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Air Traffic Controller Proposes Marriage Over the Radio to Passenger
In this video from many months ago, an air traffic controller proposes marriage over Portland, Oregon in a most romantic way, using the intercom...
US Invests in Wind Power as Costs Pull Even With Coal
The U.S. government is pushing for large-scale wind power development and the timing may be just right. A recent study from Bloomberg New Energy...
Passserby Hero Catches Baby Dropped from Burning Building
A woman trapped inside a burning apartment trusted a stranger with her child's life Saturday morning when she dropped the infant from a second-story...
Size of the Ocean Garbage Patch is “Grossly Exaggerated”
Claims in the media about a great garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean being "twice the size of Texas" exaggerated the actual size by...
Top 10 “Seriously Good News” From 2010
2010 was a year of disasters -- Haitian earthquake, Gulf oil spill and Pakistani flooding -- yet it was also a year of stunning...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
States Put the ‘Home’ in Nursing Homes
The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea, Mass., is part of what's known as the Green House project, founded by geriatrician Dr. Bill...
Prisoners Lovingly Raise Endangered Frogs by Hand
In a fenced off-area behind Cedar Creek Correctional Center, two inmates spend nine hours a day feeding and tending their tiny Oregon spotted frog...
Man, 73, Rides 3 Miles in Wheelchair to Aid Sister
A 73-year-old Oregon man traveled three miles in his wheelchair before hunters found him and helped rescue his 61-year-sister after their car got stuck...
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...
Kohl’s Stores Reach Milestone With 100th Solar Location
After installing its first solar panels atop a California store three years ago, Kohl’s Department Stores marked a bright green milestone last week activating...
Trail Honors Forestry Hero who Saved Dozens of Firefighters from Great Inferno
The summer of 1910 in Idaho was a crackling-dry, hot powder keg of rampant forest fires. The U.S. Forest Service was scrambling to stay...
Adventurer Flies Across English Channel With Helium Filled balloons
36-year-old Jonathan Trappe of Raleigh, N.C., floated across the English Channel Friday, powered only by a colorful cluster of helium-filled balloons. ...
Pentagon Withdraws Opposition to Wind Projects After Radar Work-Around
In what is surely the most promising news of the decade for the nation’s burgeoning wind energy industry, the Pentagon has withdrawn its objection...
Magic Helps Healing – in Hospital and on Battlefield
A National Guard medic from Oregon has saved many people on his multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it was the collection of...
Top 5 Greenest Cities in the World
The five greenest cities in the world aren’t necessarily those with nothing but trees and parks. Being a green city...
Bald Eagles Flourish, as Tourists Flock to See Hundreds at a Time
Since their comeback from the brink of extinction in the 1960's, bald eagles have been flocking to this park every winter, attracting bird-watchers by...
CEO Gives 20 Million Dollar Company to Employees
A CEO this week gave his entire company to the workers who've made his natural food company the success that generates revenues exceeding $20...
Homeless Pedal for Exercise in Eco-Gym, Powering the Electric Grid at Same Time
A "green gym" in Detroit lets homeless folks get some exercise and -- thanks to stationary bikes hooked up to the power grid...
At Last, Some Good News for Progressives
(Op-Ed) Yesterday, voters in Oregon approved two measures that will raise taxes on high-income residents and corporations, enabling a state plagued by 11...