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The Pursuit of Happiness: What Matters Most? (Video)
If happiness is a state of mind, Boulder, Colorado would be its capital.
Where you live, it turns out, makes a difference in the happiness...
Repelling Bugs With The Essence Of Grapefruit
It's bug season again. And once again, most people won't bother spraying or slathering on repellents. That bugs the Centers for Disease Control and...
Russia Bans Endangered Polar Bear Hunt This Year
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a longtime defender of large endangered animals announced that Russia has banned the hunting of polar bears this year, even...
Missouri Pork Processor Will Reuse All its Waste to Power the Plant
Meat eaters should search out Heritage Acres' all-natural pork products. Not only are their pasture-raised hogs hormone-free and fed only soy, corn and oats...
America’s Oldest Wild Bird is a New Mom at 60
The oldest known U.S. wild bird, a 60 year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is a new mother. The bird, which has likely logged 50,000...
Government Extends Growing Season for Thousands of Organic Farmers, Providing Local Food Throughout Winter
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new...
Tina Fey Joins Comedy Greats as Twain Prize Honoree Last Night (Video)
Steve Carell, Betty White and Steve Martin walked the red carpet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC along with other comedians, including Lorne...
6 Young Environmental Leaders Win Prestigious Brower Award
They are the green generation. Six young people who are doing incredible things to safeguard the environment were honored this week with the prestigious...
Tennessee’s Bold Leap in Care for the Aged and Disabled
After lagging behind the rest of the country for years, Tennessee is catching up fast when it comes to improvements in its health care...
240 Anchorage Restaurants Recycle Fryer Grease into Biodiesel
The Anchorage area's private trash hauler, Alaska Waste, is picking up used food-frying oil and has started turning it into biodiesel to power its...
Wolf Dog Sings to a Baby, Stops His Cry (Video)
This video of a wolf-like cry soothing a baby evokes something mystical from deep within our collective history. Quite magical in its...
Dog Leads Police to Burning Building
A german shepherd was told to go get help after a fire started in a remote area of snowy Alaska. "Buddy" then found...
Airline Service and Performance Improves; One of Best Years Ever
Airlines with fewer flights and fewer passengers have translated into better performance for the customer. For the second consecutive year, the performance of...
US Proposes Giving Polar Bears Historic Protection
The Interior Department on Thursday proposed designating more than 200,000 square miles of land, sea and ice along the northern coast of Alaska...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
Federal Court Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule
Protections were restored this week to 193 million acres of national forest by a federal court that struck down the Bush administration policy of...
U.S. Air Carriers Deliver Best Performance in 4 Years
In 2008, air travelers experienced their best year for customer service since 2004. The rate of lost bags, late arrivals, and consumer complaints...
Man Wins Third Consecutive Iditarod Race (Video)
"I'm glad my dad wasn't a doctor or lawyer, because I honestly believe I found what I was put on Earth to...
‘Astonishing Richness’ in Polar Sea Species
The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all. A marine census released Monday documented 7,500 species in the Antarctic and...
Colorado School District Does Away With Grade Levels
To overcome low test scores and a high dropout rate, an entire school district is implementing radical reforms. For starters, when the...