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How Domino's responded to prank video

May. 2, 2009
The saga of the prank Domino's video could be a case study of how fast-moving social media can both giveth and taketh away. It began April 13, when five YouTube clips showing a Domino's Pizza employee performing unsavory acts with food began spreading on the...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch