Author Archives: Daily Download Team

Republicans Love Diet Dr. Pepper. But Why?

April 13th, 2012

A recent study from National Media Research Planning & Placement identified particular brands that resonate also political lines, such as Diet Dr. Pepper’s strength with Republicans. But: why?

How Police Forensics Saved A Novel

April 13th, 2012

Trish Vickers is an author, who writes her novels by hand. Trish is also blind. When she recently discovered that she’d written 26 pages with a dry pen, she and her family took the manuscript to the local police to see if they could help recover what she’d written

CREEP Returns To The Watergate

April 13th, 2012

Someone with a keen sense of both humor and history has registered a new SuperPAC named “The Committee to Re-Elect the President.” Or CREEP for short. And it’s mailing address will sound awfully familiar.

Dumbest Post – A Dung Beetle’s Favorite Flavor

April 13th, 2012

The caption for one of the article’s photos says it all: “For the Dung beetle, manure is not to be sniffed at – especially when it’s from humans, according to a new study”

John Stossel: I Left ABC “Because It Sucked There”

April 13th, 2012

John Stossel, one-time mainstay on ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20 revealed in a recent interview why he left the network: “it sucked there.”

DD on C-SPAN: Hilary Rosen v. Ann Romney

April 12th, 2012

The Daily Download team was on C-SPAN this morning, discussing the interaction of politics and social media. It was the perfect moment to do so, after a Twitter debate raged last night and into today.

Kevin Costner Attempted to Guard Whitney

April 12th, 2012

Kevin Costner wasn’t only Whitney Houston’s protector on-screen. The actor also reportedly reached out to her at the request of mutual friends to express concern over her substance abuse.

Dumbest Post – Reporter’s Tweet Spurs Mistrial

April 12th, 2012

To its credit, the Topeka Capital-Journal recognizes that news can’t always wait until the morning edition. But when they sent a reporter to live-tweet a local murder trial, they probably didn’t expect to be responsible for causing a mistrial.

Why You Get Songs Stuck In Your Head

April 12th, 2012

In a new book, a prominent neurologist tackles a key issue: why we get songs stuck in our heads. The most important part of this article comes at the end: a possible method to shake free of the annoying tune.

How Stressful Was The Moon Landing? Here’s Aldrin’s EKG

April 12th, 2012

The astronauts aboard Apollo 11, the famous craft that first brought humans to the surface of the moon, were under an enormous amount of stress. The Atlantic found Buzz Aldrin’s EKG to prove it.