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Tennessee Purple Coneflower No Longer Endangered: An Environmental Success Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing the Tennessee purple coneflower from the list of threatened and endangered species, marking the success...
Teacher of the Year Honored for Letting Students Create With Individual Learning Styles
In the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama honored the 2010 National Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, from Johnston High...
Shell Oil Pays to Treat City Sewage and Buy it Back
A British Columbia city is overcoming a water problem by getting the oil and gas industry to pay for its daily sewage treatment....
Obama Attacks High School Drop-out Rate; Gen. Powell to Help, So Can You
Do you remember the commencement speaker at your high school graduation? Well, this year the event will be absolutely memorable for one lucky high...
Molten Salt Project To Power Up To 75,000 Homes
NV Energy signed an agreement today to use Crescent Dunes in Nye County, NV, near Tonopah, as a source for alternative power driven...
Engagement Ring Found After Fall From Hot Air Balloon
After saving money for a year to buy an engagement ring for his planned hot-air balloon marriage proposal, James Ng watched as his...
White House Considering Cash for Caulkers Program
The highly visible success of the stimulus program known as cash-for-clunkers induced a boom in vehicle sales this summer that clearly would not have...
Sesame Street Celebrates 40 Years (w/ Video)
Featuring colorful Muppet characters created by Jim Henson, Sesame Street celebrates its 40 anniversary as a pioneer of educational television....
Alarmed by Tone of Public Debate, US Church Council Calls for Civility
Alarmed by the intensity of angry and sometimes violent language coming out of public meetings on healthcare and other issues, the National Council of...
Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...
Good News is Step Forward for Iranian Women
Iranian MPs have approved the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic. She was one of 18 nominations...
Plankton Power To Build Algae Biofuel Facility on Cape Cod
To help meet the federal mandate of quadrupling biofuel use by 2020, a public-private consortium announced plans to construct a new facility on Cape...
Obama Unveils Education Initiative: 2-year Colleges to Get $12 Billion Boost
The White House proposed a massive effort to retrain workers on Tuesday by strengthening our nation’s community colleges and creating five million additional college...
Stimulus Money Helps Revive Summer Youth Jobs Programs
School’s out and young job seekers across the country have less than a 30 percent chance of finding work. For disadvantaged youth and high...
Obama Unveils ‘Historic’ Car Efficiency Standards
President Obama yesterday announced what amounts to a historic shift in climate change policy, a new rule that strengthens fuel economy and greenhouse gas...
Obama Steps Up Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Calling it "a national treasure," President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued an executive order to bring the full weight of the federal government behind...
Obama Orders Cabinet to Cut Waste
President Obama made clear in his first cabinet meeting today, that cutting out waste was essential to the government's mission of recovery and long-term...
Sweden Approves Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
A broad majority in the Swedish parliament Wednesday approved adoption of same-sex marriage legislation after a six-hour debate. Six of the seven parties...
Israel Lauds Saudi Peace Plan Before King Abdullah
Israeli President Shimon Peres seized the rare opportunity of being in the same hall as Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday to praise a Saudi...
Arts and Chess Part of Plan to Boost School Scores
Two poorly performing Kentucky schools in downtown Lexington will receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art...