• On this day in Mahalo History @Lon announced the beginning of How To Rush Week, which is a Mahalo Task competition designed to sniff out the latest members of the Mahalo How-To team.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/how-to-rush-week-begins-today-1

  Senator Ted Kennedy passed away late on August 25, so there was a lot of discussion on Mahalo Answers regarding the news.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/politicians/will-ted-kennedys-death-have-an-influence-on-the-fate-of-health-care-reformhttp://www.mahalo.com/answers/current-events/did-ted-kennedy-die. However the most question by far was posed by @mike who asked users which priority Mahalo bugs need to be fixed.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-technical-issues/calling-all-aspiring-exterminators-september-is-mahalos-official-bug-month-post-your-favorite-aka-most-hated-mahalo-bug

  @xds won the Answer of the Day thanks to a nomination by @gno for a response he had in regards to the death of Ted Kennedyhttp://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/august-26-answer-of-the-day-contest

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  • 1936: Geraldine Ferraro - UNCHR
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  • 2006: Invincible - Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear
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  • 2003: Freddy vs. Jason - Robert Englund
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