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Colleges Pledge Support for Low-Income Students
19 state university systems – from Maryland to California – launched the Access to Success Initiative to improve college attendance and completion for low-income...
H&R Block Offers Free Advice To Fire Victims
H&R Block and Operation HOPE are partnering to assist those impacted by October’s wildfires by offering free amended 2006 federal tax returns to enable...
Idaho Rehabilitates Scorched Land From Wildfires
A year after the devastation from Idaho’s worst wildfire, Governor Otter has drummed up support for a statewide, citizen-led volunteer effort to rehabilitate torched...
Former Gang Member Saves Street Kids – and Himself – with Break Dance
"Once a gifted break-dancer in California, Tuy Sobil, 30, has resurrected his old passion – to help save Cambodian street kids from the sort...
City Parking Spaces Transformed into Mini-Parks
One day last year some folks in San Francisco decided there was not enough green space downtown so they "leased" the area provided by...
NYC School System Honored as ‘Model of Reform’
New York City public schools have won the 2007 Broad Prize for Urban Education, a $1 million award honoring the most improved school systems,...
Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire Victim
A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents...
States Trying to Extend Foster Care Benefits
In most states, youths in foster care are on their own when they turn 18. Federal funding for their care is cut off when...
Huge Solar Power Park to Rise in Mojave Desert
California utility company PG&E Corp. said it will purchase 553 megawatts of solar power annually from a nine-square-mile, solar-power facility to be built in...
Scientists Celebrate Return of Rare Butterfly
Thanks to conservationists who replanted native buckwheat along the California coast, the endangered El Segundo blue butterflies have returned after decades to Redondo Beach...
Lawnchair Takes Flight with Helium Balloons (Video)
In 1982 Larry Walters took flight in his patio chair attached to 45 helium-filled weather balloons. He rose to an altitude of 16,000 feet...
World’s First High-Speed All-Electric Sport Utility Truck
Earth-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles that produce no emissions may seem like a dream of the future. But several companies are already well on their way...
Donations Pour in for Brittle-Bone Survivor
Donations are pouring in for the woman featured in a California newspaper and here on GNN (first read the original story here). "Gail...
Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered List: 11,000 Pairs From Only 417
In one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, bald eagle populations have climbed from a dismal count of just 417 nesting pairs in...
Bank Funds First Private Forest Conservation Purchase
"The nonprofit group Redwood Forest Foundation has purchased 50,000 acres of Northern California redwood forest using a long-term loan of $65 million from Bank...
18 Year-Old Has Climbed ‘7 Summits’ (Video)
"An 18-year-old California woman has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming... the youngest person to scale the highest peaks on each of the...
Chevy Fuel Cell Car Goes 300 Miles Without Refueling — on Hydrogen
General Motors made history yesterday as its Chevy Sequel became the first electric fuel cell vehicle to achieve 300 miles on one tank of...
100 Success Stories for Endangered Species
In honor of the second annual Endangered Species Day, May 18, a Web site celebrates the success stories and details conservation efforts that led...
Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Global Warming Pact with Victoria, Australia
The premier of the state of Victoria, Australia, has signed an agreement with Arnold Swarzenegger to tackle global warming. The memorandum signed Friday establishes...