Top trends: President Obama wins Twitter war
By: Jay Dillon
Updated: December 12, 2012
# 5:
Oregon Mall Shooting.
Cell phone video has been posted online by a woman who was inside the mall during the shooting Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses say that the crowded Clackamas Town Center was locked down as police searched for the shooter. Eventually, the gunman shot and killed two people before killing himself. Deputies say that a woman hurt in the shooting was in serious condition at the hospital.
#4:
Most Tweeted
President Obama is winning the Twitter war, for this year. His election night Tweet of "four more years," along with a picture of him hugging first lady Michelle Obama, is the most re-Tweeted Tweet of 2012. It got more than 810,000 re-Tweets and more than 300,000 favorites. Some of the most re-Tweeted events of this year include the summer Olympics and the first U.S. Presidential debate which produced more than 10 million Tweets.
#3:
Man of Steel
The new trailer for the next Superman movie hit YouTube Tuesday and it quickly became one of the most watched videos of the day. The preview includes Clark Kent as a boy rescuing a bus full of classmates and Superman being led away in handcuffs. Man of Steel hits theaters next summer.
#2:
Twinkies: Final Countdown
It's the final countdown for Twinkies as we known them. Wednesday, a grocery store chain in Chicago is selling what may be the last shipment of the Hostess treat in the country. Jewel-Osco planned to put about 20,000 boxes of Twinkies and other Hostess goodies on shelves at more than 150 stores.The store says it got an offer from a Hostess rep asking if they wanted any remaining stock of one of its plants after the company went bankrupt. Now, the store is selling a surplus of the sweet treats. The Twinkie dates back to 1930, when a Hostess bakery manager first created it.
#1:
12-12-12
You don't need to be a math or history wiz to get the significance of Wednesday's date; the 12th day of the 12th month in 2012. A triple number date won't happen again for another nine decades. And across the globe, many people celebrated it with birthdays, or by getting married. Numerologists say the number 12 represents new beginnings.
