Why Newsvine is Better Than Digg

It's no surprise that I found myself wanting to write an article about this, I am a member of both Digg and Newsvine, contribute to each, and like them both equally for their individual strengths.

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Hooah!

July 25th. Yep, that's the day my life changes forever. That is my ship date for Basic Training with the United States Army. I go to Fort Jackson, South Carolina for 10 weeks of motivating, challenging, and life changing experiences to mold me into a solider.

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Welcome to the Republican Party

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

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Going on a cruise? Read this.

Are you going on a cruise this summer, or thinking about going on one? I just got back from mine, and it was a blast! I had little to no bad experiences, and I thought I'd share some of the information I collected, and some I wish I'd have known prior to going.

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Guess who's back? For now at least..

So, many of you probably don't remember me, I've been gone from the site since around Christmas of last year. Crazy half a year it has been. I graduated college in May, and have made a big life decision.

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2008 Candidate Series

I've decided that both to further educate myself, as well as the Newsvine community, I am going to begin doing a "just the facts" series on potential key candidates in the race for the White House in 2008.

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The view from 2 minutes away

It's not everyday my mediocre city is put on national news, but it is no surprise that such news coverage started buzzing after the recent events that occurred in an area I pass by many times a week.

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On Respect and Acting Like a Child at Big-Boy Events

Let me start off by saying this neither reflects the nation (that I know of), nor probably the subset of the people I am about to describe.

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Highly Decorated Iraq War Veteran to Speak at UNC-Wilmington

Wilmington, NC - The UNCW College Republicans and Young America's Foundation Present an evening with Lt. Col. Scott Rutter, on Thursday, November 9, 2006, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in Cameron Hall Room 105 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

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UNCW Remembers 9/11

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How to not look new at the gym

I've been a fitness-guy for a while now. I'm slowly becoming religiously a gym-bum, I'm there like clockwork every day I can be, and if I'm not there, I make it out to the track or somewhere to get my workout in.

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How I Would Improve Newsvine

For the past 2 months or so, I have been a rather active member of Newsvine, and have enjoyed every moment of it. However, there are a few things that make me cringe whenever I seed an article, or try to write one.

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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

This past weekend I watched Kingdom Of Heaven. What struck me the most odd is that you could put modern uniforms, replace their swords and catapults with guns and tanks, and have almost the exact same situation today. Time doesn't change people as much as we believe.

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FDR's War Crimes

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FBI disrupts New York City tunnel plot

Original Article By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Authorities have disrupted planning by foreign terrorists for an attack on New York City tunnels, two law enforcement officials said Friday.

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A bigot by any other name...

The word is bigot. It's biggest users are democrats and liberals who absolutely love to call 50.7% of the citizens of this country this liberal hot-word.

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On United Nations Reform

Let me begin with some facts. The United States contributes more money to the UN than any other country on Earth. In 2004 the United States provided roughly 22% of the United Nations administrative budget, and 27% of the peacekeeping budget.

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The only war worth fighting: the war against America

Here is a test, in the past week, name two news stories about anything good that happened either in the War on Terror, or about the United States abroad. Having a hard time? Don't be discouraged, because finding these stories is harder than it seems.

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