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Instructor to the World! Math and Science Whiz Shares Lessons via YouTube
Salman Khan is a math and science whiz kid, and a natural-born teacher, who is now devoting his life to tutoring people around the...
US to Invest $8 Billion in High Speed Rail
President Obama announced the dedication yesterday of $8 billion in federal stimulus investments to jump-start American high-speed rail and improve existing rail lines...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Rainfall Across Much of California Encouraging
Rain and snowfall over the past few days has made a significant dent in the water deficit around the Bay Area and California;...
It’s Official: California to Get Space-Based Solar Power
Two developments Thursday will help Pacific Gas and Electric Co. deliver energy from the atmosphere - with a new wind farm - and, possibly,...
Innovative IPO Raises Million for Homeless
A new homeless shelter in San Francisco is using an innovative IPO program to raise money. Homeward Bound of Marin raised one million dollars...
United States Using Less Water than 30 Years Ago
Water use per person in the U.S. is down nearly 30 percent from consumption levels thirty years ago -- the remarkable result of more...
Documentary Validates Role of Placebo Effect in Controlling Health
A documentary released this year questions the exclusive role of genetics and medicine in determining and treating disease. It examines alternative healthcare methods that...
Levi’s Clothing Care Tags to Include Instructions on Caring for the Planet
Starting next year, Levi Strauss will extend the idea of Care Tags for washing, drying and ironing, to add an encouragement for consumers to...
The Green Lining in Economic Bust is Land Preservation
The San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land recently rescued 595 acres of oak woodlands and 2 miles of river in the Sierra foothills...
Solar Village Begins to Bloom on National Mall
A cluster of 20 solar-powered homes will open their doors to tourists as well as energy and design enthusiasts tomorrow in the 4th...
Group Throws Lifeline To Homeowners Near Foreclosure
The "Save the Dream" Tour is traveling across the country, stopping in cities nationwide to rewrite contracts for people whose mortgages have become...
Spontaneous Facebook Outreach Brings Peanut Butter and Jelly to Homeless
A dozen do-gooders get together on Valencia Street in San Francisco once a month, laden with peanut butter, jelly, bread and sandwich bags. They...
National Day of Encouragement September 12 Honors Teens Making a Difference
The Encouragement Foundation, sponsor of this year's National Day of Encouragement, launched its "7 Days Across America" campaign to showcase the impressive actions of...
Street Turned Into Life-size Candy Land Game
Dozens of children in San Francisco played a life-sized board game to celebrate Candy Land's 60th birthday, along a quarter mile of...
One of the Most Polluted Sites in US to Become Green Tech Community
A 140-year-old shipyard in San Francisco Bay, left for dead in the early 1970's as a radioactive wasteland contaminated by heavy metals, is to...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
5-Year-Old Helps Feed 18,000 People
5-year-old Phoebe became sad after seeing a hungry person holding a cardboard sign on the street. She decided she wanted to help feed people...
Federal Court Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule
Protections were restored this week to 193 million acres of national forest by a federal court that struck down the Bush administration policy of...
Muslims in America: A New Day Under Obama
Because the notion of Muslims as scary "others" was so pervasive in some areas of America, I had hoped the election of Barack Obama...