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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                           Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                       of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12, 2001
  
  
                                 AT HOME CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                      Delaware
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                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
  
          000-22697                                               77-0408542
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         (Commission                                            (IRS Employer
         File Number)                                         Identification No.)
  
  
    450 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA                          94063
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)
  
  
                                   (650) 556-5000
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                         (The Registrant's telephone number)
  
  
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            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ITEM 5:  OTHER EVENTS.
  
         On September 12, 2001, At Home Corporation ("Excite@Home") sold its
  BlueMountain.com online greeting cards division to AmericanGreetings.com
  ("AG.com"), the online subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation. In
  connection with the transaction, which was structured as a merger of a
  subsidiary of Excite@Home into a subsidiary of AG.com, AG.com acquired
  substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities associated with
  Excite@Home's Bluemountain.com division in exchange for a purchase price of $35
  million in cash (of which $1.25 million was paid previously), subject to minor
  adjustments. The purchase price was arrived at through extensive negotiations
  between the parties and an evaluation by Excite@Home of the amounts and terms of
  competing offers. AG.com has stated that it intends to generate revenue from
  Bluemountain.com by continuing and expanding the businesses initiated by
  Excite@Home, including online advertising, paid content, business-to-business
  marketing services and electronic commerce, in addition to generating new
  customers for American Greetings Corporation's traditional paper greetings card
  business.
  
         Separately, Excite@Home entered into an operating agreement with AG.com
  under which Excite@Home has agreed to purchase approximately $3 million (paid in
  full at the time of closing) in advertising on the AG.com and Bluemountain.com
  web sites to promote the Excite Network for the next three years, and to use
  Bluemountain.com as its preferred provider of electronic greeting cards for the
  Excite Network during this period.
  
  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
           (c)      Exhibits.
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                    Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
  
                       2.01       Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September
                                  12, 2001, between Excite@Home and AG.com.
  
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                                      SIGNATURE
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Date:  September 14, 2001                            AT HOME CORPORATION
  
  
                                                       By: /s/ DAN BRUSH
                                                          ------------------------
                                                           Dan Brush
                                                           Vice President and
                                                           Acting General Counsel
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
  ----------    ----------------------
  
       2.01     Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 12, 2001, between
                Excite@Home and AG.com.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                           Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                       of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12, 2001
  
                                 AT HOME CORPORATION
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                      Delaware
               ------------------------------------------------------
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
          000-22697                                               77-0408542
  ----------------------------                             -----------------------
         (Commission                                            (IRS Employer
         File Number)                                         Identification No.)
  
    450 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA                          94063
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)
  
                                   (650) 556-5000
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (The Registrant's telephone number)
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  ITEM 5:  OTHER EVENTS.
  
         On September 12, 2001, At Home Corporation ("Excite@Home") sold its
  BlueMountain.com online greeting cards division to AmericanGreetings.com
  ("AG.com"), the online subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation. In
  connection with the transaction, which was structured as a merger of a
  subsidiary of Excite@Home into a subsidiary of AG.com, AG.com acquired
  substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities associated with
  Excite@Home's Bluemountain.com division in exchange for a purchase price of $35
  million in cash (of which $1.25 million was paid previously), subject to minor
  adjustments. The purchase price was arrived at through extensive negotiations
  between the parties and an evaluation by Excite@Home of the amounts and terms of
  competing offers. AG.com has stated that it intends to generate revenue from
  Bluemountain.com by continuing and expanding the businesses initiated by
  Excite@Home, including online advertising, paid content, business-to-business
  marketing services and electronic commerce, in addition to generating new
  customers for American Greetings Corporation's traditional paper greetings card
  business.
  
         Separately, Excite@Home entered into an operating agreement with AG.com
  under which Excite@Home has agreed to purchase approximately $3 million (paid in
  full at the time of closing) in advertising on the AG.com and Bluemountain.com
  web sites to promote the Excite Network for the next three years, and to use
  Bluemountain.com as its preferred provider of electronic greeting cards for the
  Excite Network during this period.
  
  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
           (c)      Exhibits.
                    --------
  
                    Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
  
                       2.01       Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September
                                  12, 2001, between Excite@Home and AG.com.
  
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  SIGNATURE
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Date:  September 14, 2001                            AT HOME CORPORATION
  
                                                       By: /s/ DAN BRUSH
                                                          ------------------------
                                                           Dan Brush
                                                           Vice President and
                                                           Acting General Counsel
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
  ----------    ----------------------
  
       2.01     Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 12, 2001, between
                Excite@Home and AG.com.