Stolen?
"The strange move caused a bit of a blog storm from people who felt their content had been stolen."
Instead of visiting twitter.com, they should try dictionary.com for a definition of "stolen".
US political blog The Huffington Post republished everything that appeared on Twitter last night. The blog has now removed the content and added this rather cryptic message: HuffPost is building a directory to help our audience discover and follow the very best Twitter users. The feature is currently being tested and will …
it's not a matter of *CAN* you copyright twits, but that twits *ARE* copyrighten when you twit them. (seriously, how can anyone go from "twitter" to "tweet"... it's CLEARLY "twit").
Although, I do have to agree with your last question, provided you update it to read (somthing to the effect of):
"Why do twits twit anyway?"
HuffPost has content?
Honestly, this site has never once given me even one piece of *newsworthy* news I hadn't already aggregated myself from the primary news sources. If I wanted somebody else's opinion on US-centric news, I'd read HuffPost. And watch Glenn Beck just for shits and giggles.