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Google Street Maps Helped Identify Muggers

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Posted by geri   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

google-maps_street_view.jpgPolice in the Netherlands have arrested two men after the alleged muggers were identified on a picture taken at the crime scene by Google's internet map service.

On a lark, the young tech-saavy teen who was mugged searched for the exact location of the scene using Google's street photos and actually saw the pair (with their faces blurred out) walking along in the image. 

He went to the police who requested from Google the original unblurred photo...

(Read the story in the BBC)

 

17-yr-old Scales Everest Becoming Youngest Ever to Climb the 7 Summits

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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

mt-climber-jonny-strange-genocide-sign.jpg At 17-years-old, Calif. native Johnny Strange is the youngest person ever to conquer the tallest summits on each of the seven continents.

After topping the final peak last week, Strange e-mailed family and friends to say: "Never let anyone stifle your dreams no matter the feat, for if you have the heart and the courage, impossible is nothing."

He shouts another message from the mountaintops as well. A sign he carried to the Mt. Everest peak read, "Stop Genocide."

Watch the Katie Couric interview below, or at CBS.

 


 

Postal Worker, Wife Adopt Kitten Found in Mailbox

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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

postal-wrker-kitten.jpgAn 8-week-old kitten discovered abandoned and famished  in a mailbox was adopted by a postal worker, and his wife who named it: P.D., for "Postage Due."

"My husband's cat died suddenly over a year ago, and it's been only recently that he's indicated that he might be ready to adopt another cat," Stuart said.

(Read the details on Boston..com)

(Thanks to Pearl for submitting the story on June 22!)

 

Imprisoned Felons Help Care for Unwanted Cats (Video)

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Monday, 29 June 2009

prisoners-tend-cats.jpgIndiana prisoners are serving as foster parents to 59 cats and kittens waiting for adoption and hoping for a second chance, after the local shelter had no more room.

One inmate, convicted of involuntary manslaughter, said caring for the animals in 8-hour shifts makes him feel better about himself. 

Watch the video below, or watch on NCB here

 

 

 

Urban High School Achieves Rare Feat: No Dropouts

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Posted by geri   
Monday, 29 June 2009

alpha-achievers.jpgIn a city where dropout rates are always among New Jersey's highest and test scores are among the lowest, one experimental school, Camden's MetEast High School, opened in 2005, had zero drop-outs among its first graduating class this year, and a college acceptance letter in each of their hands.

The class sizes are small, educators are called "advisers," not teachers, and they stick with the same group of students all four years. As important, classes are built around the idea that students will learn by following their passions.

(Read the AP story in MSNBC)

 
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