Seven lives changed by Twitter

POSTED: 3:22 PM Mar 21 2013 UPDATED: 3:42 PM Mar 21 2013

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Twitter is celebrating its seventh anniversary today. Check out seven lives changed by the popular microblogging site.

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Popular microblogging site Twitter is celebrating its seventh anniversary on March 21.

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Jack Dorsey

Twitter, tweet, social media

Pope Benedict XVI’s fisherman’s ring

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Weiner Resigns

Justin Halpern

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Kelly Oxford

Twitter goes wild after news of death

Voula Papachristou

OTD February 7 - Ashton Kutcher

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