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How To Deal With College 'Culture Shock'

| Posted 05.24.2012

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By Hannah Orenstein The transition from high school to college is undoubtedly one of the biggest you'll make throughout your life. Some of those ch...

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PHOTOS: America's 9 Most Bizarre Destinations

| Posted 04.25.2012

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By Zachary Collinger for Bookish: Residents of a small Austrian town are looking for a new identity: Their mountain village’s unfortunate name ha...

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No One Bothers To Run In Small Town's Election

AP | Posted 09.14.2011

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TAR HEEL, N.C. -- The races for mayor and three commission seats are wide open in the small North Carolina town of Tar Heel – because no one bot...

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The Real Food Stories Of Lucan, Minnesota

Daniel Klein | Posted 06.07.2011

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Daniel Klein

This episode tells the story of several different farmers in and around Lucan, MN. Located 150 miles south-west of the Twin Cities, you would never t...

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Letter to Durango

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

To those who believe that all people are created with the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we have an obligation to ensure that such rights are realized.

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What's Marriage got to do with it? (VIDEO)

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Until Proposition 8 and all the other laws that limit marriage to opposite-sex couples are repealed, LGBT people will not be full people in the eyes of the law or of society.

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Have We Lost Our Common Sense?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Corbin, Kentucky's Bob Terrell is a man rooted in small-town wisdom.

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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America's Post-Fast Food Era and Europe's Old-Skoolers

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

My Belgian friend, Veerle, asked in an e-mail last week, "Don't you think America is preparing for a post-fastfood period, whereas Europe is slowly entering the fastfood period?"

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Evening Buzz: Small Town, Big Change

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Young poses with one of his young supporters after winning this week's election. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer It’s...

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The Plumber's Son

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Cosgrove

My dad was a plumber. My dad was a Republican. And if my dad were alive today, he would never vote for John McCain. My father would respect McCain's ...

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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