Trending Topics for 4/27/11: White iPhone, Ninja Car Break-ins
By: Lauren MacDonough
Updated: April 29, 2011
#5 - White iPhone
Apple has confirmed that the infamous "White iPhone 4" will be available Thursday April 28. Customers have waited nearly a year for the white model of the smartphone to be released. Apple said the white iPhones had proven more challenging to manufacture than expected. The original delay was expected to be a month but turned out to be closer to a year.
#4 - Gabrielle Giffords
The Congresswoman boarding a plane Wednesday in Texas bound for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Giffords, who is recovering from January's mass shooting in Tucson, will attend the space shuttle launch on Friday. Her husband, Mark Kelly, will command that mission.
#3 - Teleprompter Inventor Dies
Hubert Schafly Jr. created the teleprompter. It was first used on a CBS soap opera back in 1950. The idea came from Broadway actor Fred Barton who wanted help remembering lines. It went on to be used on the Tonight Show and the Ed Sullivan Show. It became mainstream when President Hoover used it in 1952 to deliver a speech. Schlafly was 91.
#2 - Donnie Wahlberg
The New Kids on the Block member and actor used Twitter to help a fan find a new kidney. Wahlberg is currently on the CBS show Blue Bloods. Donnie retweeted the link that his fan was in dire need of a new kidney. The tweet led to tons of phone calls and 6 matches. The fan will have the transplant in June.
#1 - Ninja Break-ins
Police in South Union Township, Pennsylvania are looking for a ninja who broke into a dozen cars. The man, dressed in a black ninja outfit and carrying a sword, left behind shattered glass, blood and fingerprints. He was even caught on a neighbor's surveillance camera. Victim Jennifer Barry says, "Just the fact that he had the nerve to come to a driveway, especially ours. It's so well lit and out security camera is facing right there. I mean, it took a lot of nerve to do that." Police say they are working on numerous tips, but so far, no one has been arrested.
Apple has confirmed that the infamous "White iPhone 4" will be available Thursday April 28. Customers have waited nearly a year for the white model of the smartphone to be released. Apple said the white iPhones had proven more challenging to manufacture than expected. The original delay was expected to be a month but turned out to be closer to a year.
#4 - Gabrielle Giffords
The Congresswoman boarding a plane Wednesday in Texas bound for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Giffords, who is recovering from January's mass shooting in Tucson, will attend the space shuttle launch on Friday. Her husband, Mark Kelly, will command that mission.
#3 - Teleprompter Inventor Dies
Hubert Schafly Jr. created the teleprompter. It was first used on a CBS soap opera back in 1950. The idea came from Broadway actor Fred Barton who wanted help remembering lines. It went on to be used on the Tonight Show and the Ed Sullivan Show. It became mainstream when President Hoover used it in 1952 to deliver a speech. Schlafly was 91.
#2 - Donnie Wahlberg
The New Kids on the Block member and actor used Twitter to help a fan find a new kidney. Wahlberg is currently on the CBS show Blue Bloods. Donnie retweeted the link that his fan was in dire need of a new kidney. The tweet led to tons of phone calls and 6 matches. The fan will have the transplant in June.
#1 - Ninja Break-ins
Police in South Union Township, Pennsylvania are looking for a ninja who broke into a dozen cars. The man, dressed in a black ninja outfit and carrying a sword, left behind shattered glass, blood and fingerprints. He was even caught on a neighbor's surveillance camera. Victim Jennifer Barry says, "Just the fact that he had the nerve to come to a driveway, especially ours. It's so well lit and out security camera is facing right there. I mean, it took a lot of nerve to do that." Police say they are working on numerous tips, but so far, no one has been arrested.
