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Today the Posse Foundation selects about 600 students a year, from eight different cities. They are grouped into posses of 10 students from the same city and go together to an elite college; about 40 colleges now participate in the program.

As the buzz of the London Design Festival that has just concluded last night, continues in hushed wow's, Team IAnD chews on the thought of the colossal participation, burgeoning by the years... check out our insight here...

A small community in the Kumaon Himalayas enjoys a sustainable lifestyle on rainwater for seven months of the year. Check out this true story and leave us your views…

Design tenets of camouflage, manipulation of depth and repetition cull out a trendy modern hospitable space in the 55-year old Smart Araneta Coliseum in Philippines. Check it out and leave us your views…

Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter, Lourdes, are introducing a line at Macy's that recalls the leather-and-lace days of the 1980s.

In the last 60 years paying for advertising time has become the prevailing issue for anybody seeking elected office in the United Stares.

This article by Noam Cohen describes the controversy over the use of public photos on flickr. Flickr is a website used to share images with family and friends, which is now being used by company's and site's selling images without the approval of their owners. One example was Virgin Mobile's use of a picture of Alison Chang, a 15 year old, in one of their campaigns without her knowledge. The picture was under the protection of a creative commons that allowed it to be used for commercial use, making this issue more about privacy than about copyright. Virgin Mobile responded that they were "promoting creative freedom and didn't do anything wrong."

This article discusses the chance of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 coming back to create tumult in the musical business. This could be caused due to provisions that allow authors or their heirs to terminate copyright grants.The Copyright Act includes two sets of rules which are If an artist or author sold a copyright before 1978, they or their heirs can take it back 56 years later. If the artist or author sold the copyright during or after 1978, they can terminate that grant after 35 years.

Spencer Elden, the underwater infant pursuing a dollar bill on the cover of 1991's "Nevermind," is doing swimmingly these days, having graduated a year early from a Los Angeles-area high school. Being the "Nirvana baby" -- as Elden calls himself -- has been profitable.

There's a Website set up where you can check on your unlaimed funds. Related Stories Soundcheck: Hangin' Out With Paper Route Fashion Week: Not Dead! Super Bowl Planner: Drink Specials to Special Sandwiches You can also go to the State's website or call 1-800-221-9311. If you find a lot of money, NBCNewYork.com wants to know. Leave your comments below, and then let us know your story by emailing here. Post a Comment Print Email Share Share Del.icio.us Buzz up! MySpace Digg Fark Facebook First Published: Feb 5, 2009 4:17 PM EST Business News Most Commented Most Viewed Most Recent Specialized TV Stations Feb 5, 2009 6 Comments Average Gas Price in NJ Up to $1.75 Feb 4, 2009 1 Comment Time Warner to Layoff 1,250 Workers Feb 4, 2009 3 Comments Wells Fargo - NOT Blowing Your Bailout Bucks in Vegas Feb 3, 2009 62 Comments Show Me the Money: Find Your Unclaimed Funds 4 hours ago Take a Tour of the New Site! Nov 18, 2008 33 Comments Stocks Plunge as Gov't Unveils Financial Plan Feb 10, 2009 18 Comments Nine-Year-Old Whiz Kid Creates iPhone App Feb 5, 2009 8 Comments Five Reasons the Markets Don't Like the Bank Bailout Feb 10, 2009 1 Comment Secret KFC Recipe Gets New Hi-Tech, Secure Digs Feb 10, 2009 3 Comments AC Casino Revenues Down 9.4 Percent in January Feb 10, 2009 Smith: Ratner's Atlantic Yards Stimulus Shakedown 3 hours ago

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Honda has signed on as exclusive automotive sponsor of Walt Disney Pictures' "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."

Shortly after the release of Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers, causing delays while loading the disc. Which really makes you wonder what will happen when they decide to shut down this service in a couple of years.

Advertisements for wheatgrass from the past 30 years.

In the year 2015 People have access to a deep information. However the press as you know it as seed to exist. The road to 2015 began in XX century. Part 2 of "The Media Revolution"

Mini Cooper will release the first electric car early next year.

One man's attempt to throw nothing "away" for a year.

Today the City of London Police have dropped the charges against a 16-year-old anti-Scientology protestor for using the word "cult" in a move the human rights group Liberty called a "free speech victory."

An article from CNN: "Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a blue-ribbon panel assembled by Congress has concluded."