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temptation was too great to resist: "Which sandwich are you?"
• After answering a series of unscientific, seemingly unrelated questions, which included selecting her favorite doughnut from a lineup of frosted pastries, she had her answer (grilled cheese, for the record). And she's not the only one who's comparing herself to sandwiches lately. Go on, admit it: Chances are, you've been doing it, too.
• A recent explosion of silly online personality quizzes, most of them created by the young social media mavens at Buzzfeed.com, has everybody talking about which state they really ought to be living in and which Harry Potter character they really are. Buzzfeed says the quizzes are smashing traffic records and generating more Facebook comment threads than any viral posts in the site's history.
• Experts say the phenomenon isn't surprising given the age-old fascination with that central question -- "Who AM I?" -- and a desire to compare ourselves with others in a social media-obsessed society.
• On a recent snowy day, the 37-year-old Noh, who lives in New York City, admitted that she and several friends spent the afternoon taking quizzes and texting each other screen shots of the results. "It turned into an all-day group text message fest, where it was just picture after picture of, oh, what rapper are you?" she says, laughing. "What career should you actually have? Which sandwich are you? Which member of One Direction should you marry?"
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CNN's low-rated 'Piers Morgan Live' to end after 3 years; British host followed Larry King

• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CNN's prime-time talk show "Piers Morgan Live" is coming to an end, the news channel said Sunday.
• Morgan, who succeeded Larry King in the 9 p.m. EST time slot three years ago, was drawing lackluster ratings. In contrast, King had a 25-year run on CNN.
• The airdate for Morgan's last show has yet to be determined, CNN said in a statement.
• Morgan is a former U.K. tabloid editor who reinvented himself as a TV personality with stints as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent" and its U.S. spinoff, NBC's "America's Got Talent," and as a contestant on "Celebrity Apprentice."
• He hosted BBC's "You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous," and did interview shows and documentaries for ITV.
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