The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern ), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost and geographically largest state of Germany. Its capital is Munich.

This is the life that 17-year-old Catherine Cook has been living since starting the Web site myYearbook with her brother two years ago. For the past two years, she's juggled honors classes, gymnastics, a boyfriend and a startup. "It wasn't that hard to balance," said Catherine, who heads to Georgetown University next month. "I put myYearbook first.

Anyone can submit lessons on Tutorom, and the site is free for those seeking lessons in a variety of subjects, from AJAX to cooking.

Verizon's consumer broadband customers can now take a cooking class, learn about martial arts, refine their parenting skills and explore other wide-ranging, special-interest topics through the unique online video library of TotalVid.