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usatoday.com - 12/22/2008

Ad Track: Microsoft wants you to throw a party for its Xbox

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House cleaners, hairdressers, guidance counselors and IT technicians got a $150 pack of Xbox freebies for opening their homes to at least 10 friends or relatives. And they earned bragging rights. "It's cool because the kids in my school were like 'oooh,' " says Aimee Maldonado, 40, a guidance ...

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