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  Madoff's Illegally Obtained Loot on the Auction Block

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:12 PM ET

  find an auction of all of Bernie Madoff's things, courtesy of the US Marshals Service and executed by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, according to USA Today.Madoff won't need the stuff where he's going; he'll be in an orange jumpsuit serving a 150-year prison term after pleading guilty t Read More

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  Baby Names: A Trend

  By Jac Chebatoris | Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  you can pretty much be assured that if they were to order a drink, it would be apple juice, straight up.Why do we know this? Because, as reported in USA Today, there is research to support the finding that parents in the United States respond quickly to what name is hot for their tot.And in what' Read More

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  Tony Bennett's School Of The Arts Re-Opens In New Building

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:53 PM ET

  usually beginning in 11th grade, such as Jazz Ensemble, Musical Theater, and Chamber Singers."We're the opposite of instant fame," Bennett tells USA Today. "We want to teach the students quality and to do things that will last forever." Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Al Pacino, Queens, FAME, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Diana Krall
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  Saudi Higher Ed Goes Co-ed

  By John Casey | Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:05 PM ET

  for women to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, but women now can attend a university with men, according to an Associated Press story that appeared in USA Today and other U.S. papers. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST, was opened this week in the city of Jeddah Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Science, Associated Press, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Giving, Activism, Development
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  Take Comfort In The Mini-Bar

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:39 AM ET

  the items that were healthy choices that were being purchased, but rather potato chips and comfort foods," the hotel’s general manager told USA Today. "So we're adding more."'Hey, at least it’s not those mini bottles of cognac that are getting popular. Photo courtesy Joepyrek, vi Read More

  More like this in: Travel, Potato Chips, Business, Travel, Economy
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  The Revolution Will Be in Technicolor

  By Ben Corbett | Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:16 PM ET

  Owners Association.A nationwide group of underground enthusiasts is reviving the tradition in a way that would make even Dalton Trumbo proud. USA Today and the Boston Globe have covered this over the past year, but the Christian Science Monitor just published a big feature yesterday about Read More

  More like this in: The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Business, Entertainment, Life & Style, Good Ideas, Retail, Movies, Culture
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  The Power of Positive Reading

  By Caroline Walker | Fri Aug 7, 2009 8:21 AM ET

  headlines appeared online:"Bill Clinton's Success in North Korea" -- The New York Times"Happiness: Staying Positive in Negative Territory" -- USA Today"Shooting Victim's Sister Trying to Stay Positive" -- MSNBC Success, happiness, positivity... What's with the optimism? US news, no Read More

  More like this in: Bill Clinton, New York, The New York Times, United States, Amazon, MSNBC, Honduras, North Korea, Soybeans, Brian Williams
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  Presidential Treatment

  By Lisa Germinsky | Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:40 PM ET

  or some madcap Greenpeace antics, we'll have the means to rebuild it.Navnit Singh, director of interpretation and education at Mount Rushmore, tells USA Today, "It's revolutionary," and went on to shared the importance of preserving a "narrative of our human history." He also hopes that th Read More

  More like this in: California, New Orleans, GreenPeace, Peru, Mount Rushmore, Machu Picchu, US, Technology, Cutting-edge
• The Compassion Boom

  By Lisa Germinsky | Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:03 PM ET

  Grimm of the Corporation for National & Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and other service programs, told USA Today, "There's a compassion boom going on."And in a time where people seem to be more in need than ever before, they're counter-intuitivel Read More

  More like this in: Michelle Obama, Recession, Financial Crisis, Americorps, Corporation for National and Community Service, Senior Corps, US, Kindness
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  Jenna Bush Defends The Children

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  that I teach. They have things for sixth-graders. They have things for younger students, like my third-graders that I taught in D.C.," Hager told USA Today.Hager headed to New York last week to launch Next Generation Initiative. "Our goal, with UNICEF's Next Generation, is to really engag Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Pregnancy, Malnutrition, Child Mortality, Children's Rights, Barbara Bush, George Bush