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10 Ways Facebook Can Change Your Life

Social networking has not only changed the way we communicate but the way we function in our daily lives. Facebook in particular has helped people find long-lost relatives, new jobs, even organ donors.

BBC News - Facebook traps Italian fugitive mafia suspect

Italian police have used social networking site Facebook to track down and capture one of the country's most-wanted fugitive mafia suspects.

Wherever Two Or More Are Gathered ... On Facebook

After nearly 30 years as a believer, I experienced, powerfully and indelibly, the truth of that statement in an unlikely place: Facebook.

Climate-denier's Bible is a pack of lies

The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming a new book by Howard Friel, reveals that Bjørn Lomborg's infamous climate-change-denying book Cool It (a favorite among climate deniers) grievously misreported much of the science it cited.

Restoring Pleasure to My Writing Experience

I used to really enjoy writing. In my high school days I'd pen Sci-Fi and Fantasy shorts something I continued when I joined the Army. Often I'd incorporate friends into the tales, and supplement them with amusing anecdotes that'd recently gone down.

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Author, 17, Says "Mixing" Not Plagiarism

It usually takes an author decades to win fawning reviews, march up the best-seller list and become a finalist for a major book prize. Helene Hegemann, just 17, did it with her first book, all in the space of a few weeks, and despite a savaging from critics over plagiarism.

Unbelievable Celebrity Phone Book Carvings

Alex Queral is a Philadelphian sculptor best known for using old phone books to carve their pages into celebrities faces. Some of the celebrities he's made sculptures of include Barack Obama, Jack Nicholson, Frida Kahlo and John Goodman.

Facebook group saves a long-time local business

A little more than a year ago, local businessman Tim May announced that his ice cream shop, The Chocolate Moose, might be closing its doors for good. Bloomington resident Kara Oltman found out about the news when May brought a flyer into her workplace.

Nhat Hanh for Peace Prize: Talking, Spreading the Word, Writing letters

What are some practical steps we can take to help this happen?

Thich Nhat Hanh, Nobel Prize nominee?

Did you know that there's a Facebook group in support of nominating Thich Nhat Hanh as a candidate for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize?

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