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  Charity Cleans Up With Used Soap

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:47 AM ET

  by the variety of soaps available in the United States that he found a way to share the bounty with his former countrymen.Kayongo, who lives in Atlanta, has gathered 10,000 pounds of used soap from 60 hotels in Georgia as part of his Global Soap Project, reports the Associated Press.The bars Read More

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  Self-adjusting Video Games

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:25 PM ET

  game catch on? It seems there's some resistance to the idea in the game development world. Says Ian Bogost at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, "Some wonder if this effort destroys the potential for art to produce the unfamiliar or disturbing." Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Denmark, Georgia Institute of Technology, Video Games and Consoles, Technology, Science, Gadgets, Cutting-edge, Innovation & Discovery
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  Business Awards Bungled

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:09 PM ET

  take to create jobs and stimulate the economy."Well, at the very least, they've got the stimulating part down. Photo courtesy caninhas vi Read More

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  Is Heroism Genetic?

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM ET

  flood waters. The noble act came 30 years after his father, Tommie Stephney, died while trying to save three people whose canoe had flipped over in Atlanta's Chattahoochee River.On September 22nd, Stephney Jr. reported to work at Werner Enterprises, a large trucking company. A group of worker Read More

  More like this in: US, Regional/Local, Kindness
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  Delta Helps Habitat's First NYC Green Roof

  By John Casey | Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  absorb about 1-inch of rainfall." Along with the Fox-Leggett building, Habitat and Delta also are combining efforts to put up five new homes in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis and Minneapolis/St. Paul. These houses are special because they "highlight special features for Delta o Read More

  More like this in: Delta, Habitat for Humanity, Social Responsibility, Giving, Volunteerism, Activism, Development
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  Tonic Mixtape: Manchester Orchestra

  By David Jenison | Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:17 PM ET

  is featured below. You can also check out the band on their latest tour, which is currently hitting Midwest towns like Omaha, Des Moines and Tulsa. Read More

  More like this in: Weezer, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Kings of Leon, Entertainment, Music
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  Dining Out to Help End Hunger

  By Marc Hertz | Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:15 PM ET

  you should hopefully have a few options as well.In addition, online restaurant reservation site OpenTable is helping out, so if you live in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco or Washington, D.C., you'll be able to make reservations at the participatin Read More

  More like this in: New York City, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Restaurants, Boston, Share Our Strength
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  Ludacris "Rolls Out" Free Car Program

  By Sarah Parsons | Tue Sep 8, 2009 3:26 PM ET

  a single mother, a Sudanese refugee and a father of two who lost his job a year ago.While the contest certainly benefited down-on-their-luck Atlantans, it could also yield some fringe benefits for the struggling dealership. Nissan South is down about $800,000 after doling out discount Read More

  More like this in: Cash for Clunkers, Ludacris, Ludacris Foundation, US, Business, Entertainment, Kindness, Autos, Celebrity
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  Grad School for Good

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:59 PM ET

  Calif. (120)Oct. 19 - Los Angeles, Calif. (120)Oct. 20 - Seattle, Wash. (90)Oct. 22 - Portland, Ore. (65)Oct. 29 - New Orleans, La. (60)Oct. 30 - Atlanta, Ga. (90)Nov. 3 - Virginia Beach, Va. (30)Register for free on the Idealist grad fairs page. And make sure to remember your necktie and you Read More

  More like this in: New York, San Francisco, Economy, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, Seattle, Virginia, Kansas
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  Journalism's Not Dead Yet

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:13 PM ET

  the debacle. Still others, however, are discussing what to do about it and coming up with a lot of new ideas.  James T. Hamilton writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that a recent meeting of media and nonprofit leaders at Duke University involved discussion of how our federa Read More

  More like this in: Duke University, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas, Activism