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![Across the U.S., the Green Building Council has helped thousands of developers win tax breaks and more by giving them "green" certification under a system that often rewards minor, low-cost steps that have little or no proven environmental benefit.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121026011836im_/http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/v2/brightcove/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2012/10/29906170001_1910741408001_greeninc_rx120_c120x120.jpg?0a7521aa429dc6deb78c4e60d04f3af74e2c93c6)
Is the green building boom actually green?
Updated 1 day, 10 hours![Ann Coulter, Richard Mourdoch, and Donald Trump - the GOP is dominating today's news cycle in this episode of TweetTap. Check out more on waywire.com!](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121026011836im_/http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/v2/brightcove/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/702486324001/2012/10/702486324001_1922657420001_-tweettap-102412-1-CN2_rx120_c120x120.jpg?0a7521aa429dc6deb78c4e60d04f3af74e2c93c6)
iPad Mini and Donald Trump Invade the Interwebs #TweetTap
Updated 5 hours, 27 minutes![Denver's KUSA speaks exlusively to Sigg's ex-girlfriend, who is having a hard time coming to grips with the accusations.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121026011836im_/http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/v2/brightcove/bc_gvpc.edgesuite.net/img/963482463001/201210/3786/963482463001_1923491409001_ari-origin29-arc-130-1351165821142_rx120_c120x120.jpg?0a7521aa429dc6deb78c4e60d04f3af74e2c93c6)
Video: Ridgeway suspect's ex says he was 'sweet' and 'kind'
Updated 13 hours, 14 minutes![None](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121026011836im_/http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/25/ev10250002-1_1_r120x120.jpg?dd28d18d04d9a8f7097056a7b96aa4136da36af9)
Voters cast ballots early
Updated 9 hours, 40 minutes![A man in Tennessee decided to try something different to carve his pumpkin this year, so he turned to his handgun.]()
Man uses gun to carve pumpkin
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LEED certified buildings
Updated 1 day, 14 hours![Trayvon Martin timeline]()
Trayvon Martin timeline
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American Sunscapes
Updated 1 week, 1 day![Tallahassee Police spokeswoman Anitra Highland explains the situation Sunday following the collapse of the floor at a second-story penthouse.]()
Collapse injures 55 at Tallahassee party
Updated 3 days, 13 hours![Texas woman seeks to raise funds and awareness for rare breast cancer that gets relatively few research dollars.]()
Inflammatory breast cancers rare but often lethal
Updated 1 week, 2 days![Find out which candidate you are most like]()
Candidate Match Game 2
Updated 1 month, 1 week![Young female students in the Ignite program are learning more about engineering and how to program at South Shore K-8 School.]()
Teaching for the Future: Girls learn how to program
Updated 1 week, 3 days![Follow who's up and who's down in the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney with Presidential Poll Tracker II.]()
Follow who's up and who's down in the polls
Updated 1 month![Long-gone lead factories leave poisons in nearby yards.]()
Ghost Factories: Poison in the Ground
Updated 1 month![EPA and state authorities are responding to a USA TODAY investigation of lead in the ground near old lead factories. In New Jersey, some sites are receiving a clean-up, while others wait.]()
EPA, state respond to lead smelter sites in New Jersey
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