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By lindseyhucke GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Walking into an animal shelter, it is not unusual to see dogs almost burned to death, abandoned, starved, poisoned, nearly drowned, or beaten; people feel the need to save these an...
lindseyhucke GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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kvnoreilly01 BRONZE, Toms River, New Jersey
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"Power is not alluring to pure minds" -Thomas Jefferson

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By HenryPotter BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HenryPotter BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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By audreymunoz BRONZE
Hemet, California
audreymunoz BRONZE, Hemet, California
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By gparks25 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
gparks25 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”<br /> ― H.P. Lovecraft

Luis_R. BRONZE, Ooltewah, Tennessee
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&ldquo;[Journalism] is not for everybody... I talk to a lot of students; and I talk to our NBC page program twice a year and I always say to them that I&rsquo;ve found that you&rsquo;ll do better if this is what you&rsquo;ve always dreamed of doing. If you chose our occupation at career day in high school and if it was either dentistry, farming, or television journalism and it sounded like a good idea to you, I think you&rsquo;ll fail. You have to want this, for the days you&rsquo;re in Tuscaloosa, for the days you&rsquo;re living on a fire-base in Afghanistan, and for those very dangerous walks through Tahrir Square.&rdquo; &ndash;Brian Williams.

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By JOSHUAS BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
JOSHUAS BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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Nixon Barber BRONZE, Park City, Utah
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oakshire24 GOLD, Greenwich, Connecticut
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