A group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength came to Washington this week to ask the debt reduction “Super Committee” to raise taxes on millionaires so that everyone can pay their fair share.
Emphasizing community responsibility over greed, 200 millionaires signed a letter that calls for the Bush-era tax cuts to end for those earning more than a million dollars a year, leaving behind the Clinton-era rate of 39% that coincided with strong job growth and a revenue surplus.
“Private jets shouldn’t have been tax deductible in the first place,” said the group in a statement.
An ever-growing network of burly alpha males are transporting abused dogs, cats, and even bunnies to loving homes located hundreds of miles down American highways and away from their neglected environments.
Since 2005, the network of volunteers called Operation Roger has been powered by truckers, regional and long-haul drivers who transport pets in the cabs of their trucks as they deliver freight all across the country.
The effort was started after Hurricane Katrina left an estimated 250,000 pets stranded and struggling to survive.
A second experiment at the European facility that reported subatomic particles zooming faster than the speed of light — stunning the world of physics — has reached the same result, scientists said late Thursday.
The “positive outcome of the [second] test makes us more confident in the result,” said Fernando Ferroni, president of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics, in a statement released late Thursday.
Every Thursday morning around 10:30 Dan walks into a Starbucks in Metro Detroit, takes out a list and proceeds to order dozens of drinks. The number depends on who is in the Michigan Cancer Center getting chemotherapy treatments.
Does Dan work there? Nope. So why would this man spend his own money every week to buy cappuccinos for strangers?
In 2007, he accompanied his father to the MCI for Thursday chemo treatments. One afternoon as Dan looked around he got the idea to go and buy everyone who was enduring treatment a drink of their choice from Starbucks. Dan’s father has since passed away, but one of his dying wishes was for Dan to keep the tradition going. Now, Starbucks fans far and wide are donating to the cause via a website and Dan’s Coffee Run Facebook page.
The local baristas look forward to filling his Thursday orders and seeing his smiling face. For years, customers asked why the man buys so many drinks, and upon hearing the story they are inspired to donate.
In response, the baristas set up a custom Starbucks card with “Dan’s Coffee Run” on it for anyone who would like to help purchase the drinks — from espressos to strawberry smoothies — for the cancer patients up the road.
Every Thursday morning around 10:30 Dan walks into a Starbucks in Metro Detroit, takes out a list and proceeds to order dozens of drinks. The number depends on who is in the Michigan Cancer Center getting chemotherapy treatments.
Does Dan work there? Nope. So why would this man spend his own money every week to buy cappuccinos for strangers?
In 2007, he accompanied his father to the MCI for Thursday chemo treatments. One afternoon as Dan looked around he got the idea to go and buy everyone who was enduring treatment a drink of their choice from Starbucks. Dan’s father has since passed away, but one of his dying wishes was for Dan to keep the tradition going. Now, Starbucks fans far and wide are donating to the cause via a website and Dan’s Coffee Run Facebook page.
The number of people applying for new unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level since April 2, signaling continued progress in the U.S. jobs market.
In other good news, U.S. home building fell less than expected in October, while a gauge of future construction surged, a sign the long-suffering housing sector might be stabilizing.
For nearly a decade, Tara the elephant had been best friends with a dog named Bella — a mutt who wandered onto the sanctuary grounds and into the heart of the gentle giant.
Although the last chapter of this story is sad, the same compassion that warmed your heart the first time will surely make you smile again.
For nearly a decade, Tara the elephant had been best friends with a dog named Bella — a mutt who wandered onto the sanctuary grounds and into the heart of the gentle giant.
Although the last chapter of this story is sad, the same compassion that warmed your heart the first time will surely make you smile again.
Hundreds of thousands of illegal arms seized by police in India are being melted down and turned into agricultural tools to help impoverished farmers in the east of the country, officials said.
“The farming tools made from life-threatening arms will now produce food grains which will feed the hungry,” Bihar’s director-general of police, Abhay Anand, said.
The president of NBC News talked to Chelsea Clinton recently about what she wanted to do now that she’s completed her undergraduate work at college.
She expressed the inspiration she felt while talking to community volunteers during her mother’s 2008 presidential campaign. Lucky for Chelsea, NBC promotes just such a niche interest on its Nightly News show. The resulting videos have been featured on the Good News Network regularly.
Retail sales were up .5 percent in October outpacing forecasters. Consumer spending was up, spurred by producer prices that fell in October, especially for gasoline and food.
The manufacturing sector in the Northeast also picked up, for the first time in five months.
“The economy seems to be in solid shape,” said Alex Hoder, an economist at FTN Financial in New York.
In just three years, Rachel Wheeler raised more than $250,000, which helped build brand new earthquake-proof homes that have given shelter to 27 families that were living in tent cities since Haiti’s earthquake.
What’s next for the determined Florida pre-teen? Building a new school in the disaster-ravaged country.
In just three years, Rachel Wheeler raised more than $250,000, which helped build brand new earthquake-proof homes that have given shelter to 27 families that were living in tent cities since Haiti’s earthquake.
What’s next for the determined Florida pre-teen? Building a new school in the disaster-ravaged country.
If you’ve ever heard anyone disagree with the statement that every vote matters on election day, tell them about the Maine town which last week proved the point from its ballot boxes.
“The Landis mayor’s race is tied. Again.
And with two provisional ballots to be counted in today’s official canvass, the winner could come down to the toss of a coin.”
Since 1997, communities across the country have come together on November 15 for America Recycles Day — the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling in the U.S.
Now it’s easier to figure out what items can be recycled and what can’t by using a database searchable by locality here at Earth911.com.
Other websites help citizens navigate the tangle of recycling opportunities and identify the difference between corrugated cardboard and common food cartons, hazardous waste and disposable waste.
What can be accomplished when we all work together? Here are some Fun Facts:
The EPA has concluded that recycling efforts reduced the country’s carbon emissions by a net 49 million metric tonnes in 2005.
In the United Kingdom, the Waste and Resources Action Programme stated that Great Britain’s recycling efforts reduce CO2 emissions by 10-15 million tonnes a year.
The Energy Information Administration estimates that “a paper mill uses 40 percent less energy to make paper from recycled paper than it does to make paper from fresh lumber.”
Recycling aluminum cans saves 95 percent of the energy required to make the same amount of aluminum from its virgin source, bauxite. (EPA)
In 2009 more than half of all aluminum cans produced came from recycled aluminum.
People who had friends and neighbors that recycled were much more likely to also recycle than those who didn’t have friends and neighbors recycling.
When a 7-year-old learned his friend had cancer, he decded he could help raise money by racing go-karts.
One of the boy’s heroes, Nascar racer Jeff Gordon, heard about his campaign and decided to help.
Gordon has already raised millions of dollars for kids with cancer.
To inspire his new friend, the star donated $7,000, doubling what Timmy Tyrrell had collected through his go-kart racing, and gave him a private tour as guest member of his pit crew.
When a 7-year-old learned his friend had cancer, he decded he could help raise money by racing go-karts.
One of the boy’s heroes, Nascar racer Jeff Gordon, heard about his campaign and decided to help.
Gordon has already raised millions of dollars for kids with cancer.
To inspire his new friend, the star donated $7,000, doubling what Timmy Tyrrell had collected through his go-kart racing, and gave him a private tour as guest member of his pit crew.
A group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength came to Washington this week to ask the debt reduction “Super Committee” to raise taxes on millionaires so that everyone can pay their fair share.
