Hey sports fans, Football season is in full swing, and over on our FANalysts channel our crew of sports experts are pontificating, debating and generally FANalyzing every aspect of NFL info for your edification and entertainment. If you're a serious fantasy football owner, you're contemplating player moves to give your team an edge week-to-week, and our FANalysts can provide that strategic mindset or piece of advice that could make all the difference.

As the YouTube Community expands and evolves, we're always trying to keep pace by creating policies that reflect innovative new uses of YouTube and the diverse content posted by users every day. We realize it's not always obvious where we draw the line on content that's acceptable to upload. Our goal is to help you to be able to keep your videos up and also keep your account in good standing. With this in mind,

Today, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center , YouTube presents Project: Report )www.youtube.com/projectreport(, a journalism contest )made possible by Sony VAIO and Intel ( for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be covered by traditional media. In each of the three rounds of Project: Report, reporters will be given an assignment to complete.

The 2008 Paralympic Summer Games officially opened in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium yesterday, where over the next 11 days, 4000 athletes from 150 countries will compete in 20 sports for 472 gold medals. Be sure to check out Paralympic Sport TV's YouTube channel over the next two weeks for event footage, profiles, interviews and more. A few athletes to watch for: world No. 1 wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands, Canada's Chantal Petitclerc ,

Heavy metal rockers Metallica have inspired countless musicians on YouTube â€" think extreme guitar soloists, pounding drummers, violin trios, hard-edged vocalists and even animated kerrang-ing Lego musicians. Turns out the band itself has noted this phenomenon.

Over ten million people are currently living with cancer and millions more have been touched by the disease in a profound way. Dozens of these people are using YouTube to share their stories and to demand that funding for cancer research increase so that doctors can finally find a cure. Stand Up To Cancer , a nonprofit organization who is leading the charge to raise funds for research,

The Grand Old Party is having a big week as thousands of delegates, party leaders, celebrities, and honored guests are broadcasting themselves from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. At upload booths stationed in the Xcel Energy Center, and on a mobile camera roving through the convention hall, the party faithful are taking the opportunity to tell the world why Senator John McCain should be the next President of the United States.

This week it's the GOP's turn to nominate their candidate for President, at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. With Hurricane Gustav on the horizon, the GOP has announced that the Convention will take on a muted tone - and the videos coming in from St. Paul will likely be overshadowed by the footage being uploaded from the Gulf Coast. Here on the YouTube news and politics team, we'll be keeping track of both. Like everyone,

The country watched as Hurricane Gustav swept through the Caribbean and into the Gulf this weekend, making landfall in Louisiana on Monday. Memories of Hurricane Katrina, the powerful storm that devastated New Orleans exactly three years ago, remain fresh in the minds of area residents. To ensure that no one relived that experience,

This week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, delegates, party leaders, celebrities, and voters from every state in the nation gathered to officially nominate their candidate for President. YouTube, an official partner with the Convention, was on the scene with an upload booth that captured the thoughts of hundreds of diverse and enthusiastic Democrats. There was the woman who sang an ode to Barack Obama ,

Here at YouTube, we're always trying to find new ways to enrich your viewing experience and to help video creators reach a wider audience. As part of this goal, we've added a new captioning feature which allows you to give viewers a deeper understanding of your video. Captions can help people who would not otherwise understand the audio track to follow along, especially those who speak other languages or who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Did you vote? The time to find out who won has finally arrived. We challenged you to show off your celebrity reporting skills, and after two rounds of voting for your favorite microphone-toting reporter, we're pleased to announce a winner. Congratulations to Chescaleigh , who will be joining People.com's Michelle Beadle on the red carpet at a major awards ceremony in Los Angeles this September. As your official Red Carpet Reporter,

With the outlandish Burning Man festival taking place this weekend, TrendspottingTuesday takes a wide-eyed look at the world of unusual art. You don't need a Burning Man-style art car to take a tour through this gallery of unconventional materials and quirky ideas. All it takes is a few mouse clicks to witness delicate, water-based calligraphy on the streets of Beijing , fuzzy felt art in New York or a burbling balloon installation in London . If art is food for thought,

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Today in Denver, the Democratic National Convention begins! Thousands of delegates, super delegates, party leaders, media, and political tourists have descended upon this Colorado city for four days of non-stop celebration. Here on YouTube, you can join them. Visit our Convention Headquarters at www.youtube.com/2008conventions for all the latest video from the Convention floor,

Today we're highlighting the winners of Aimee Mann's "Freeway" cover song contest on our home page. )She even made a video explaining the tough decisions that went into selecting her favorites from hundreds of entries.( Congratulations go out to the top two winners )it was a tie!(, who are both scheduled to perform with Mann on her tour next month. On September 5, iSO the Robot will sing with Aimee in Atlanta, and Tucson singer-songwriter John Galt will join her in Greensboro,

Back in July, Democratic and Republican National Convention Committees called upon YouTube users to answer the question: "Why are you a Republican )or a Democrat ( in 2008?" Hundreds submitted, ten finalists were selected â€" and now, after tallying your votes, two winners have been chosen to attend this year's upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions and spend a day on the campaign trail with their party's candidate.

Which of these budding entertainment journalists will win a press pass to report from the red carpet at a major awards ceremony this fall? It's up to you to decide! People.com narrowed down the hundreds of entries to these final 10, and now it's your turn to pick your favorite YouTube reporter to strut their stuff on the red carpet next month. The finalist with the most "thumbs up" votes will not only win a trip to L.A.

For this month's Guru Challenge, Lance Armstrong â€"- who just joined YouTube and launched a wellness web site, Livestrong.com - wants to know how you've dared to change your life or the life of someone else . Make a response video to his video, telling the legendary bicyclist your inspiring stories, particularly how you've overcome obstacles in your life. The Livestrong.

If you can spare about a dozen minutes on TrendspottingTuesday , you can catch 12 examples of tight film-making, as we highlight short films that punch the clock around the one-minute mark. At a time when Hollywood blockbusters often run for more than two hours, it can be exhilarating to catch videos that can make a point in a minute. Take film maker Ari Gold, who delivered a sharp 60-second riff on culture ,