Good day, bad day: March 22, 2012

Etch A Sketch's stock soars, while student loan debt grows ever more onerous — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle

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GOOD DAY FOR:

Giggling tweeps

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Shipwreck enthusiasts

National Geographic releases the highest resolution photos ever taken of the Titanic wreck. [The Daily]

Unintended consequences

Ohio Art Company, which makes Etch A Sketch, sees its stock price triple after Mitt Romney's aide infamously likens his candidate to the easily-erasable toy. [Politico]

BAD DAY FOR:

Affordable educations

A new report finds that America's total student loan debt has passed $1 trillion, making it 16 percent higher than previously estimated. [Newser]

John Edwards

A New York call girl alleges that she was paid by a "millionaire madam" to have sex with the fallen Democrat during his failed campaign for the presidency. Edwards denies her claim. [DNAinfo]

New York pride

Bagel enthusiasts in the Big Apple are infuriated when Consumer Reports suggests that the best bagels might not come from New York, but from your supermarket's frozen-foods section. [Business Insider]

For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: March 21, 2012