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  With YouTube Direct, Everyone Makes the News

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:07 PM ET

  capitalize on with its new YouTube Direct program, which will connect such "citizen journalists" with actual TV and Web news editors, according to Reuters. The editors, in fact, can even put out a call for such footage from amateurs who'd like to get on the air.The Huffington Post, NPR Read More

  More like this in: YouTube, Film, The San Francisco Chronicle, Cameras, The Huffington Post, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Volunteerism, Activism, TV, DIY
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  Wanna Hang?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:28 PM ET

  your new wool sweater down to the size of a Barbie shirt. What? We're not speaking from experience or anything. Photo courtesy Skenmy vi Read More

  More like this in: Non-Profit, Nonprofit, Florida, Hawaii, Colorado, Vermont, Maine
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  Baghdad Zoo Rises From the Ashes

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:23 AM ET

  improved, we started to live our normal lives again after a dark period of violence," teacher Basima Abbas, visiting the zoo with her children, told Reuters. "We want to live normal lives like everyone else in the world." Like almost everything else in Iraq, the Baghdad Zoo suffered significantl Read More

  More like this in: Iraq, Quality Of Life, World, Life & Style, Mideast, Animals & Pets, Destinations
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  Kookiness Abounds on Guinness World Records Day

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:35 PM ET

  using only his ears. Double Ow! "I will never be discouraged by defeat, because I know that success can be waiting around the next corner," he told Reuters. "The only way to get there is to try again and stay positive." (Sturdy hair follicles don't hurt, either.) London can boast othe Read More

  More like this in: Europe, London, England, Australia, Hair, Italy, Norway, Guinness World Records, Commuters, Finland
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  Warhol's 200 Dollars Snags More Than $40M

  By David Bois | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:41 AM ET

  works. Measuring approximately 80 inches by 92 inches (an image of it may be seen here), the condition of the painting was reportedly pristine.Reuters writes that the piece sold for about four times the estimated selling price, underscoring the late artist's ongoing popularity and the ar Read More

  More like this in: New York, The New York Times, Art, Andy Warhol, Sotheby's, US, Entertainment, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Celebrity, Culture
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  How to Help US High Schools? Try $100 Million

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:12 PM ET

  A new seven-year, $100 million initiative by the Ford Foundation aims to fix basic problems in a broken secondary education system. Read More

  More like this in: Schools, Grants, Teaching, High School, Ford Foundation, US, Social Responsibility, Education, Giving
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  Getting That Gleeful Feeling

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:12 PM ET

  its due, does this mean there’s a chance for the band geeks, too? Because, this one time at band camp ... Photo courtesy Jeff Kubina vi Read More

  More like this in: Madonna, Rihanna, Music, Television, Business, Entertainment, Retail, Music, TV
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  Billionaire Garage Sale

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:10 PM ET

  just been biding your time waiting for the right moment to snap up that mega yacht you’ve always wanted. Well, looks like that time has come.Reuters reports that thanks to a new site called BillionareXchange, many of the toys that were once only the domain of the very wealthy — lik Read More

  More like this in: Recession, Business, Life & Style, Economy, Retail, Celebrity
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  Celebrating Again: 20 Years Since Berlin Wall's Great Fall

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:59 AM ET

  have grown up in East Germany, and when the wall came down the then 35-year-old was working as a scientific researcher in East Berlin. According to Reuters she called the event, "the happiest day in recent Germany history," which in many cases reunited relatives who had been separated for the 2 Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Germany, Berlin, MSNBC, European Union, The Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, Cold War
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  Fly Without Fear

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Nov 4, 2009 8:19 AM ET

  you get a panic attack, just remember what your therapist told you. But there's probably an app for that, too. Photo courtesy Moody75 vi Read More

  More like this in: iPhone, Anxiety, Relaxation, Phobias, Business, Travel, Good Ideas, Tech Does Good