in New York to ban declawing cats is singling out a once-common procedure that veterinarians say is now on the decline.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislation in New York to ban declawing cats is singling out a once-common procedure that veterinarians say is now on the decline.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislation in New York to ban declawing cats is singling out a once-common procedure that veterinarians say is now on the decline.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislation in New York to ban declawing cats is singling out a once-common procedure that veterinarians say is now on the decline.
The upcoming liberation of the Syrian city of Raqqa from the terrorist group Daesh can be compared geopolitically to the capture of Berlin during World War II, member of political division of the Social-Nationalist Party of Syria, Tariq al-Ahmad said.
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man in his 20s drowned in a lake in SeaTac. Kent Regional Fire Authority spokesman Kyle Ohashi said the man reportedly jumped out of a small inflatable boat in Angle Lake on Saturday afternoon and immediately sank. The News Tribune reports (http://goo.gl/3iU6Js ) that dive teams used sonar to find and recover his body after crews spent an hour searching the surface of the lake without success. ___ Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
Mr Hosie said the 'intense scrutiny' of his private life had been 'very difficult' to deal with.
The UK Defense Ministry rejected on Sunday media reports on alleged London's plans to support an EU Army, according to a statement published on the ministry's website.
England head coach Eddie Jones says Saracens winger Chris Ashton needs to "fix" parts of his game before being selected.
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St. Louis woman gets doctorate in audiology to help deaf son Luca was 18 months old when doctors diagnosed him as profoundly deaf, a late diagnosis that hurt the progress he could have been making. Deaf people and those who are hearing-impaired hear only imperfect and distorted sounds. When Luca was 4, Valero-Aracama moved to St. Louis to take advantage of the resources the area offers for deaf and hearing-impaired children. Valero-Aracama, though, knew that her son would likely always need some sort of medical assistance... Читать дальше...
Allen Cone
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 22 (UPI) -- More than 500,00 people fled their homes as Cyclone Roanu hit the coast of Bangladesh, killing at least 23 people and injuring 100 in floods and landslides.
Data raise questions about viability of bricks and mortar networks
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 0-6-8-8 (zero, six, eight, eight)
