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Bill Gates' Favorite Teacher

Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague e-mailed him about the nonprofit KhanAcademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates loved it and began soaking up the videos with his 11-year-old son, Rory.

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Biloxi Church Was Beacon of Hope During Storm, and Feeding People After Katrina

Main St. Missionary Baptist Church withstood Hurricane Katrina, even with the first floor underwater, and immediately began serving three meals a day to survivors in the east Biloxi neighborhood. It has remained a rock for the community as it struggled to recover from the storm.

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92-Year-old Buys Failing Newsweek to Stay Young

At 92 years old (yes, 92), Sidney Harman, audio industry pioneer, philanthropist, author, university professor, and lover of Shakespeare decided to embark on a business venture that lost nearly $30 million last year -- he bought Newsweek magazine.

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Giant Oriental Carpet of Flowers Debuts in Brussels

Close to a million begonia flowers were used to create a huge carpet covering the city plaza in Grand-Place, Brussels. Based on a medieval rug design, craftsmen arranged the carpet by hand, directly onto the square's cobblestones, without any pots or soil.

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Hundreds to Kiss in Times Square, Celebrating 65th Anniversary of V-J Day Photo

Revelers in Times Square will reenact a moment captured on film 65 years ago today, when news of a Japanese surrender in World War II reached the streets of New York City and a joyful sailor grabbed a nurse, spontaneously planting a victory kiss.

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Internet Angel Casts Free Broadband Net Over Entire Struggling Town

Entrepreneur Ward Shepherd has brought free wi-fi broadband access to a dirt-poor South Carolina town. "Knowledge is what sets you free," says Shepherd. "Knowledge is what give you an opportunity to excel." WATCH the video below, or at MSNBC...

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81 Year Old Sweethearts Reunite after 62 years

  A short film by Danielle Lurie, a filmmaker who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

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Paul Allen Pledges Majority of his Billions to Philanthropy

Wealthy Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has taken up his friend Bill Gates' challenge to publicly pledge the majority of his wealth to philanthropy. Allen, who is 57, said yesterday that he plans to leave the majority of his $13 billion estate to philanthropy to continue the work of his foundation and to fund scientific research. […]