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Pundit Contest Would Have Gone Down Better with a Spoonful of Psychology

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Psychological Research, Msm, Opinion, America’s Next Great Pundit, Psychology, Media, Social Influence, Winners, Critiques, Contest, Bias, Mythology, Reporters, Washington Post, Authority, Blogging, Media News
Bella DePaulo

Once upon a time there were well-worn paths to the top of the press pile. America's Next Great Pundit Contest, however, is based on the premise that well-informed voices could come from just about anywhere.

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Beautify A Traffic Island, Get An Island Vacation

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Photoshop, Makeover, Contest, Islands for Islands, Volunteering, Dominica, Good, Traffic Island, Impact News

The title just about says it all. GOOD is hosting a contest for neighborhood visionaries to spruce up their city streets. The winner will get two rou...

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Seven Ways Technology Can Change the World

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Competition, Ngo, Contest, Windows 7, Microsoft, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Software, Technology, Impact News
Akhtar Badshah

To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 tomorrow, Microsoft is launching a new online competition: 7 Ways to Change the World. We'll choose the best and give you, and a nonprofit, the resources to implement change.

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Canstruction Builds Art For Food Banks

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Canned Food, Global, Contest, Art, Hunger, Donation, Volunteering, Sculpture, Impact News

Architects, engineers, and students in 130 cities are competing this fall to design and build giant sculptures made entirely from cans of food. Canstr...

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Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, Op-Ed Page, Newspapers, Washpost, Bloggers, Writing, Msm, Pundit Contest, Newspaper, Opinion, Froomkin, Media, Journalism, Prize, Blogs, Mainstream Media, Politics, Contest, Wapo, Chris Weigant, Blog, Essay, Newspaper Industry, Post, Washington Post, America's Next Great Pundit, Editorial, Op-Ed, Huffington Post, Pundit, Dan Froomkin, Media News
Chris Weigant

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

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Send Us Your Bill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: There Oughta Be a Law, Contest, Animals, Legislation, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Green News
Michael Markarian

The Humane Society Legislative Fund has launched its first-ever "There Oughta Be a Law" contest, and we're asking animal lovers like you to submit your concept for a federal animal protection bill.

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Creative Minds Needed -- Help Us Rename the KDP Blog!

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contest, Kansas, Kansas Democratic Party, Blog, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Our new website won't be done for a little while but we're leaking a bit of it today. (I couldn't wait!)

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Friday Talking Points [91] -- Win One For Teddy

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Ted, May You Be in Heaven, Cloture, Win One for Teddy, Employee Free Choice Act, Public Universities, Irish Wake, Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Filibuster, Politicizing, Reform, Politicize, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Paul Wellstone, Funeral, Video, Edward Kennedy, Mayor Quimby, Simpsons, Senator, Chow-Dah, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Public Education, Public University, Health Care, Reid, Diamond Joe Quimby, Irish, Card Check, Massachusetts, Democrat, Medicaid, Majority Leader, The Simpsons, Democrats, Efca, Springfield, The Simpsons Movie, USA Today, Contest, Edward M Kennedy, Mddotw, Eulogy, Chris Weigant, Health, Uncle Ted, Senator Kennedy, Harry Reid, Medicare, Irish Toast, Socialism, Higher Education, Wellstone, Teddy, Up or Down Vote, Quimby, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.

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Caption Contest: President Obama, Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley

Rinku Sen | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Photos, Contest, Obama Photos, Photo Caption, James Crowley, Obama, Photo Caption Contest, Henry Louis Gates, Caption Contest, Comedy, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Rinku Sen

Two months later, the White House has released this photo, with President Obama, Henry Louis Gates, and James Crowley. So we're holding a caption contest. Bonus points if you make us ROTFL.

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Contest: Six-Words on Water

Larry Smith | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Smith Magazine, Contest, Treehugger, Six-Word Memoirs, Water, Green News
Larry Smith

Here's a Six-Word Challenge about one of summer's treats and earth's increasingly rare resources: water

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Start a Revolution With A Video -- A 17 Year-Old Wins National Competition

Steven Crandell | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Contest, Video, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, President Obama, Nagasaki, Erik Choquette, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Teenagers, World News
Steven Crandell

The most effective way to start a revolution in the 21st century is with a camera and an internet connection, as Erik Choquette proves with an award-winning video on nuclear weapons.

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Color Me Pretty!

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Contest, Kate Moss, Huge Lips Skinny Hips, Smyth Hotel, Appetite Suppressant, Lip Gloss, Lip Plumper, Burlesque, Makeup, Lipgloss, S-Factor, Style News
Karen Robinovitz

Naming my new shades of lip gloss was like giving birth to six babies at once (call me Angie!). Their monikers came easily -- as if they named themselves.

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Six Words for Obama on January 20 (or: "And now for something completely different")

Larry Smith | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Smith Magazine, Contest, Arianna Huffington, Obama, Obama's Inauguration, Six-Word Memoirs, Barack Obama, Politics News
Larry Smith

SMITH Magazine and The National Constitution Center have put out a challenge called Six Words to Inspire a Nation to find out what you're hoping to hear from the next president.

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Voting for the $25,000 "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" Contest has Begun!

Peter Diamandis | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Competition, Environment, X Prize Foundation, Contest, Energy, X Prize, Green, Green Living, Green News
Peter Diamandis

For those of you who don't know, an X PRIZE is a $10 million competition designed to solve one of the grand challenges of our time.

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"Girls' Night Out" Takes A Hit with the Economic Downturn

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, Relationships, Girls’ Night Out, Female Friendships, Lipstick Jungle, Girls’ Night In, Friendship, Contest, Potlucks, Unemployment, Jo Gartin, Wall Street, Bailout, Style, Orville Redenbacher, Economy, Weddings, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

With the cost of entertainment, transportation and meals skyrocketing, there's a natural tendency to hunker down, cocoon at home, and reduce spending.

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Caption Contest: What Is Warren Whispering?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Contest, Photo Caption Contest, Warren Buffett, Caption Contest, Photo Caption, Arianna Huffington, Home News

Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, ran into Arianna at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. The resulting photo cries out for a caption contest, so ...

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Bush Olympic Photo Caption Contest

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Slap, President, Gerald Herbert, Photo, Olympics, Bikinied Rear, Beijing, Chaoyang Park, Caption, Butt, Beach Volleyball, Sand, Kerri Walsh, Bush, Contest, Bikini, Butt Slap, Volleyball, Ass, Misty May-Treanor, Misty, May-Treanor, Caption Contest, Politics News
Chris Weigant

We haven't done a photo caption contest here in far too long, and this one just begged for it. What exactly is Bush saying? Picture a word balloon above him, and what would you put in it?

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What A Long, Strange Primary Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Puerto Rico, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, Delegate, South Dakota, Comeback Kid, African-American, Picks, Pledged Delegates, Primaries, Montana, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Pick, Superdelegates, John Edwards, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Black, Delegates, John McCain, Primary, Mitt Romney, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Contest, 08 Campaign, Vote, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Rather than a Vince Lombardi halftime pep talk about giving 110% in the second half, I'd like to review where we've been so far. This will be my final "picks" article for 2008.

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A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

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