Police Rescue Giant Sea Turtle From Car's Trunk
After a shootout and high-speed chase (both initiated by the suspects), Costa Rican police found a giant endangered leatherback turtle in the trunk of the car -- still alive.
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A Bridge in Costa Rica Helps People Reach Their Dreams
El Puente - The Bridge - helps people to help themselves in Southern Costa Rica. A longtime reader of the Good News Network, Barry Stevens, the founder of the bridge, needs a hand this month to meet the expenses of his School Program, Food Program and Microloan Program. If you can help, visit the donation page.
Connecticut Dentist Goes Green
From solar panels to non-toxic x-rays, from high efficiency lights to safeer cleaning supplies, one dentist has opened a green office to reduce the carbon output and help his patients relax.
Cesspool No More, Connecticut River Returned to Former, Cleaner Self
Once swollen with sewerage and industrial waste, the Connecticut River has improved steadily over the past two decades with sharply reduced levels of pollution.
The Secret Mall Gardens of Cleveland
Under its towering glass atrium, a shopping mall in Cleveland is alive with fresh food still on the vine -- cucumbers, lettuce and herbs are growing, with strawberries and tomatoes on the way. It's just one of many Cleveland-based projects, a grand plan that includes transforming malls into greenhouses and farmers markets.
Falcons Soar Off Endangered List With Irony, From Nests in City Skyscrapers
After nearly becoming extinct in North America due to pesticides, the fastest species on earth is rebounding, thanks to humans and modern skyscrapers.
Chicago Unveils Most Ambitious Bike Plan in US
Chicago has unveiled its new Bike 2015 Plan, designed to achieve the mayor's goal to make the Windy City the most bicycle-friendly city in the United States. Work has already begun on 75 of the plan’s 150 strategies, including Constructing 10 miles of new bikeways in 2006, to help reach the plan’s goal of a 500-mile bikeway network by 2015.
This Old Lady Is So Rad, She's Won 1Mil Fans And Celebrity Status
Grandma Baddiewinkle has become famous and given us lessons on how to live life with fun and happiness at 87 – and how to look cute while doing it.
'World's Largest Warhol' to Decorate Dome Roof
Tacoma, Washington wants to give its old gray dome a facelift -- possibly by turning the arena's 5-acre roof into an Andy Warhol painting.
Chicago Outlines Climate Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Chicago became another in a long list of U.S. cities taking the lead in the fight against climate change. On Thursday, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley unveiled a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 — and continue to cut even faster beyond that. "I believe that when […]
Chicago Charter Schools Defy Expectation for Poor Students
An inner city public high school consisting of poor students -- mostly immigrants -- has become a remarkable example of what a school can do. One hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation's top colleges.
Chicago Murder Rate Drops 11 Percent This Year
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis on Friday hailed an 11 percent drop in homicides and a 9 percent dip in all crimes during the first seven months of 2009 as a "very encouraging" sign that his department's strategies are working.
In Chicago, Staying After School is Cool
Chicago's first lady, Maggie Daley, created an after school program two decades ago that serves 25,000 kids, enrolling them in programs of art, dance, sports, science and video to keep them out of trouble and learning.
Protesting Chicago Moms Prove Love's Power to Win Justice
Families in a largely Mexican-American, working class community are fighting to defend an old building on the grounds of Whittier Elementary School from a planned demolition. Instead, they want the city to use the building, adding a library there for the school students, who have none currently. They have occupied the building for 37 days, and begun a lending library on their own, using 1,000 books donated from around the city.
Chicago Anti-gang Efforts Tame Street Violence
Chicago's overall crime rate fell last year to a level not seen since 1972, and the number of shooting incidents involving victims 16 and younger dropped 40 percent in 12 months, city officials say.
Veterans Ensure Safe Passage for Chicago Kids Walking To School
US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are keeping youngsters safe on their walk to and from school in Chicago. Their peacekeeping efforts cut violent crime on the gang-ridden routes by 20% in the first couple of years.
Meet the Chicago Teen Who May Cure Colon Cancer
A 19-year-old Chicago teen is very passionate about cancer research and has already achieved success in a lab that might lead to a vaccine for colon cancer.
Gorillas Snatched Illegally Finally Returned to Wild
Four rare gorillas caught up in a five-year international tug-of-war are expected to finally be flown back to the wilds of Cameroon, their home, where they were snatched and destined for zoos in Malaysia.
Nigeria Signs Accord with Cameroon Ending Border Dispute
The presidents of Nigeria and Cameroon signed an agreement settling a decades-old, sometimes violent, border dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula following intensive mediation over the weekend by the United Nations Secretary-General.
Excitement Grows in Burma for Aung San Suu Kyi's Release Saturday
Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy leader who has been under house arrest in Burma since 2003, is set to be released this weekend.