In honor of National Aids Day on December 1st, Alicia Keys spearheaded a campaign involving her and a handful of other notable figures where they’d die a “digital death” to raise money. All participants logged off Twitter last week and vowed to stay off until $1 million was raised. Today they reached the goal and now your fave tweeters are back! (Although Usher cheated and came back yesterday…) They were moving fairly slowly with donations, but today a major portion of the money was donated by billionaire Stewart Rahr. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of the fans, friends and artists who stood together for this cause and saved real lives,” said Alicia of the feat. What a great accomplishment! Congrats to all involved on the success! @MarisaMendez

Remember when we told you guys about KFC’s $20K scholarship?? We weren’t kidding! A California high school senior turned her single tweet into a $20,000 college scholarship. The Twitter entry from 17-year-old Amanda Russell was selected Wednesday from more than 2,800 tweets that competed for the scholarship offered by a foundation for the Louisville-based KFC restaurant chain. Russell reached the 140 character limit for the contest, so she’ll get $142 per character to pursue her college dreams. The winning tweet refers to the chain’s late founder Colonel Harland Sanders and says: “Hey Colonel! Your scholarship’s the secret ingredient missing from my recipe for success! Got the grades, drive, just need cash!” @funkmasterflex