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  Sandra Bullock Hosts Event for School Devastated by Katrina

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:00 PM ET

  Bullock has been a staunch supporter of the school since it sustained damaged from Hurricane Katrina. Bullock, who recently purchased a house in New Orleans, will attend, along with Blind Side writer-director John Lee Hancock and writer Michael Lewis, on whose book the movie was based. Th Read More

  More like this in: Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, High School, Michael Lewis, Baltimore Ravens, Sandra Bullock, Social Responsibility, Entertainment, Fundraising, Activism, Celebrity, Movies
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  The Art of Tailgating

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

  in a hot tub before a Detroit Lions game. (Click the CNN link to see the pic.) He has participated in more than 500 tailgates since he sold his New Orleans Cooking School a decade ago, and we can only assume his training as a professional Southern-style chef is one secret to his success. Bu Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Beer, Cooking, Football, Detroit, Detroit Lions, US, Travel, Kindness, Culture, Food & Drink
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  Drool While You Read: New Cookbooks Give Good Food

  By Jac Chebatoris | Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:59 PM ET

  of high-quality, seasonal ingredients to musings on macaroons, and only macaroons.There's a pick from New Orleans's own John Besh, called My New Orleans, which NYT prizes for its coffee table appeal (or for the gourmand in your life who already has everything else including that weird rac Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Cooking, Agriculture, Amazon, Recipes, Festivals, Kitchens
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  Walmart Gives Back

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:06 PM ET

  campaign by sending a convoy of 35 refrigerated trucks loaded up with $3 million in food to Feeding America food banks in Miami, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Boston, Memphis and 30 other places, according to a Walmart press release.The food will arrive in time to feed scores of hungry peopl Read More

  More like this in: Feeding America, Wal-Mart, Salvation Army, Charity, Economy, Family, Boston, Thanksgiving, Miami, Hunger, Walmart
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  The Million Dollar Health Countdown

  By David Jenison | Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:52 AM ET

  appeals, including a $50,000 donation from Olbermann himself. The money will go to sponsoring free health care fairs in Little Rock, Kansas City and New Orleans.Olbermann reached out to the National Association of Free Clinics, whom he praised for conducting a free health fair in Houston tha Read More

  More like this in: Health, Health Care, MSNBC, Kansas City, Houston, Keith Olbermann, Science, Entertainment, Healthcare, Events, TV
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  Undoing Damage to a Disappearing Delta

  By David Bois | Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:58 PM ET

  as published by the American Geophysical Union, are carefully controlled breaches of the levee system on the Mississippi River a bit downstream of New Orleans. These breaches would permit sediment-rich river water to once again spill onto marshland starved for sediment, but would maintain Read More

  More like this in: Water, ScienceDaily, University of Texas, Fish and Wildlife Service, Coastal Erosion, Science, Regional/Local, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Floating House Arrives in Big Easy

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Oct 7, 2009 11:38 AM ET

  Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation unveils a new eco-friendly and flood-resistant home design in New Orleans. Read More

  More like this in: Brad Pitt, United States, Associated Press, Hurricane Katrina, Make It Right, KIND, US, Technology, Kindness, Good Ideas, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Environment, Celebrity, Home & Garden
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  'Causemopolitan' Talks Up Tech-aided Philanthropy

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:54 PM ET

  has traveled through eight countries in less than two years, voicing the concerns and struggles of people from Manila, Burma and post-Katrina New Orleans, to name a few. Along the way, she has leveraged Web 2.0 text, photo and video services to help get the word out.Here's one of her mor Read More

  More like this in: Kim Kardashian, Kiva, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Philanthropy, Microfinance
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  Vegan Cajun Starts with Gumbo

  By Jac Chebatoris | Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:14 AM ET

  chocolate brown, being careful not to burn. (If it does burn, you'll have to throw it out and start over.)Recipe and photo courtes Read More

  More like this in: Life & Style, Food & Drink
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  The Roundup, CGI Edition: Sept. 21-25

  By Caroline Walker | Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:24 AM ET

  most high energy, fun-filed (yes, fun at CGI) session: not surprisingly, Brad Pitt's report on Make It Right and his organization's work in New Orleans. We were live blogging – read all of our insider comments and observations as they happened here! And while Tonic was scurrying aroun Read More

  More like this in: Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bill Clinton, Ben Affleck, Clinton Global Initiative, Non-Profit, United Nations, Haiti, Carbon Offset, Water.org