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Homegrown Power a Fix for Energy Crunch and Global Warming
Homegrown electricity could be one ingredient used to combat the 21st century’s expected energy crunch, easing the load on electrical grids with a system...
Oil Firm Offers to Pay College Tuition for All Students in Town for 20 Years
Executives of Murphy Oil Corporation thrilled their hometown of El Dorado, Arkansas when they announced to students in a packed gymnasium their intention to...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
Secret Santa Strikes Again- Handing out $100 Bills to the Needy
People wept with joy as a Kansas City businessman handed out $100 bills from his pocket to people in thrift stores and coin-operated laundries...
Secret Santa Revealed
The Secret Santa from Kansas City has long brightened the hearts of hundreds each holiday season by handing out hundred-dollar bills to strangers on...
Stranger Rescues Woman from House Fire
A rural Kansas woman is lucky to be alive, after a stranger goes to great lengths to rescue her after her home catches fire......
The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
Anti-Evolution School Board Members Lose Election
Voters in Kansas have ousted two anti-evolution school board representatives in the State's primary elections. (Not many more details, but here is the source:...
Expanding Coverage to More Pregnant Women in Texas
From the Student Operated Press comes this good news for low-income pregnant women. A U.S. program expands access to prenatal health care in nine...
New Technology Turns Garbage Into Gold
(Reprint of a GNN story from 2003; in preparation for a followup article soon)
IMAGINE. . . Imagine a machine that can turn almost...
Brazil Expands Amazon Protection as Global Environmental Conference Starts
CURITIBA, Brazil — Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest at the opening of 11-day Global Environmental Conference. Brazil's...
A Sure Sign of Spring: Wild Whooping Cranes Return to Wisconsin
Among the signs of springtime these days in central Wisconsin is the arrival of wild whooping cranes on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and along...
Secret Santa Hands out Cash in NY
A big guy with a beard wandered the streets of New York handing out cash at Christmas. The man, wearing a red Santa hat,...
29 Year-Old Single-Handedly Raises Relief Supplies for Hurricane Victims
Esther Stevens’ dining table in Colorado Springs, CO, has become a makeshift operations center for getting aid to the victims of Hurricane Mitch.
“I’ve never...