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Jennifer Pompi is a general assignment reporter and afternoon slot editor for The Washington Times. Previously, she worked as an editor for AOL/Patch, covering hyperlocal news in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland. She can be reached at jpompi@washingtontimes.com.

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People were tweeting about everything from education to Ebola on Election Day. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Issues Twitter users cared most about in #Election2014

On Election Day, as on most days, Americans took to social media to air their views and voice their opinion. Social media platform Twitter captured some of Tuesday's #Election2014 tweets and analyzed them to see what was on voters' minds.

November 4, 2014
On Tuesday, millions of Facebook users logged on to their accounts to see a little app at the top of their feed, asking people if they were voters, and that app has proven to increase voter turnout. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Facebook app increases voter turnout, researchers say

On Tuesday, millions of Facebook users logged on to their accounts to see a little app at the top of their feed, asking people if they were voters, and that app has been proven to increase voter turnout.

November 4, 2014
Kmart has announced it will be open for "Black Friday" sales on Thanksgiving this year. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) — FILE

Kmart Black Friday begins at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving 2014

In an effort to grab early Black Friday shoppers before Thanksgiving dinner has even been served, general merchandise retailer Kmart Monday announced plans to open their stores at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving, according to Food World News, and stay open until the following midnight.

November 3, 2014
In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Health workers spray disinfectant on the body of a man as they prepare to place him into a grave, rear, as he is suspected of contracting and dying from the Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while Sierra Leone is "in a crisis situation which is going to get worse," the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

CDC pulls Ebola sneeze fact sheet

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday pulled down a poster from its website explaining how Ebola can be spread through sneezing, according to the New York Post.

October 30, 2014
This undated photo shows Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A piece of an aluminum aircraft discovered on an uninhabited atoll in the southwestern Pacific has been identified as belonging to Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed Electra. (AP Photo, file)

Amelia Earhart plane fragment identified

A piece of an aluminum aircraft discovered on an uninhabited atoll in the southwestern Pacific has been identified as belonging to the twin-engine Lockheed Electra of U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart, according to Discovery News.

October 29, 2014
The unmanned Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, explodes seconds after launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, on Oct. 28, 2014 (Screengrab via NASA TV)

Antares rocket explodes after NASA launch

The Orbital Sciences unmanned rocket scheduled to launch at 6:28 p.m. Tuesday night from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia exploded on the launch pad shortly after takeoff.

October 28, 2014
Zoe Saldana, the character Rocket Racoon, voiced by Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, the character Groot, voiced by Vin Diesel, and Dave Bautista in a scene from "Guardians of the Galaxy." Marvel Studios has unveiled its comic book films through 2019. (AP Photo/Disney - Marvel, File) — FILE

Marvel reveals film lineup through 2019

Marvel gave its film fans something to cheer about at a press event Tuesday when it announced its schedule of comic book-based films through 2019, according to Business Insider.

October 28, 2014
FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2011, file photo, journalist James Foley poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Boston. A memorial service is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Foley's hometown of Rochester, N.H., on what would have been his 41st birthday. Foley was abducted in Syria on Thanksgiving Day 2012, and a video by Islamic State militants that purported to show his killing by the militant group was released Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FBI warns U.S. journalists of Islamic State threat

The FBI on Thursday issued a warning to U.S.-based journalists and media organizations advising them that they may be targeted by lone-wolf Islamic State militants in retribution for U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.

October 23, 2014
Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment, as he and registered nurse Fred Serafin, right, demonstrate proper protective procedures to doctors and nurses during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Monday, Oct. 20, for how health workers should gear up to treat Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

CDC issues tightened Ebola gear guidelines

The CDC Monday issued tightened guidelines on the personal protective equipment that should be worn by health care workers treating Ebola patients, including zero skin exposure, training in putting on and taking off gear and a trained monitor watching workers don and doff the equipment.

October 20, 2014
FILE - The cruise ship Carnival Magic passes near Cozumel , Mexico, in this Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo. The Coast Guard said it has retrieved a blood sample from a Dallas health care worker who is aboard a cruise ship and being monitored for signs of Ebola. Petty Officer Andy Kendrick says the crew flew in a helicopter Saturday Oct. 18, 2014 to meet the Carnival Magic and lowered a basket of supplies. The woman provided a sample. (AP Photo/Angel Castellanos, File)

Health worker on cruise tests negative for Ebola

A lab worker who handled samples from the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. tested negative for the disease Sunday, after self-quarantining for seven days on a cruise ship, according to NBCNews.com.

October 19, 2014