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This just in from Poynter's Al Tompkins. What happens when United Airlines breaks a musician's guitar? He makes a video about it, uploads to YouTube and more then 3 million people watch it. Talk about bad PR.

About a third of Geoffrey Ithen's basement is portioned off for his use as a staging post for his hunts to Pennsylvania. There are tool boxes filled with all manner of little necessities for a trip to the woods: hand warmers and feet warmers and all sorts of little gizmos. He's a gentle man and very matter of fact about his love of hunting.

Here's my latest piece of video journalism. It's about three guys in Maplewood who brew beer in their basements. It's part of a series of videos I'm doing for the New York Times blog, The Local, about the interesting/creative/unusual things folks do in their basements in the burbs.

Here's my latest piece of video journalism. It's about three guys who brew beer in their basements. It's part of a series I'm doing for the New York Times blog, The Local, about the interesting/creative/unusual things suburban folks do in their basements.

Tom Reingold enjoys minor celebrity in Maplewood for his frequent posts to Maplewood Online, the town's main Web forum for spleen-venting, selling stuff and finding recommendations for good plumbers. But Tom's also a bit of a mensch, fixing up bikes in his basement and then giving them away to folks who needs them.

White House reporters are miffed that they were shut out of a covering a session of hoops Prez Obama shot with a team visiting the White House. What particularly irked them was that the White House covered the event itself and put out it's own video, complete with logo and all.

Would you look at the press coverage for this dog.

Would you look at the press coverage for this dog.

According to the Pew Research Center, this was the most popular YouTube video last week. CBS are now using the clip to promote their show. It's pretty cool.

This is cute. See what you think.