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Jewelers Shun Gold From Proposed Alaska Mine
"Five of the nation's leading jewelers have sworn off gold that could someday come from the proposed Pebble Mine, a huge deposit near the...
London to Spend US$975 Million on Walking and Cycling Programs
London is committing to bike programs in a big way. "It will spend US$975 million over the next ten years to implement five new...
30,000 in Barcelona Share Bikes
Barcelona has gone bike crazy, with 30,000 people signing up in the first 2 months to participate in a new public transportation system involving...
Progress Being Made on Many Fronts, Says UN Health Agency
Progress in many areas of public health are a cause for optimism said the head of WHO, the UN's World Health Organization, this week....
100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year
Fascinating facts and amazing lore are exposed in the weekly BBC Magazine column, "10 Things we didn't know last week." Here are...
Injured Football Star Offers Therapy to Abused Shelter Animals (Video)
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Raiders football player Jarrod Cooper had to give up the season with a knee injury, but he won't give up spending his hours...
Top Ten Pet Stories of 2007
I compiled this list for the Ellen DeGeneres show and suggested they ask their audience to vote (with cheers) for the Top Pet Hero...
Increased Employment Is Climate Change’s Silver Lining: UN
Despite the detrimental effects brought on by climate change, new industries to combat global would likely spur employment oportunities for not just the middle...
Massive New Rainforest Reserve Opens to Protect Congo Apes
A new nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will become the world's largest continuous protected area for great apes, particularly the...
I’m Giving Thanks for You Today!
Happy Thanksgiving to my beautiful American readers! (We are giving thanks for our international readers from Australia, Norway, England, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, India,...
London Buys Hydrogen-Fueled Red Buses
The Mayor of London announced Tuesday that ten new red double-decker hydrogen powered buses will join London's bus fleet by 2010 to reduce air...
Idaho Rehabilitates Scorched Land From Wildfires
A year after the devastation from Idaho’s worst wildfire, Governor Otter has drummed up support for a statewide, citizen-led volunteer effort to rehabilitate torched...
Bear Rescued from Sierra Bridge Ledge
Rescuers used a huge nylon net bought at an army surplus store to save a bear dangling over the edge of the 80-foot-high bridge,...
Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons Closer to Demise
In Siberia, the U.S. and its allies are building a $1 billion factory to "destroy 2 million Soviet-era artillery shells filled with deadly nerve...
Congo Logging Company Goes “Green”
Timber companies are not always out to empty the rainforest of trees. In spite of all the hurdles, there are some companies working on...
Encouraging Signs That Elder Care is On the Mend
Finally, for the first time, I have hope. I started my career in the aging field in the "mean old days" of the 1970s,...
Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves
(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...
World War II Heros Meet for Last Time (Video)
America's 1.8 million World War II veterans, now in their 80's and 90's, are dying at the rate of 1,500 a day, but 150,000...
Skyscraper to Produce Its Own Energy
Introducing the 'Energy Tower,' a skyscraper to be built in Dubai that will produce 100 percent of its own power. The skyscraper will...
Fight Fashion Snobbery, Don’t Give Up Your Hi-Tops
I used to love the TV make-over shows. A team of stylists transform a country bumpkin into a sexy sister unrecognizable by her own...