Hundreds flee south Afghan town ahead of offensive
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan. Facebook's Doppelganger Week Is Viral Groupthink
When I logged in to Facebook this week, I was greeted with updates from such friends as Mariah Carey, Natalie Portman and Ryan Gosling. Exciting, right? Except that when I clicked through, it was clear that these posts were from my same, lame no-name friends who were simply jumping on the latest Facebook bandwagon. Yes, it is (or was, as these things don't exactly have strict expiration dates) Celebrity DoppelgÄnger Week on Facebook, during which people replace their profile picture with the celeb they think looks the most like them. (Comment on this story)
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