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  Where Are My Waffles?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:43 AM ET

  400 Facebook friends mourned the dearth of their favorite treat; and Twitter has been a-blaze with commentary including one user who, according to CNN, called the shortage, "a national tragedy."So if you manage to get your mitts on a box, hold on tight, and whatever you do, don’t leggo. Phot Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Twitter, The Associated Press, Joni Mitchell, US, Business, Life & Style, Food & Drink
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  Decorate for Dax

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:12 AM ET

  Dax, don't know if he will make it to Christmas, so we wanted to have Christmas early," Julie Locke told local news station WMBD, as reported on CNN.com.Pretty soon, the whole neighborhood started joining in, decorating their houses one by one. They even surprised the Lockes by decorating Read More

  More like this in: Hope, Halloween, Christmas, Gifts, Leukemia, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Giving, Fundraising, Family
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  Need a Flu Shot? Google Thought So

  By Marc Hertz | Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:37 PM ET

  offering both seasonal and H1N1 flu shots, with Google suggesting I call ahead to confirm availability, "as flu shot supply changes regularly."CNN reported that, according to Anne Schucat, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, "41.6 million doses o Read More

  More like this in: Google, L.A. Times, Flu Shots, US, Technology, Tech Does Good, Healthcare
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  Shooting for Social Change

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:46 AM ET

  she told me, will change the world, once we give the grassroots a bit of help to learn how. After years working in television — at Court TV and CNN, among others — Mayberry went looking for something more and accepted a fellowship through the American India Foundation to spend a yea Read More

  More like this in: Education, India, YouTube, Television, Asia, Film, mtv, Entrepreneurship, Third World and Developing Countries, Cameras, Domestic Violence, Social entrepreneurship
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  Veterans Worldwide Take a Bow

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:19 PM ET

  Westminster Abbey to commemorate those lost in WWI. The event also included the traditional two-minute silence to honor past war dead, reports CNN. France and Germany symbolically joined forces for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This comes just two days after Germans marke Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, London, England, Australia, Germany, Paris, France, Veterans, Berlin, Military, Queen Elizabeth, Veterans Day
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  Professor Flea: Red Hot's Music School Master

  By Jac Chebatoris | Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:18 PM ET

  foundation to those who might need it the most.Just ask Flea the bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Before he became a rock star, Flea told CNN, he was headed on a downward spiral of self-sabotage: robbing houses and "running wild on the street." Music was his salvation and now, alon Read More

  More like this in: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Music, Non-Profit, Los Angeles, Nonprofit, Metallica, The Police, Huey Lewis
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  The Art of Tailgating

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 8, 2009 3:42 PM ET

  and runs the appropriately titled Web site tailgating.com."Even if you are not a football fan, you can be a fan of tailgating," Cahn told CNN.Cahn exhibits a certain joie de vivre as he displays a broad grin while tailgating in a hot tub before a Detroit Lions game. (Click the CNN lin Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Beer, Cooking, New Orleans, Football, Detroit, Detroit Lions, US, Travel, Kindness, Culture, Food & Drink
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  The New Dracula

  By Sarah Parsons | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:27 PM ET

  character most readers don't know much about: Bram Stoker himself."Part of the plan was to paint a realistic picture of Bram Stoker," Dacre told CNN.com. "Everybody knows Dracula. Not many people know Bram Stoker."And while some of Dracula's original characters will make appearances, the nove Read More

  More like this in: Twilight, Dracula, US, Entertainment, Education, Books, Culture
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  IBM Takes Health Care Seriously

  By Marc Hertz | Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:31 PM ET

  Big Blue will bolster the health care coverage of its US employees, including a new wellness incentive. Read More

  More like this in: IBM, Health Care, Health Insurance, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas, Healthcare, Activism, Development, Health & Fitness
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  Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:21 PM ET

  marine life and to the humans who then eat said marine critters.So now that you're caught up, here's where Crowley comes in. According to a story on CNN.com, Crowley founded the non-profit, Project Kaisei, in 2008 with George Orbelian and Doug Wooding. Over the past two years, the non-profit' Read More

  More like this in: Non-Profit, Recycling, Nonprofit, Garbage, Sailing, World, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Asia, Americas, Environment, Volunteerism, Activism