Guts & Grace & Mercy: Oklahoma Rising, Brighter Than a Star

Borlaug Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.

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Immigration How?

Immigration reform has been a hot topic for a long time now, and most of us have chosen our sides. However, the propaganda machine still churns out a heavy amount of garbage to undermine and countermand the ideas most of us have already formed.

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Time to put a stop to online theft

The sheer hypocrisy of those who earn online reputations and readerships – and, let it be said, advertising revenue - on the back of the work of others is breathtaking to behold. It is in the area of social bookmarking of news content that this hypocrisy is most evident.

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Newsvine: The source of our strife

It is easy to wield our principles against opponents and enemies, and the curious blend of relish and righteousness we feel when we find them wanting is satisfying.

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Environmentalism: A History of Unintended Consequences

Environmentalism has quite a few followers and those followers have quite a bit of power. With that power, they are able to suggest and enact programs and legislation they feel is best for the world.

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Anti-Zionism as a Cultural Code

Reading an excerpt from Andrei Markovits's Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America in the latest issue of Democratiya, I find myself instantly struck.

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And Tuesday Shook

Introduction: I'm publishing this at Newsvine, having written it some time ago, at the urging of fellow writers and memoirists, specifically sbutki (thank you, sir).

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KS Governor Received Orders From DNC Leadership to Make Claims Against National Guard

A source close to the conversation below claims that the Democratic leadership coordinated the statements made by Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius regarding the National Guard's response to the recent Kansas F5 tornado.

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Ruins Await Residents' Return in Kansas

Rescue crews have twice searched the debris-strewn yards and splintered homes that once held Greensburg's 1,500 residents. They began a third sweep Monday to secure the area before families who lost almost everything were to be allowed back in.

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The Art Of Hyper-racialism

"I'll have those n---ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years." - Lyndon JohnsonPerhaps nothing is more interesting, nor more misconstrued than the collision between race and politics and it's history.  The Republican Party was founded on an a …

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Harassment and Hope

A recent study by the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School indicates that more females than males go online in the United States, defying the perception of the Internet as a male-dominated realm.

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Free This Child.

Tomorrow is Free Panchen Lama Day. Who??? Imagine, as a six-year-old, being recognized by the Dalai Lama as the incarnation of a revered Tibetan lama.

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Aine's Quick Tips: Seeding News in 9 Steps

First Step: On the front page of Newsvine you'll find a Seed Newsvine button. You need to drag that up to your Bookmarks Toolbar in your browser.

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The Human Condition: Helpless in the Wake of Relatable Tragedy

By now we all know what happened. If we weren't glued to the television yesterday, then we were absorbed by our newspapers this morning, or wrapped up in the online coverage today.

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World leaders that confirm their countries' stereotypes-With Pictures

A leader represents his country and embodies it. In a country like Belgium the King is the very symbol of the nation , and a major part of its identity. In the television age, the image of the world leader is even more important than ever.

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Protect Your Family with a Few Clicks of the Mouse

Last week it was a pet food scare that had pet owners worrying for the best friends. Monday, the Washington Post reported that food contaminate with Aminopterin, or rat poison, might have resulted in at least 15 cat and one dog death.

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Viewers Pick Broadway's 'Grease' Stars

Max Crumm and Laura Osnes are the ones America's television viewers want. Crumm will play Danny Zuko and Osnes will be Sandy Dumbrowski, the lead roles in the $10 million revival of "Grease," opening on Broadway this summer.

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First Visitors Step Onto Canyon Skywalk

Walking gingerly across the translucent surface, visitors hear the glass layers creak. Far below, directly underfoot, they see the Colorado River as a pea-green ribbon.

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