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By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:40 AM ET

The world's largest humanitarian and development agency is calling for more good news to be reported about the continent. Read More

More like this in: Health, Africa, Kenya, Red Cross, Disasters, Red Crescent

By Sarah Parsons | Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:06 PM ET

An unexpected blue-haired beauty will grace the cover of the nudey mag's November issue. Read More

More like this in: Sex, Magazines, The Simpsons, Playboy Enterprises Inc., Hugh Hefner

By Judy Mottl | Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:36 PM ET

Twitter pulls in another celebrity, but there's at least one who's holding out just a little something in the tweeting world. Read More

More like this in: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher, Twitter, 30 Rock, NBC, Kathy Griffin, Tracy Morgan

By Kirk Bromley | Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:00 AM ET

The filmmaker is being honored for his artistry and humanitarianism on October 8, 2009, at the National Constitution Center. Read More

More like this in: ABC, Music, Movies, Steven Spielberg, Richie Havens, Whoopi Goldberg, National Constitution Center

By Marc Hertz | Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:30 AM ET

Computer maker leaves the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its climate policy. Read More

More like this in: Apple, Nike, Climate change, The New York Times, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, L.A. Times, Environmental Protection Agency, PG&E, Exelon Corporation

By Ben Corbett | Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:06 PM ET

With newspapers on the wane, a Knight commission just released the final report on the dangers of an uninformed citizenry. Is Democracy at stake? Read More

More like this in: National Public Radio, Washington, Radio, Newspapers

By Marc Hertz | Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:14 PM ET

This marks another departure from the chamber following the group's reaction to a recent Environmental Protection Agency finding. Read More

More like this in: Nike, Climate change, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Exelon Corporation

By Judy Mottl | Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:11 PM ET

An alert blogger takes quick action on an offensive poll about President Barack Obama, even getting the Secret Service involved. Read More

More like this in: Barack Obama, Facebook, Social Networking, Secret Service

By Steve Tanner | Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:03 PM ET

Thanks to a new application, Facebook users can help save the endangered African mountain gorilla with a simple click and the cost of a banana. Read More

More like this in: Facebook, Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, FAME

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:13 AM ET

President Obama, and scores of media figures, gather to honor the iconic journalist Walter Cronkite. Read More

More like this in: Barack Obama, Television, Walter Cronkite