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London Birdwatchers Awed as Avocet Hatches in City Wetlands
LONDON — With its striking black and white plumage and elegant upturned bill, the avocet is one of the most distinctive birds. It's also...
U.S. Automakers to Double Production of Flexible-Fuel Vehicles
In a letter to Congress yesterday, the leaders of the big three U.S. automakers pledged to double production of flexible-fuel vehicles by 2010. They...
Homeless Choir Inspires Audiences Worldwide
They were homeless in Montreal, yet the singers of Accueil Bonneau Choir (also known as the Montreal Homeless Choir) captivated audiences worldwide -- and...
Wonderful Life Tops 100 Most Inspiring Films List
Last night the American Film Institute presented the list of Top 100 Most Inspiring American Films in a three-hour television special on CBS. A...
Nigeria Signs Accord with Cameroon Ending Border Dispute
The presidents of Nigeria and Cameroon today signed an agreement settling a decades-old, sometimes violent, border dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula following intensive...
Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants
The United Nations is praising the rescue of 22 migrants, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea,...
Alternative Fuel Ethanol Entices White House, Wall Street
When Henry Ford envisioned the automotive industry a century ago, he planned for his Model T to run on corn-based ethanol. But the price...
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...
Barbaro: More Inspiring Than If He’d Won Triple Crown
Last year, Afleet Alex made our hearts skip a beat and then leap for joy when he fell to his knees and then miraculously...
One Man Creates Peace in African Country Torn by Ethnicity
Gearing up for October elections, Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) faces fear that a renewed eruption of violence between ethnic groups will destroy any...
Net Neutrality Victory in House Cmte
The broad, nonpartisan movement for Internet freedom notched a victory on Thursday, when a bipartisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee advanced the Internet...
Boy, Six, Saves Kid Brother from Cougar
The Canadian Press reports on a 6-year-old boy from British Columbia whose instincts for caring about a younger brother overcame his fear as he...
Iowa Company Making Gasoline Obsolete
A former director of engineering at Ford Motor Company says there is no need to wait for clean power. His Hydrogen Engine Center ...
Former Rivals Join in Common Cause to Save the Internet
Which issue aligns artists and musicians with Gun Owners of America? MoveOn.org with the Christian Coalition? The AARP with E-bay and Google? All these...
Innovation! New Cement Absorbs Air Pollution
How great is this?? It's what I call, News to Enthuse... An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing...
US Upgrades Libya to Non-terror State
Colonel Gaddafi's desire to bring Libya back into the international fold has paid off. The US has followed the lead of the UN...
G is for Goodbye, West Wing
EDITOR'S BLOG The West Wing was often called the smartest show on television and in my mind it was. I watched ritualistically in...
Major League Goes Pink for Mom’s Day, Breast Cancer
On Mother's Day, Major League Baseball players will be using pink bats to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. As part of a...
195 Miles Per Gallon, Zero to 60 in Four Seconds… The Electric Supercar is Here
When you think of an electric car, you may imagine a vehicle that provides no power, no safety, no range, and taking forever to...
Brazil Fueling 1 Million Cars on Sugarcane
Latin America’s largest country, Brazil, is the world’s biggest producer of bio-ethanol and 1 million Brazilian cars already run on the fuel made from...