Dec 03

Twitter’s Top Trending Topics of the Week: Neilsen, Nelson, and Wikileaks

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Can you believe it’s already December? A lot of interesting news and events happened this week, and if you weren’t sitting on Twitter all week, you may have missed some of the most-talked-about topics. Don’t feel left out of the loop this weekend while you’re eating latkes at a Hanukkah party. We’ve rounded up the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter this week. Hanukkah is up there, as well as the loss of Leslie Nielson, the arrest of Willie Nelson, and more. 

Check out the top trending topics on Twitter for the week ending in December 3: 

1. Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen, star of classic comedies such as “Airplane!,” “Police Squad,” and the “Naked Gun,” died on Sunday at age 84 from complications of pneumonia.
#Leslie Nielsen 
2. World AIDS Day World AIDS Day, a day to support the awareness of HIV/AIDS diseases, was on December 1. #World AIDS / #gogettested / #turnred 
3. Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights started early this year: December 1! Here’s hoping everyone is eating latkes for eight straight nights. #Hanukkah 

4. BOPE / Brazil Slum Violence / Complexo
Trending again this week, Rio de Janiero’s BOPE, a special forces unit of the military police, has invaded Complexo do Alemão (Alemão Complex), in an effort to extinguish the violence. #BOPE 
 
5. 2010 Disappointments
From midterms, to getting laid off from work, people are tweeting their disappointments from 2010. #2010Disappointments 
 
Check out rest of the list after the jump!
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