JavaScript to Manipulate Copied Text
copy, copy-paste, javascript, jquery
Solution
The code that does this is in http://www.huffingtonpost.com/include/lib/copy_paste.js?v=1.02
It looks like on mouse-up events they check to see if any text is selected, and if it is then they insert an invisible div containing the citation inside of the selection.
Problem
I copied come text from a The Huffington Post article and found that the web site had somehow snuck a citation onto my clipboard: The text I had selected. Blah. Blah. Blah. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... How did they do that?