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Perched atop a hill in Southern California, this newly completed family compound rises above the competition with its dramatic interplay of light and shadow, unparalleled city and ocean views, full spa, and other arresting amenities, earning it the distinction of being named Robb Report’s Ultimate Home 2011.Face Value | When ...

It's not just BP that's trying to brush their mistakes from the oil spill under the rug. Soon after publishing a piece on BP's greenwashing of its first post-Deepwater Horizon CSR report, Fast Company received a tip from a reader about the Coast Guard's recently released Incident Specific Preparedness Review ( PDF )--a mammoth report from a group of NGOs, members of the oil industry, and government officials that details just how badly the Coast Guard screwed up the Gulf disaster (and, incidentally, unlike other reports of its nature, wasn't publicized, although it is readily available on the Coast Guard's website if you dig around for it)

You may recall that BP nearly obliterated the Louisiana and Florida coasts last year following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which saw approximately 205 million gallons of oil dumped into the Gulf of Mexico (seen above from space). There's no way to get around the issue in the oil company's first corporate social responsibility report since the disaster--but that hasn't stopped BP from trying.

The first ever study of its kind by See Change Strategy takes a deep dive into medical pot, a growth industry. Here's a free sample of the data.

Ferraris are great cars to own, but are they a good investment?

Plenty of people use their mobile devices to gather local information. But only 1% have paid for an app to do so. If the Internet has crippled local newsgathering in many regions, could smartphones and tablets bring it back

* Report that nuclear building's outer structure blown off * Gov't says radiation level low, major leakage not expected [More]

The following Robb Report readers were among the guests who joined the magazine’s editors and writers in driving, evaluating, and ranking the 2011 Car of the Year candidates.David Arnold is senior vice president, group publisher, of Robb Report. Shai Burstein is founder and controller of Trend Marketing, a Canadian footwear wholesaler. Michele ...

Florence-based artist Jens Praet has added five pieces to Shredded (www.jenspraet.com), his limited-edition collection of furniture rendered from the pages of magazines. Praet mixes the shredded pages with resin and then molds the concoction into forms that are surprisingly strong once they dry. The artist used issues of Robb Report ...

For much of the magazine’s 35-year history, the Robb Report Car of the Year competition has furnished four-wheeled fodder for an audience interested in unique motoring experiences. Since the 2003 contest, however, our readers have been, as it were, in the driver’s seat. Prior to that time, our team of ...