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Published: 09/22/10

Girl Effect: What if a Girl Could Change the World? What if a Video Can?

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Girl Effect: What if a Girl Could Change the World? What if a Video Can?

What if you knew that the answer to the world's problems was as big and as small as a 12-year-old girl? How would you convey that fact? How would you promote it, nudge it into public consciousness? How would you push us to see it, really see it, rather than glaze past it, like the man you passed on the way out of the subway, holding that "Homeless" sign, his coffee cup tattered and filled with pennies, quarters, the occasional dollar bill? What, in other words, makes us stop and really see? The Nike Foundation's Girl Effect has become a champion of winnowing its way into our hearts, ...

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Published: 09/19/10

Shakira! Clinton! Bono! Gearing Up to Fight Global Poverty and Disease

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Shakira! Clinton! Bono! Gearing Up to Fight Global Poverty and Disease

What do Shakira, Annie Lennox, Bono, Sir Bob Geldof and Antonio Banderas have in common? They are all goodwill ambassadors, or, really, foot soldiers in a battle that most Americans aren't aware has been fought since the turn of this century. Starting Monday, those celebs -- along with almost 150 heads of state, former heads of state and a cross section of the globe's most impressive leaders -- hope to change that, focusing attention on a campaign that parts of the world are relying on to shape their future. These luminaries will attend (or, in the case of Bono and Lennox, both ultra-involved ...

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Published: 08/8/08

McCain Linking Obama to the Antichrist?

By  Dave - Politics Daily
McCain Linking Obama to the Antichrist?

And I wonder why they call August the "silly season". Remember this ad? According to the WSJ: The ad has provoked a growing debate on the Internet over whether it is playing with apocalyptic themes. Those ideas are chiefly shared by fundamentalist Protestants and some other evangelical Christians. Among their expectations: the ascension of a false prophet, a one-world government and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Critiques of the ad started surfacing earlier this week when Eric Sapp, a Democratic operative, circulated the first of two memos pointing out images that he believed linked ...

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Published: 04/8/07

Get Your Racing Fix on a Non-NASCAR Sunday

By  Geoffrey Miller - AOL News
Get Your Racing Fix on a Non-NASCAR Sunday

So somewhere in between the waking up, the egg hunts, possible early spring yardwork, a Sunday dinner, and church -- if that's your thing -- you're gonna be wondering what to do without 500 miles of NASCAR action tomorrow. Well, screw the lawn mower and forget about cleaning the bathroom. Here's some ways to get the racing fix on the boob tube today. All times Eastern, because I'm too lazy and ignorant to find out the rest. They just confuse me.7:30am - Back in the Day, SPEED Channel- Total apologies if you're up this early, but hey, it's retro NASCAR and a decent show, despite its VH1 "Pop-up ...

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