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NPR - By Jon Marcus - 4/13/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 16.5% - Appeal to Authority 15.8% - Appeal to Emotion 13.7%

CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. — More than a dozen newborn lambs cavorted around a fenced-in yard beneath the scrutiny of their mothers and a few watchful students taking turns attending to them. The lambs' successful births have been a needed bright spot at tiny Sterling College, which uses a 130-acre farm to teach agriculture and other... more