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MADISON, Wis. Governor Tony Evers is extending the “Safer at Home” order until at least May 26. The original order was supposed to expire on Friday, April 24.

Your Future isn’t Defined by Your Past Today's Scripture “...If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31, NIV) Today's Word from Joel and Victoria I heard somebody say, “Don’t let your heredity stop your destiny.” In other words, don’t let the way somebody treated you, or what they did or didn’t give you keep you from pressing forward and becoming all that God has created you to be. The people who raised you may have had addictions, but that doesn’t have to be your future. You can be the one to break that negative cycle....

Created for Greatness Today's Scripture “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10, NIV) Today's Word from Joel and Victoria It’s easy to go through life thinking that we’re average; we’re ordinary. “There’s nothing special about me. I’m just one of the six billion people on earth.” No, when God created you, He put a part of Himself in you. You could say that you have the DNA of Almighty God. You are destined to do great things, destined to leave your mark...

Comments can be bad for science. That's why, here at PopularScience.com, we're shutting them off.It wasn't a decision we made lightly. As the news arm of a 141-year-old science and technology magazine, we are as committed to fostering lively, intellectual debate as we are to spreading the word of science far and wide. The problem is when trolls and spambots overwhelm the former, diminishing our ability to do the latter.That is not to suggest that we are the only website in the world that attracts vexing commenters. Far from it. Nor is it to suggest that all, or even close...

NEW YORK — Willie Nelson says the Dixie Chicks "got a raw deal" from a disapproving public following their criticism of President Bush. "I think the fact that they were overseas and onstage had a little bit to do with it because you're speaking to other people about our business," the 73-year-old country crooner said in an interview in this week's Time magazine. The trio caught harsh criticism after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 that the group was "ashamed" Bush was from their home state of Texas. Nelson said he was surprised his remarks about...

Dixie's Click on WUMB : As mentioned here in the last update, although local and national country radio stations may not be helping them much lately, but that isn't stopping Dixie Chicks from claiming a third # 1 album in their career and finding stations on the elsewhere on the dial who are more than happy to jump on the bandwagon. According WUMB 91.9FM's program director Brian Quinn, the UMass station is playing "Everybody Knows" and "I Hope" tracks. The station also hopes to have them live in the studio when their tour pulls into Boston in late July. Clear...