Flash Mobs

WATCH: Fix The Debt Stages Flash Mob In Downtown D.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Most people don't think of partying at rock concerts in the name of debt reduction. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, after all, are cert...

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WATCH: An Unplanned 'Flash Mob'?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.15.2013 | Good News

Coordinated flash mobs may have lost a bit of their luster after they became the go-to wedding proposal of 2011, but this video of an impromptu group ...

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How to Start a Flash Mob

Jennifer Brookland | Posted 01.07.2013 | Impact

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People in 14 communities across Armenia took their books outside on the same June day to show that reading is important. But their statement was even larger: Youth matter and they want to be engaged in the civic lives of their countries.

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WATCH: Senior Flash Mob Performs Coldplay!

The Press | Posted 07.19.2012 | Fifty

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Pedestrians at Palms Mall in New Zealand got a shock last week when the busy shopping center suddenly filled with a mob of singing seniors. The 50 ...

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WATCH: Graduation Flash Mob Dances To 'We Are Young'

Posted 06.22.2012 | Teen

As if graduation wasn't memorable enough, students from Mainland Regional High School in New Jersey decided to go out in style. Members of the gra...

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Americans Are Protesting, But What Stops Full-Scale Rioting?

Jake Blumgart | Posted 05.30.2012 | Books

Read More: Occupy Philly, Urban Living, Philadelphia, Michael-Katz, Flash Mobs, Urban Policy, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Michael Katz, Books News

Michael Katz's Why Don't American Cities Burn? is both a crushing reminder of seemingly intractable problems that still face American cities and an exploration of why things aren't worse.

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Forget Flash Mobs, It's All About Cash Mobs

Reuters | Kim Palmer | Posted 05.27.2012 | Small Business

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of onl...

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'Cash Mobs' Use Social Media To Splurge In Locally Owned Stores

Reuters | Kim Palmer | Posted 05.24.2012 | Technology

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of onl...

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Students Use 'Glee' For Anti-Bullying Flash Mob

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.21.2011 | Home

Read More: Bullying in Schools, Glee, Video, Flash Mobs, Anti Bullying Campaign, Bullying, Anti Bullying Laws, Anti Bullying, School Bullying, Anti-Bullying, Home News

If you didn't already have a reason to love flash mobs, you certainly do now! In Alberta, Canada, 150 students and staff from St. Albert Catholic ...

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Jews for Guns

Arthur Goldwag | Posted 12.16.2011 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Gun Rights, Flash Mobs, American Jews, Politics News

I've been to Israel: I'm well aware that there are Jews who both pack and use heat. I used to live down the street from the 76th Precinct in Brooklyn,...

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Anatomy of a Flash Mob (And How You Can't Pray the Gay Away)

Ana Beatriz Cholo | Posted 12.05.2011 | Gay Voices

Although our flash mob was intended to be a fun event, don't doubt the serious undertones we had in mind. We were deadly serious about protesting Bachmann's stance on reparative therapy, better known as "praying away the gay."

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8 Outrageous Ads That Grab Your Attention

Madeleine Crum | Posted 11.29.2011 | Books

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Billboards and display advertising have become so much a feature of our daily lives, it's easy to ignore them amid the general clutter. Which is wh...

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What Country Is Branding Teens As Traitors.. For Water Fights?

AP | BY NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.05.2011 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is trying to put down a new wave of civil disobedience – flash mobs of young people who break into boisterous fights with w...

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The Danes Show Us How To Execute A Peaceful Flash Mob

Posted 10.25.2011 | Home

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Last week, we saw Machine Gun Kelly get arrested for jumping on tables at a mall in Cleveland, Ohio, and inciting crowds of high school kids to screa...

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Flash Mob Attacks On The Rise?

Robert Siciliano | Posted 10.24.2011 | Crime

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You've heard of "flash mobs," when a group of people suddenly get together in some form of public place for a performance of some sort, generally in t...

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From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next?

Lydia Fisher | Posted 10.19.2011 | Business

Read More: Eurozone Crisis, Cinderella of Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Fiscal Crisis, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Finanical Crisis, Business Ethics, Dallas Fed, Flash Mobs, Renaissance, National Debt, Moral Collapse, Eurozone Debt, Lydia Fisher, Piigs, London Riots, Business News

We've had financial bubbles before. This one's got a twist though. It's fraught with complexity, scope, depth, widespread fraud and bad underwriting practices making coming out of it, all the more difficult.

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Black Teen Flash Mobs: A Frightening Result Of Chronic Political Neglect

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 10.19.2011 | Black Voices

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Since flash mobs are the new fad, perhaps politicians should join in the fun. Political leaders could form a flash mob where they all actually get together and do something for the American people, instead of taking care of themselves and their corporate partners.

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How to Stop Flash Mobs

Zack Isaacs | Posted 10.15.2011 | Black Voices

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As adults, we must set the tone for the young people and provide them with more love and less hatred. They already live in bogus conditions where it is damn near impossible to find a good role model.

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Social Media: A Double-Edged Sword

Pamela Sage Dodson | Posted 10.11.2011 | Media

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There are good people in the world using social media for positive things and that helps counterbalance the bad things being done with it. It all comes down to the individual.

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WATCH: Teenage Flash Robberies Take Retailers By Storm

Posted 08.20.2011 | Crime

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Security cameras and the light of day are no match for these scheming teenagers. In a blend of mischief, strength in numbers and social media, so-c...

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PHOTOS: Undead Mob Takes Downtown In Zombie March

Posted 08.13.2011 | Chicago

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A "flash mob" of a different sort than the ones recent headlines have trumpeted took over the Loop Saturday as Chicago's Zombie March turned out some ...

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"A Moral Disaster" Coming Near You, Produced by Wall Street and Washington

Lydia Fisher | Posted 08.09.2011 | Business

Read More: Debt, Flash Mobs, Crime, Too Big to Fail, Joblessness, Neil Barofsky, US Debt Ceiling, Moral Disaster, Homelessness, Wall Street, Ethics, National Debt Default, Moral Hazard, Toxic Assets, Accountability, Business News

Managing to the short-term, managing to self-interest and hoping for a "happily ever after." It's beginning to feel a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Taking Advantage Of 'Flash Mob' Hype, Gun Rights Advocates Try Building Support

Posted 08.08.2011 | Chicago

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Anyone paying even a small amount of attention to the news in Chicago this week has been inundated with dramatic stories of teen "flash mobs" -- viole...

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What Can Make Chicago Safer?

Zack Isaacs | Posted 08.06.2011 | Chicago

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Before summer officially begins, Chicago is dealing with more than just a spike in temperatures. It seems as if hot weather brings some of the wrong p...

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Flash Mobs Take A Violent Turn In Downtown Robberies

Posted 08.06.2011 | Chicago

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Over the weekend, four assaults and violent robberies were committed -- at least one in broad daylight -- in downtown Chicago's glittering shopping di...

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