When war doesn't work, what's a country to do? Citizen diplomacy can step in. Although it is good news to hear that Gilad Shalit is alive, he is still captive and the middle east conflict continues. Through such organizations as the Peace Corp and through programs like Teach Overseas and Volunteer Abroad, citizens can make

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has fired the Secretary of Air Force Michael Wynne and the Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley. Robert Gates has asked for the resignations due to his loss of confidence in the pair. Both the White House and Departent o Defense have declined to admit whether the firings of Micha

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Kyle Busch loves to race. This weekend he better love to travel also. Kyle, who leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings will try to become the first driver to win races in all three of NASCARs top divisions in the same weekend.

Kyle Busch nearly accomplished this once before, winning the Craftsman Truck Series race on Friday,

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While it sounds like something out of science fiction, scientists around the country are turning pond scum in biodiesel fuel. PetroSun has a plant, no pun intended, in Rio Hondo Texas, that started operations in April.

The plant will convert algae into biodiesel fuel using a series of saltwater pools that cover 1100 acres.

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As proof that there is no freedom of speech in France, former pinup girl and movie star turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has been fined $23,160 for remarks insulting Muslims. The actual charges were “provoking discrimination and racial hatred for comments she made in a letter to Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Bo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, died this morning of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida. Diddley took the music world by storm in 1955 when he released his first record, “Bo Diddley” with “I’m A Man” on the flip side. Other Bo Diddley hits included, “Who Do You Love”, “The Mule”, “Shave an

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It’s finally summer and it seems like everybody is trying to lose weight. Five pounds here, ten pounds there. Everybody wants to look a little bit better at the beach. If you are a little overweight, here’s some inspiration for you. Nancy Makin from Michigan lost 530 pounds. That’s right, this woman lost 530 pounds. What’s ev

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Sandy Courage may not be a name you are familiar with but I bet you know at least one of his songs. Back in 1965 he composed, arranged and conducted the theme song for a new TV show called Star Trek. Putting it all together in one week, it became his most well known song.
According to tradition, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenbe

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Fabiana Udenio is hot! Let's face it, every guy that watched her as Alotta Fagina in Austin Powers wanted to be in that hot tub. And what woman doesn't want to be as sexy as her when they're pregnant? Well how do you get to be as hot as Fabiana Udenio while pregnant? I'd like to know. So let's take some time to learn

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The United States Presidential Election of 2008 is going full steam ahead. At the front of the train right now are the Democratic Primaries and the battle that is still being waged. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting as hard as they can to win the Democratic Nomination and face John McCain in the run for the W

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We all have our own battles in life. this post considers things from several angles. For some it is from an angle of making money online and helping to make a little more to survive a low income already. For others it is the strength needed to just do simple things to even get on and work with a computer, and yet for others it

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Did you buy Build A Niche Store? When you started building BANS sites, did you have trouble writing fresh, unique content for each product page? When you think about putting out those 100 BANS sites that Vic of BloggerUnleashed dot com preaches about, do you turn green thinking of all the pages that need content? Well you'r

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Wondering how a person can be driven to onychophagia (chronic nail biting)? Easy. Take a look at all the bad news filling the media today. Bob Stokes accused of sexual harassing Hillary Andrews. Cedric Benson assaulted by the police while Elizabeth Cartwright watches. Tokyo earthquake disasters. And desperate attention se

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Put a search into Google for Tithing and look close at the results. You would find that many of the results and the web sites that are listed are against Tithing. Some of them mask what they are about until you get to their site. They want to lure visitors in and then do the bait and switch. This article is about the real rea

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