From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
"That thorn in the Republican establishment side is back.Ron Paul's campaign is planning an event at a "large venue" with a "sizable" crowd Sept. 2 -- the Tuesday of convention week -- in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area a couple of miles from the convention site."

 

Worried about the environmental impact of shipping food hundreds of miles, a small but devoted number of Americans have joined the "locavore" movement.

 

PORT RICHEY - John Ubele wants you to put him in the statehouse. He wants to take state Rep. John Legg's job. He promises good things: Lower homeowner's insurance. Order in the classroom. Less money for politicians, more for vocational training. His official platform veers toward mainstream conservatism.

 

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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — Officials expressed surprise and delight on Monday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Colombia's largest guerrilla group to call off its 44-year war to overthrow the government.

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The recent mass stabbing in japan is clear evidence of the negative effect westernization has had on japanese society.Traditional japanese culture has been essentially eradicated by the importation of american consumer culture. Although these types of random acts of violence are usually seen in the United States and Europe, the more materialism washes away traditional culture, the more you will see the population react with such senseless acts.