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Some topic descriptions are sourced from WhatTheTrend.com." width="16"/><p></p> </div> <div id="trends"> <div class="current" title="Popular topics right now"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Valentine%27s+Day%22+OR+%22Valentines+Day%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Valentine's Day&quot; OR &quot;Valentines Day&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Valentine's Day&quot; OR &quot;Valentines Day&quot;">Valentine's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=MNIK" class="search_link" name="MNIK" rel="nofollow" title="MNIK">MNIK</a><em>My Name Is Khan. The Bollywood film is releasing on Friday (Feb. 12) with huge security at cinemas owing to a right-wing organization's threat.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Whywebrokeup" class="search_link" name="#Whywebrokeup" rel="nofollow" title="#Whywebrokeup">#Whywebrokeup</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23nowplaying" class="search_link" name="#nowplaying" rel="nofollow" title="#nowplaying">#nowplaying</a><em>People are tweeting their media choice of the moment.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FF" class="search_link" name="#FF" rel="nofollow" title="#FF">#FF</a><em>Follow Friday. People tweet suggested users to follow on Fridays.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23gogotweets" class="search_link" name="#gogotweets" rel="nofollow" title="#gogotweets">#gogotweets</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23PetPeeve" class="search_link" name="#PetPeeve" rel="nofollow" title="#PetPeeve">#PetPeeve</a><em>People are tweeting things that irk them.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23NoComment" class="search_link" name="#NoComment" rel="nofollow" title="#NoComment">#NoComment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FollowFriday" class="search_link" name="#FollowFriday" rel="nofollow" title="#FollowFriday">#FollowFriday</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23HoeTwitterNames" class="search_link" name="#HoeTwitterNames" rel="nofollow" title="#HoeTwitterNames">#HoeTwitterNames</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="daily" title="Popular topics today"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Google+Buzz%22+OR+%23buzz" class="search_link" name="&quot;Google Buzz&quot; OR #buzz" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Google Buzz&quot; OR #buzz">Google Buzz</a><em>People are tweeting about the new social networking features Google added to Gmail.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=MNIK" class="search_link" name="MNIK" rel="nofollow" title="MNIK">MNIK</a><em>My Name Is Khan. The Bollywood film is releasing on Friday (Feb. 12) with huge security at cinemas owing to a right-wing organization's threat.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=iPad" class="search_link" name="iPad" rel="nofollow" title="iPad">iPad</a><em>Apple's recently announced tablet computer is getting a lot of buzz.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Vday" class="search_link" name="Vday" rel="nofollow" title="Vday">Vday</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Valentine" class="search_link" name="Valentine" rel="nofollow" title="Valentine">Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22RIP+Alexander%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;RIP Alexander&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;RIP Alexander&quot;">RIP Alexander</a><em>Fashion designer Alexander McQueen died today (Feb. 11). </em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22John+Mayer%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;John Mayer&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;John Mayer&quot;">John Mayer</a><em>Playboy interviewed the singer-songwriter and people are tweeting the link and discussing (Feb. 10).</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Taylor+Lautner%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Taylor Lautner&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Taylor Lautner&quot;">Taylor Lautner</a><em>The actor who plays Jacob in the Twilight movies turns 18 today (Feb. 11).</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Haiti" class="search_link" name="Haiti" rel="nofollow" title="Haiti">Haiti</a><em>The area was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12. People are tweeting to organize relief efforts or relay news.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Former+President%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Former President&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Former President&quot;">Former President</a><em>Bill Clinton is reportedly being hospitalized in New York (Feb. 11).</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=V-Day" class="search_link" name="V-Day" rel="nofollow" title="V-Day">V-Day</a><em>Valentine's Day is celebrated Feb. 14 by showing some love for your significant other.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Justin+Bieber%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Justin Bieber&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Justin Bieber&quot;">Justin Bieber</a><em>The young Canadian R&amp;B/pop singer has a lot of fans who like to tweet about him! </em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="weekly" title="Popular topics this week"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Super+Bowl%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Super Bowl&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Super Bowl&quot;">Super Bowl</a><em>People are tweeting about commercials that aired during the Super Bowl.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Haiti+OR+%23haiti" class="search_link" name="Haiti OR #haiti" rel="nofollow" title="Haiti OR #haiti">Haiti</a><em>The area was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12. People are tweeting to organize relief efforts or relay news.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Google+Buzz%22+OR+Buzz" class="search_link" name="&quot;Google Buzz&quot; OR Buzz" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Google Buzz&quot; OR Buzz">Google Buzz</a><em>People are tweeting about the new social networking features Google added to Gmail.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=iPad" class="search_link" name="iPad" rel="nofollow" title="iPad">iPad</a><em>Apple's recently announced tablet computer is getting a lot of buzz.</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Justin+Bieber%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Justin Bieber&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Justin Bieber&quot;">Justin Bieber</a><em>The young Canadian R&amp;B/pop singer has a lot of fans who like to tweet about him! </em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=SuperBowl" class="search_link" name="SuperBowl" rel="nofollow" title="SuperBowl">SuperBowl</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Dear+John%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Dear John&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Dear John&quot;">Dear John</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22John+Mayer%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;John Mayer&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;John Mayer&quot;">John Mayer</a><em>Playboy interviewed the singer-songwriter and people are tweeting the link and discussing (Feb. 10).</em></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Vday" class="search_link" name="Vday" rel="nofollow" title="Vday">Vday</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Choi+Siwon%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Choi Siwon&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Choi Siwon&quot;">Choi Siwon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=Twitter%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E5%BF%97" class="search_link" name="Twitter三国志" rel="nofollow" title="Twitter三国志">Twitter三国志</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Shorty+Award%22" class="search_link" name="&quot;Shorty Award&quot;" rel="nofollow" title="&quot;Shorty Award&quot;">Shorty Award</a><em>Awards which honor the best producers of short real-time content on Twitter. People are tweeting their votes.</em></li> </ul> </div> <span class="fade"> </span> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div id="sidebar"> <h2><strong>Trending</strong> topics</h2> <div id="trends_list"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Whywebrokeup" name="#Whywebrokeup" title="" rel="nofollow">#Whywebrokeup</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23nowplaying" name="#nowplaying" title="People are tweeting their media choice of the moment." rel="nofollow">#nowplaying</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FF" name="#FF" title="Follow Friday. People tweet suggested users to follow on Fridays." rel="nofollow">#FF</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23gogotweets" name="#gogotweets" title="" rel="nofollow">#gogotweets</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Valentine%27s+Day%22+OR+%22Valentines+Day%22" name="&quot;Valentine's Day&quot; OR &quot;Valentines Day&quot;" title="" rel="nofollow">Valentine's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23PetPeeve" name="#PetPeeve" title="People are tweeting things that irk them." rel="nofollow">#PetPeeve</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23NoComment" name="#NoComment" title="" rel="nofollow">#NoComment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FollowFriday" name="#FollowFriday" title="" rel="nofollow">#FollowFriday</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=%23HoeTwitterNames" name="#HoeTwitterNames" title="" rel="nofollow">#HoeTwitterNames</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20100212060344/http://twitter.com/search?q=MNIK" name="MNIK" title="My Name Is Khan. The Bollywood film is releasing on Friday (Feb. 12) with huge security at cinemas owing to a right-wing organization's threat." rel="nofollow">MNIK</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="search-tip"> <h3>Search tip</h3> <div>Use a minus sign immediately before any words you want excluded in results. 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