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According to writer and digital revolution expert Don Tapscott, the classic university lecture model is an outdated way of teaching a generation that has grown up making, changing and learning from digital communities.

Millions of chicken wings will be eaten at Super Bowl parties across the country Sunday, and a lot of them will get their kick from the rising star of condiments.

Joe Buford, 63, has a high school diploma but kept a secret, even from his family: He couldn't read. He managed to fool others into thinking that he could. And he was terrified that his inability would be passed on to his kids.

"It takes time to build out of the depths of cruelty that the administration before us established," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.

The debate in Washington, says the former president, is "all about 'is the government good or bad or taxes always good or bad?' "

Poet Lee Bennett Hopkins edited the new children's book, in which poets reflect on paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Rather than describing the painting, it's what they feel," he says.

College seniors are increasingly turning to Internet-based resumes such as VisualCV, which uses keyword pop-ups, embedded documents, video and images. One Web site's founder says traditional resumes don't allow applicants to showcase their work.

Writer George Prochnik says there's plenty of evidence that noise can be harmful as well as annoying, with studies pointing to hearing loss — and even risks of higher blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. His new book, In Pursuit of Silence, is a study of noise in the modern world.

Six months after Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, six books have already been published about the scandal. Four came out just last month. They cover much of the same ground — with some exceptions.

In a desperate drive to catch suspected terrorists, the United States is using torture and other harsh interrogation techniques. But that can often lead to wild goose chases because of unreliable information generated under duress, the author of a new book says.