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Legacy of Chicago Sit-In: Empowering Laid-off Workers
For some 240 laid-off workers at a manufacturing plant in Chicago, federal law required a 60-day notice that the facility was closing. Their employer...
Students Help Reduce Wildlife Roadkill With Novel Project
In 2003, a group of New Mexico students began lobbying the state legislature to address collisions between vehicles and wildlife. As a result, state...
President Bush Honored on 20th World AIDS Day
President George W. Bush was honored today with a medal by pastor Rick Warren in recognition of his unprecedented efforts and contribution to the...
Korean Demilitarized Zone Now a Wildlife Haven
The notorious Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas is the most dangerous and heavily militarized border in the world. It is also...
7 Facts we can all be Thankful for
What can we be thankful for in the midst of doom and gloomy news of the economy? Here are 7 items from the news...
To Battle Obesity, Britain Creates Incentives for ‘Healthy Towns’
With the highest obesity rates in Europe, Britain is investing £30 million to urge people in Manchester and 8 other areas to cut the...
Signs That, Amid Tough Times, Americans Will Keep Giving
Even while Americans are reeling from bad economic news, most donors plan to give to charity in coming months, an online survey finds. History...
Video Games Support School Lessons and Learning
Once shunned as a brain-rotting activity, video games are now winning over many teachers of teenage students as a way to inspire kids to...
Texas Schools Win $1 Million Prize for Advancing Poor Students
The border city of Brownsville, where nearly all students come from low-income Hispanic families and where 4 in 10 are not native English speakers,...
Lighter Colored Homes and Rooftops Could Slow Global Warming
Painting homes a lighter shade does more than save money on A.C. If all urban rooftops in warm climates were white, they could slow...
Credit Crisis Driving Global Cooperation
Government leaders are learning in the face of danger from the global credit crisis that they can pull together with constructive initiatives, and that...
‘Electric Oysters’ May Restore New York’s Waters
Solar panels perched atop poles provide a low voltage current that causes a chemical reaction in seawater, building up limestone on the electrified metal....
Bicycle Recyclers Empower NYC Youth, Lighten Landfills
Recycle-a-Bike was founded in 1999 with a straightforward mandate: Repair abused, remaindered, broken, or worn bikes and funnel them back to consumers. But...
4.2 Million New Green Jobs Predicted
A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly "green" jobs over the next three decades,...
A ‘Miracle Tree’ That Could Feed Sub-Saharan Africa
The moringa’s leaves and seedpods deliver extraordinary nutrition: Ounce for ounce, a Red Cross official said, moringa leaves contain more beta carotene than carrots,...
Global Warming Law Will Boost California Economy, Study Finds
Two years ago California passed a landmark law requiring a 25 percent cut in industrial greenhouse gases by 2020, and some critics said the...
The Lion Who Thought He was People
Christian is the name of a lion cub bought from Harrods department store in 1969 by two young lads who couldn't bear to see...
Polish Heros: Stories of Saving Jewish Families During Holocaust
(Reuters) - Poles who risked their lives a half century ago by taking in fugitive Jews during the Nazi Holocaust were honored in Warsaw...
Saudi King Calls for Unity, Reconciliation at Interfaith Conference
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sponsored an interfaith conference that kicked off in Madrid yesterday with the goal of bringing Muslims, Christians, and Jews...
One Man’s Mission to Rid India of its “Untouchable” Job
One man has built 1.2 million affordable hygienic toilets throughout India and helped 60,000 people who were manual scavengers of human waste -- the...