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Major discounts to businesses promoting sustainable living and giving to charities are among the key offerings of a new group buying website, DealsforDeeds.com. 

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petitions for a comprehensive climate bill dressed as a polar bear.
Photo by Ladan Nekoomaram

On Sunday, April 25, young advocates attended the Climate Rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., supporting an environmentally-conscious lifestyle and rallying for Congress to pass a comprehensive clear air and climate change bill -- just one day after the Senate delayed the climate legislation passed by the House last summer. The large turnout of younger people is indicative of a green generation that is learning early on about the importance of sustainability and protecting the earth's natural resources.

The variety of federal jobs is endless, from covert spy to park ranger. But if you don't know how the government plays the jobs game, its not easy getting your foot in the door.

D.C. Ink artist Isaac Colon, 25, sketches a tribal tattoo design for a returning client.: Photo by Alyssa Mulliger

With each puncture, the high-pitched buzz of the needle resembles a bloodthirsty mosquito, piercing the outer layer of skin as it deposits a drop of insoluble ink one-sixteenth of an inch below the surface of the skin. Isaac Colon, a 25-year-old Latino tattoo artist who has been tattooing with D.C. Ink for two years, quickly moves the needle in and out of the skin on the waist of Ebony Brown, an African-American woman in her early twenties.

 Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, holds a mobile phone, a Kindle and an iPad to demonstrate the different devices that can display news.: Photo by Kristin Tangel

Editorial leaders discussed the future of journalism—from paywalls to social media to evolving platforms—at the American Society of News Editor’s (ASNE) annual conference in Washington, D.C. 

President Barack Obama throws out the opening pitch in Nats jacket and White Sox cap.: Photo by William W. Cummings

"Hope springs eternal," is one of the most threadbare sayings from the well-worn quilt of baseball cliches, but 2010 is the first season that saying has been applicable for Nats fans, although their hope is for an improved, rather than championship, team.

Aditi Desai: Photo by Shanon Sparks

In part two of our three part series, "Youth and the Environment," we observe how young people are tackling our greatest environmental threats through the big screen. We saw in part 1 how youth are starting at the grassroots to plan hands-on projects, and now we'll look at how these efforts translate to film.

It’s a humid summer night on U Street and you’re at the latest nightlife spot -- think Patty Boom Boom -- listening to the dancehall vibes with a couple of friends. You check in to one of your location-based social networks, and see what other technophiles came to throw down on the floor. The spot is simmering with beautiful women and you want to approach one of them and start up a dancing tête-à-tête. Some girls are dancing with a small group of friends, but who is more than a friend? Or even worse, "it’s complicated"?

Talmadge Cesco (left) debates the finer points of the health care reform legislation with one of the bill's supporters.: Photo by William W. Cummings

Passions ran high outside the Capitol as Congress prepared to pass health care reform legislation Sunday. Many protesters hurled insults and angry rhetoric at opponents during the rally. 

Georges de Paris inside his downtown Washington shop: Photo by Cameron Nordholm

George Des Paris of Washington, D.C., stands just over five-feet-tall but in the world of presidential fashion he's a giant. The 75-year-old has worked as a master tailor for the past nine U.S. presidents. That includes President Obama, who even wore a de Paris suit to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. The tradition of de Paris creating suits for our chief executives is almost as intriguing as his own story of a one-time homeless person living on the streets of Washington only blocks away from the White House.