Did someone say "free house?" Ali Moghaddam did. He's giving his $500,000 home away for free, and he's throwing in furniture, a car and cash. The catch: there's no land to put it on. Still interested?

Biomedical scientists in Canada and five Latin American countries can compete for a total $16.25 million in grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The grants are worth $50,000 to $90,000 a year for five years, and the institute is managing the competition through its Web site.

The National Endowment for the Arts will give money to 777 national, regional and local arts organizations in the second and final round of fiscal year 2000 grantmaking. These grants primarily went to education, accessibility, heritage/preservation causes and partnership agreements.