Along with other major players in the chocolate industry, Nestle USA committed to ending child labor on cocoa farms by July 2005. But the child labor abuses on West African cocoa farms continues unabated. Send the message below to Nestle to demand
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]]> Scientists say daydreaming is good for you because it boosts a crucial tool for creativity, a thought process that allows the brain to make new associations and connections. Doomwatch Legacy, Sunstroke author Dr David Kagan elaborates in Medscan.
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]]> The EPA vetoed a federal plan to build the world's largest water pumping system in the Mississippi Delta, citing harm to the habitats of of endangered species, the destruction of thousands of acres of wetlands & poor water quality. Environmental victory!
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]]> Hundreds of thousands of people all over Mexico marched on Saturday in protest of the extreme kidnappings and violence that persist. They dressed in white and held candles, some with pictures of loved ones who had disappeared.
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]]> The Cat House on the Kings is California's largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. Learn more at http://www.cathouseonthekings.com
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]]> Campaign success! Through your help, wolves are protected as Endangered Species, farm animals' lives are improving, kids' toys are safer and millions of acres of forest have been saved. Read about these campaign victories and more on Randy Paynter's blog.
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]]> Sarah Palin is the wrong choice for women, our children, our environment. She is anti-choice, anti gay marriage, anti-environment, creationist, pro-drilling, pro-gun AND embroiled in scandal. Sign the petition today and send YOUR "Dear John" message!
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]]> Because of the spread of industrial farming and increased use of poisons to kill other ground-dwelling animals (like gophers), Saskatchewan's burrowing owls struggle to survive. This creature is just too adorable! Please help protect the remaining pairs.
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]]> Colin the baby humpback whale gained fame for following yachts off the coast of Sydney, Australia and trying to suckle from them, having lost his mother. Several days went by while the injured calf grew weaker and weaker.
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]]> Yugyan the polar bear was euthanized at the Oregon Zoo on Tuesday, August 26. For a year she had been struggling with kidney failure. To learn more about her and to offer your condolences, click on the link.
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]]> The Alliance for Public Technology is sponsoring a contest to raise awareness of the way high-speed internet access is transforming the lives of real people in real ways. Share your story and you could win $1,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C.
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]]> This McCain ad, directed at Spanish speaking Latinos, suggests that because Obama did not mention a Latin American country in his speech at Berlin (at least in the clips chosen for the ad), he does not care about Latinos or their interests.
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]]> Studies show that children who eat breakfast do better in school. It doesn't take much further thought to know that adults will feel better and perform better at work as well. Whether you work at home, on the farm, at the office, at school, or on the road
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]]> BUSHco wants to hand over regulatory powers in the act to federal agencies to determine if development, logging or other activities would negatively impact endangered wildlife. No independent scientific reviews by qualified biologists would be required.
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]]> 1 in 3 Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. "It is a staggering legacy for women to 'fully expect to be raped,' as one elder stated in the report, because they are Indian."


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]]> After team "Care2 FlutterFrog's" frog with butterfly wings splashed into the Willamette, team member Anthony Duerr, 25, said falling off of the 25-foot flight deck was an experience in itself.

"It was an amazing rush," he said.
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]]> What do you get when you combine a giant frog and a colossal butterfly? A Care2 "FlutterFrog" that will (hopefully!) take to the skies at RedBull's Flugtag competition in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday! Sign the petition to wish the Care2 team luck!
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]]> Gwendolyn is one of thousands of children coping with SMA, a devastating disease that is the #1 genetic killer of children under age 2. Six hundred babies will be born in the United States with SMA this year alone. Please watch and act today.
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]]> Sen. Stevens, longtime friend of Big Oil, was indicted for allegedly receiving goods and services from an oil company, including a new first floor, garage & wraparound deck for his "chalet". He literally lives in the house that oil built. He needs to go.
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]]> Many of us are feeling a financial pinch these days, but Consumer Reports found you could cut your spending by $500 a month without radically changing your lifestyle.You might be able to drive down your car costs by an about $65 a month by finding chea
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]]> Good news! While hundreds of penguins have washed up on the shores of beaches of Rio de Janeiro, zoo rescue relief workers have responded quickly by taking them in to be treated and rehabilitated, so that they may soon waddle back into the wild.
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]]> The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is bringing genocide charges against Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Two other officials high in the government are also indicted for crimes against humanity. Bring them to justice!
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]]> A teenager who thought movement in her underwear was caused by her vibrating mobile phone found a bat curled up asleep in her bra.
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]]> Dr. James Dobson recently attacked Barack Obama for a 2006 speech that Obama gave on his Christian faith. Does he speak for you?
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]]> As President Robert Mugabe asserts his power and stifles opposition, citizens are sexually abused, tortured, intimidated, and murdered. Help bring peace, stability and justice to Zimbabwe by signing this Care2 petition.
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]]> Tell the Texas GOP to apologize for allowing racist Obama pins to be sold at their convention. The presidential election is not an open forum for racist people who, for lack of ideas, have decided to openly attack Obama because of the color of his skin.
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An elderly shepherd, his wife and a nephew said they were attacked by four masked men for allowing their
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]]> A little strategically placed makeup quickly turns the wimpiest of male barn swallows into chick magnets, amping up their testosterone and even trimming their weight, new research shows.
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]]> Tell Dunkin Donuts you don't believe Rachel Ray's scarf is a terrorist symbol and that you're disappointed in their decision to pull their ad and capitulate to the hysterical fringe of the right-wing blogosphere. Read more and sign the petition >>
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]]> GENEVA (Reuters) - Several countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) criticized the new U.S. farm bill on Monday for raising farm support when the WTO is trying to reach a deal to cut agricultural subsidies.
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]]> New spray-on films developed by UC San Diego chemists will be the basis of portable devices that can quickly reveal trace amounts of nitrogen-based explosives.Contaminated fingerprints leave dark shadows on the films,which glow blue under ultraviolet>>
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]]> The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has pledged an initial contribution of $500,000 to Equality for All to protect marriage equality in California
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]]> Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 (FREE) and Microsoft will plant a tree for you! SOOOO COOL! This is such a win win because IE 7 is so much better AND you get a tree planted. AWESOME.
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]]> For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed and unreported.
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]]> LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
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]]> One of the best things you can do for the environment and for the planet is to become vegetarian, eat less meat or pay more attention to where your meat comes from.
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]]> How Colombian Paramilitaries Landed A U.S. Corporation In Hot Water
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]]> 23-year-old Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets on the day of his weeding in NY. He was unarmed. Speak out for victims of police brutality and racial profiling like Sean Bell, and demand change and rights for all.
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]]> If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say.

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]]> In the first study of its kind, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that companion cats and dogs are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that researchers have recently found in people.
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]]> Japan's Kaguya spacecraft has relayed the very first Full Earthrise movie in high definition (HD) video, giving humans a uniquely beautiful view of our small blue planet just in time for Earth Day.
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]]> Posted on a friends blog - Hope you like it as much as I did...
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]]> Israel's secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources told Reuters on Monday.
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]]> I wanted to highlight a new petition pressing for better access to medical supplies and fewer restrictions on medical travel for Gaza. Please sign!
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]]> Judi Provencal is star-struck, but not so much by the glitz and glam of Hollywood.
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