“Ashlee Smith, the 9-year-old who started to collect toys for kids who have lost everything in fires, is now about to become a nonprofit entrepreneur earning “501(c)3” status. She started out when the Angora fire hit last year, destroying many homes in South Lake Tahoe. Having lost all her toys in a house fire once, Ashlee, the daughter of a firefighter, said she knew how it felt and wanted to help. (Nevada Appeal) This is from our local paper and right in our back yard, so we’ll be bringing her some toys for her cause this week!
Visit Ashlee’s Toy Closet and help out
NASA has solved some of the mystery behind the Northern lights. Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday. A fleet of five satellites on a mission known as THEMIS studied the phenomenon of energy that leads to the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis.
QUITO, Ecuador – “Lonesome George, the long-living Galapagos Islands giant tortoise thought to be the last of his kind, might soon be a father… The eggs have appeared after 36 years of multiple efforts (with the closest female to its kind).” (
