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Rank of Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tell ’Em’s Twitter page on a list of “businesses” with the highest number of Twitter followers: 9

Rank of CNN: 1

Total number of Twitterers following Soulja Boy: 892,491

Total number of “tweets” the rapper — or his handlers — have posted on his Twitter site: 4,412

Estimated number of tweets worldwide that were related to the Iran protests, following the country’s June 12 election: 79,000

Estimated percentage of tweets that referenced Michael Jackson in the two hours following the king of pop’s death: 30

Total number of Twitter members worldwide: 37 million

Number of other major social-networking sites that have grown faster than Twitter over the past year: 0

Number of jobs that MySpace was forced to cut following stiff competition from Twitter and Facebook: 300

Sources: Twibs.com, twitter.com/souljaboytellem, WashingtonPost.com, ColumbusDispatch.com, Mashable.com, NYTimes.com

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1) Jesco White plays the Star Bar.

2) The Midsummer Music Fest features Guster, Rusted Root and more at Candler Park.

3) As-is: Tom Ferguson: Paintings, Political Cartoons, Songs opens at Eyedrum.

4) Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane and more perform at Philips Arena for the Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash 14.

5) The Bench hosts graffiti artist Never’s Not Art and the Atlanta Indie Music and Arts Festival.

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(Photo courtesy Jesco White)

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OBAMA: Getting snarkier, outspending Clinton 2-to-1 on TV ads in Pa. on Primary Eve.

GRACE UNDER FIRES: Okefenokee Swamp open, still recovering from last year’s forest fires; boat tours survey remaining damage.

A NICE METH YOU’VE GOTTEN ME INTO: CNN reporter arrested in Central Park with meth in his pocket while returning to his hotel room with friends.

THE TRIALS OF ABRAHAM: Smitten DOT commish to announce today whether she plans to stay in her post, will then be voted in or out by the board.

KATHRYN JOHNSTON SHOOTING: Jury selection for Arthur Tesler’s trial begins today.

THE NEGOTIATOR: Jimmy Carter gets Hamas to agree to hypothetical peace deal, gets snubbed by Israelis.

HAWKS: Lose Game 1 handily.

JUNK FEUD: NBA players LeBron James and DeShawn Stevenson hold proxy feud via rappers Jay-Z and Soulja Boy.

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Hey, y’all: Our colleagues over at the Crib Notes music blog are going to live-blog the Grammys Sunday night, starting at 8 p.m. My understanding is that if I put the words Amy Winehouse, Kanye West and Soulja Boy at this point in my post, more people will pay attention to it.

Young Thomas Wheatley and I had a blast live-blogging Super Tuesday as the results rolled in. Now, Rodney Carmichael and Mosi Reeves figure they’ll get in the act.

So if you’re sitting at home, watching the TV Sunday night and become outraged at the grave injustice that a certain British artist wasn’t allowed into the U.S. to accept her awards, and your partner or your parent or your cat or your dog or your hamster doesn’t seem to give a damn, crank up your computer and go to Crib Notes. Rodney and Mosi will listen to all your troubles.

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