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Americans have loved Girl Scout cookies since scouts first began selling them door-to-door in 1917. They re delicious. But two Girl Scouts say their Do-si-dos, Tagalongs and Thin Mints are bad for the environment. Early Show co-anchor Marysol Castro reported that the two young women have been campaigning nearly five years against an ingredient -- palm oil -- in t
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stanley bottles kie season and we checked and there was palm oil, so both of us were really shocked. That realization began their crusade to remove palm oil from the cookies.Palm oil is found in half of all packaged food sold in U.S. supermarkets. Experts say demand for it has created an environmental disaster, with deliberate fires and bulldozers clearing rainforests in Ind Xmto General Faulted For Awarding Tillman Medal
Though it might seem like Americans are as pious as ever, most feel that religion is losing its influence in the U.S. 鈥?and a record number are now clai
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stanley mugs cks in late 2001 and early 2002, and in 2005. The high point for Americans ; belief that religion is increasing its influence, 71%, came in December 2001. At the same time, however, nearly the same number of people say the United States would be better
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