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Lights! Camera! College! Video Essay Could Be Gateway to Admission

Video adds a personal touch to an often impersonal process

Tapping Tomorrow's Leaders With Today's Technology

Maya Enista's millennial generation utilizes social media to build a stronger democracy

Muslim-Americans Urged to Participate in US Census

Privacy, concerns over PATRIOT Act worry some in first population count since 9/11

Thousands of immigrant rights advocates pack the National Mall during an immigration reform rally in Washington, DC, 21 March 2010

Thousands Rally in US Capital, Demanding Immigration Reform

Gathering brought together politicians, labor representatives and religious leaders trying to push the issue back into the spotlight

Text4Baby Offers Prenatal Health Tips, Baby Care to New Mothers in US

More than half million babies born prematurely in United States each year

For Unemployed New Yorkers, No Recovery in Sight

Two determined job seekers, long out of work, find small hope

Staff Sergeant Christopher Miller and his fiancee Loren Taylor

Troops Return to US Capital After 10 Months in Iraq

Some US troops returning home from Iraq will be redeployed to Afghanistan

Michele Gomez is a 23-year-old single mother with no health insurance

Americans in Their 20's Struggle to Get Health Insurance

With skyrocketing health care costs, those with low incomes often cannot afford insurance

Washington DC Residents Lobby to Raise Chickens on Capitol Hill

Supporters of locally-raised poultry must win over skeptical neighbors

Teen Engineers Design Green Cities of the Future

National competition focuses on preparing for emergencies

Sergio Delgado comes regularly to this free clinic run by the Inner City Muslim Action Network, also known as IMAN

American Muslim Group IMAN Reaches Out, Breaks Down Stereotypes

Chicago Muslim organization reaches out to community with free health, career, creative services

Enabling Cookies: Girl Scouts Take Sales Online

Troops use social media to boost sales

Jill Sheffield Fights for Moms Worldwide

Through education, networking and organizing she has made a positive difference worldwide.

Money, Fame, Power Don't Motivate Most Workers

Bestselling author reveals the surprising truth about what drives us

Leftover from the Vietnam war, there are an estimated 350,000 tons of unexploded land mines and bombs to be found and removed. They have killed or maimed thousands of people in the past 35 years

US Military Veterans Return to Vietnam

More than three decades after war in Vietnam, the southeast Asia nation surprises many US veterans

President Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo (2009)

Obama Gives Away $1.4 Million Nobel Prize to Charities

President Obama was awarded Nobel Peace Prize last December in Oslo, Norway

Native Americans Enjoy Autonomy, But Land Use, Sovereignty Questions Persist

Tribal leaders meet in Washington to strategize, meet with legislators

Eat Like a Caveman

Paleo diet focuses on lean meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts

Changing the World, One Design at a Time

Emily Pilloton launches socially responsible design revolution

Minority Doctors Needed to Help Bridge Health Care Gap Between US Minorities and Non-Hispanic Whites

Minority health care professionals fill a key role in serving ethnic communities.

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