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15 Aug 2012
DCdeskGirl-Feature

Photo: Merone Tesfaye, 18-year-old spokesperson for the Don't Forget Ed campaign. (Pete Marovich)

It’s getting to be back to school time...annnd the presidential election is around the corner, so how do these two things go together? The College Board is sponsoring a movement called Don’t Forget Ed that wants to get politicians to talk more about education. 18-year-old Merone Tesfaye is a spokesperson for Don’t Forget Ed, so we asked if she could teach us a little more (get it?).

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AshleeSimpson-Feature

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The 2012 Presidential election is heating up and the importance of involvement is no better time than now! The gorg Ashlee Simpson (who's working on new music, FINALLY!) is using her voice to help raise awareness about the importance of Autism as an issue discussed in the upcoming election. Totes agree!

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CeeLo-Feature

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CeeLo Green is getting even greener -- by creating the GreenHouse Foundation! The org, which will officially launch this Friday, is the passion project of CeeLo and his sis Shedonna Alexander, and it’s going to do what it can to help the environment and make the world much more, well, green.

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14 Aug 2012
CrowleyGirls-Feature

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The presidential debates are coming up in October, and three teenage girls -- Emma Axelrod, Elena Tsemberis and Sammi Siegel -- started a petition asking that at least one of the moderators be a woman. That’s because it’s been a whole twenty years since the last time a woman moderated a presidential debate.

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Mark your calenders: this Sunday, August 19 is World Humanitarian Day! The goal of this day -- an effort by the United Nations with the help of Beyoncé -- is to reach one billion people worldwide. Ready to one of the many to leave your footprint with Bey? Here are five ways you can take part:

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Indecision8-14-Feature

Photos: (Getty/Comedy Central)

We’re back with another round of Indecision’s best photos of the week! This week there’s lots of dancing and a side order of fast food. Oh yea, and Michael Jordan.
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GetTested-Feature

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Whether you’re a guy in need of advice or a gal trying to figure out WTF is up with the opposite sex, MTV2’s show “Guy Code” is exactly what you’re looking for.

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GatesPitbull-Feature

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Pitbull gets paired up with a lot of people. Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Bill Gates... wait, what? But it’s true: the rapper and the bazillionaire are both fighting for worldwide sanitation!

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He's only been on the job like 3 days, but that doesn't mean Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is safe from our fave sound-off shakedown. And who's that in the opposite corner of the Rapper or Republican ring: 2 Chainz (UH)!

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13 Aug 2012
Models2-Feature

Photo: (House of Style)

Attention to all those sporting neon jelly shoes, scrunchies and flannel: your 90s prayers have been answered 'cause MTV’s "House of Style" is back in action. Amidst our own nostalgic excitement (BRB getting my slap bracelet and choker), we stumbled upon an episode highlighting the whack standards of beauty in the model world -- as told by the supermodels themselves.

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