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  Kellogg's Foundation for Local Food

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:20 PM ET

  Foundation, founded and funded by Will Keith Kellogg in the 1930s and still very close to the company, is making local food its thing lately. The Washington Post reports that the organization has announced $32.5 million in grants to support local food. The nine projects to receive fundin Read More

  More like this in: Health, Children, Farming, Grants, Local Food, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Giving, Food & Drink
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  Social Media's Downside? Bad Manners

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:57 AM ET

  mind and called her friend, but only at the last minute. How many of you out there haven't caught yourself in time? Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Social Networking, relationships, Networking, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Gadgets, Culture, Relationships
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  Emotional Candy Corns

  By Kirk Bromley | Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:12 PM ET

  at a custom cookie shop, Bundles of Cookies, in Washington, DC. The store was featured on the Today Show, and her cookies have appeared in The Washington Post, Modern Bride, The New York Times, and Chocolatier Magazine. She's also published a book on the art of cookie decorating, Cooki Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Halloween, Washington DC, Today Show, Candy, The Washington Post, Cookies, Crafting
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  College Student Seeks Personal Assistant

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:46 PM ET

  week the 19-year-old logged on to the school's employment Web site and posted an ad for someone to take on "some of my everyday tasks," reports The Washington Post. Cooper laid out the job responsibilities in detail. "As my PA you will receive an email once a day by 9 a.m. with a task list fo Read More

  More like this in: Schools, Washington, Employment, The Washington Post, Georgetown University, Homework, US, Business, Regional/Local, Education, Employment, Home & Garden
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  Wedding Politics in India: With This Toilet, I Thee Wed

  By Jac Chebatoris | Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  it goes something like this: vegetarian, sober, good job and, one other thing, if you please: a toilet.After "the financial liability," as the Washington Post points out that girls are to their families, the least the groom-to-be should manage to offer up (after being presented with th Read More

  More like this in: India, Washington, Life & Style, Relationships, Family
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  Who Wears Short Shorts? Michelle Obama, That's Who

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:26 AM ET

  People are overreacting! There’s nothing immodest about shorts during an outdoor family vacation.” “I think in many ways it’s symbolic,” Washington Post fashion editor and staff writer Robin Givhan told Today. “We don’t see first ladies looking informal, and I think it’s Read More

  More like this in: Michelle Obama, Fashion, Washington, Chicago, White House, Today Show, Chicago Tribune
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  Vacation Diplomacy

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:12 PM ET

  fragile economy Obama declared he would pay his family’s portion of rent for the week, estimated at $25,000 or more. Several historians told the Washington Post his decision to pay for the digs is unusual when compared to past presidents. (Yeah, I think they’re talking about you, Bil Read More

  More like this in: Bill Clinton, Washington, John McCain, Travel and Vacations, US, Politics & Policy
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  Teen Texting and Schools

  By Ben Corbett | Wed Aug 5, 2009 10:05 AM ET

  say their social life would end or be worsened – especially among females."As for the new language that teens have so easily mastered, a 2007 Washington Post article spelled it out for acronymically ignorant parents. For instance "o-m-g-i-n-b-d" meant "Oh my gosh it's no big deal." Th Read More

  More like this in: AT&T, Washington, Texting, Pittsburgh, Verizon Wireless, Iowa, Federal Communications Commission, Harris Interactive
• Driving Blind

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Mon Aug 3, 2009 7:00 AM ET

  there. But for the blind, the passenger seat chatter is part of a new technology that will allow the sightless to finally get behind the wheel.The Washington Post reports that at Virginia Tech, engineers have created a prototype vehicle that will allow the blind to navigate streets themselves. Read More

  More like this in: Technology, The Washington Post, Virginia Tech, Business, Technology, Autos, Tech Does Good
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  Keepin' the Faith

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:17 AM ET

  their trek."Anything can happen when you live in the moment, one step at a time," Mark Soehner, 51, one of the mentors to the young friars, told The Washington Post. "But to find that out, you have to be willing to take that one step."The four young friars got the idea for the pilgrimage shortl Read More

  More like this in: Washington, Chicago, Washington DC, Kindness, Peace, The Washington Post, US, Kindness