Daily Archives: April 9, 2012
How to turn your blog into a book
We know many of you love your blogs, and gleefully publish photos and posts without thoughts to reuse your work in other forms. But we know some wonder: could this be a book? Recently we wrote about how a WordPress.com blogger scored a book deal for You Are Not So Smart. But what if you want to do it all yourself?
Facebook to Acquire Instagram Photo-Sharing App
Facebook just announced that "it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices." The deal consists of "approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook" and "is expected to close later this quarter."
The popular photo app debuted alongside the iPhone 4 and has counted some 30 million registered users who upload about 5 million photos per day.
The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth
By John Blake, CNN
(CNN)-- Timothy Freke was flipping through an old academic book when he came across a religious image that some would call obscene.
It was a drawing of a third-century amulet depicting a naked man nailed to a cross. The man was born of a virgin, preached about being “born again” and had risen from the dead after crucifixion, Freke says.
My Take: My hijab is my hoodie
Editor’s note: Linda Sarsour is national advocacy director of the National Network for Arab American Communities and director of the Arab American Association of New York. Follow her on Twitter.
By Linda Sarsour, Special to CNN
(CNN) -- I’ve been among the millions mourning the killing of Trayvon Martin, but I’m also mourning the fact that another recent killing has gotten little national attention.
Will Tulsa shootings be considered a hate crime?
Police, officials and residents are horrified by the shooting deaths of three African-American men, allegedly by two white men, in a predominantly black area in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But authorities will not say whether they believe the shootings were a hate crime.
Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 33, are charged with three counts of murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill in connection with last week's shootings, which also wounded two people.
Special prosecutor will not use grand jury in Trayvon Martin investigation
State Attorney Angela Corey, appointed as a special prosecutor in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has decided against sending the case to a grand jury, her office said Monday.
"The decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case," Corey's office said in a statement.
The grand jury, set to convene on Tuesday, was previously scheduled by the former prosecutor.
Vanessa Williams new memoir “You Don’t Know”
Vanessa Williams reveals in her new memoir that she was sexually abused at the age of 10 by a family friend, E! Online reports.
In the new book, You Don’t Know, Williams recalls the incident, which she says occurred when she was visiting family friends in California and the family’s 18-year-old daughter came into her room one night.
Pilot Season: Vanessa Williams moving to 666 Park Avenue
“[She] pulled down the bloomers of my cotton baby-doll pajamas,” Williams writes. “‘What are you doing?’ I asked. ‘Don’t worry—it’ll feel good.’ I lay there paralyzed. What was going on? I didn’t speak. She kept at [the molestation] for I don’t know how long. She slid my bloomers back up and whispered: ‘Don’t tell anyone.’”
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/vanessa-williams-reveals-she-molested-child-memoir-155700274.html
Related articles
- Vanessa Williams Reveals She Was Molested As a Child in New Memoir (seattlepi.com)
- Vanessa Williams Admits To Being Molested As A Child By A Girl (oldschool945.com)
