D.C. rain, all things Facebook and dearly departed celebrities: This week's top news tweets
Rain, rain, go away. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)It's Friday, which means it's almost time for two glorious days of unplugging (for some of us, anyway). But first, let's take a look back at a few of the stories you were most excited to share:
Rain photos! As the weather turned stormy in the D.C. area this week -- by the way, the flood warnings continue -- we asked you to send in your storm photos. Your pictures of Mother Nature's greatest hits were most popular on Twitter; on an unrelated note, a classic-car gallery wasn't far behind.
The deaths of screen legend Tony Curtis, "Titanic" star Gloria Stuart and comedian Greg Giraldo all caught your attention in a big way this week.
"The Social Network." Yep, you know the one. The site that Zuckerberg built has you swapping a story about Facebook's common myths, not to mention a column by humor writer Gene Weingarten about how much he hates it.
Sweet home Goldilocks? Astronomers discovered the first habitable-zone planet, and you guys are ready to make Gliese 581G your home away from Earth.
Last, we threw our #wpweek contest your way and asked you to sum up the week's news in a single tweet. Behold, the winners:
Tweet Mash: "Rahm Emanuel finds dead Facebook post in mailbox." #wpweek cc: @washingtonpost
Theodore Kim
TheoTypes
@washingtonpost #wpweek Rainy days. Rahm leaves the House. Jar Jar a 3D moving target. All disgruntled fans, pls tune to Ryder Cup instead.
Rebecca Lim
beckalim
Time to build an ark. #wpweek
Irene Rojas
irenerojas
@washingtonpost #wpweek #haiku Dancer leaves the stage. / Not a bouquet of roses, / but a cold, dead fish.
laura guy
lauraannguy
Until next week. In the meantime, don't be shy -- come talk with us on Twitter: @washingtonpost.
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Katie Rogers
| October 1, 2010; 8:00 PM ET
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I think it's safe to say that Theodore Kim (@theotypes) has a near-monopoly on #wpweek. I say the Washington Post hires him to run it!
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