Reading roundup: VA email fallout, Frank Gore, “Bachelor” finale

Coffee and newspaper for reading roundup post

Here’s a roundup of 10 or so more good reads this morning:

  • Some members of Congress called on the VA to fire a manager in Indianapolis who sent an email mocking veteran suicides. (IndyStar)
  •  Will Frank Gore sign with the Colts instead of the Eagles? The rumor mill was in overdrive Monday night. (NJ.com)
  • Launch roundup: Apple priced the Apple Watch, unveiled a super-slim MacBook and cut Apple TV’s price ahead of the HBO Now launch. (USA Today) | See also: Apple Watch is about to make apps an afterthought. (Wired) | The gold MacBook stole the spotlight. (Forbes)
  • Love it! There’s going to be a 165-foot-tall Final Four bracket mounted on the side of the JW Marriott for Selection Sunday. (Twitter.com/VisitIndy)
  • Jane’s Addiction will lead the three-band bill for this year’s Carb Day concert at the Indianapolis 500, the IMS said this morning. (IndyStar)
  • Whitney Blackwell, the woman who says her ex-boyfriend was behind the plot to kidnap her Indianapolis siblings, was admonished by a judge Monday for pointedly referring to a court-appointed lawyer as a “public pretender.” (IndyStar)
  • Dunkin’ Donuts has agreed to gradually stop using titanium dioxide, the ingredient that makes powdered sugar doughnuts so white. (Huffington Post)
  • Heat wave! Our high could reach 60 by Thursday. (WTHR)
  • Are viral traffic’s days numbered? (Digiday)
  • “Bachelor” finale: Chris Soules picked Whitney over Becca because of the latter’s reluctance to move to his Iowa town before getting engaged. (ABC) Ironically, Chris is relocating to LA to be on “Dancing with the Stars” starting Monday. (Twitter)

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Author: Cori

Cori Faklaris (aka "HeyCori") is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Software and Information Systems, College of Computing. Faklaris received her PhD in human-computer interaction in 2022 from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. She also is a social media expert and longtime journalist, and/or "Doer of Things No One Else Wants to Do."

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