Top Ten Good News Stories of 2008!
Here, then, is my annual countdown of the Top Ten Good News Stories for 2008.
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Top Ten Good News of 2006!
Here are the Top Ten Good News Stories of the Year, for 2006...
Nigerian Homes Built From Thousands of Plastic Bottles -12x Stronger Than Brick And Earthquake Strong
Called brick bottle technology, mud houses in Nigeria are being built with plastic bottles for a third of the price, but 18 times stronger.
Christmas Gifts For Stamp Collectors Aid Volcano Victims
A stamp series commemorating famous pop musicians such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, with Queen Elizabeth II’s royal cipher on each stamp, has been issued to help raise funds for the Montserrat Volcano Relief Fund.
Israeli Peace Deal Signing Leads Way To Final Settlement Talks
President Clinton pushed for an agreement and finally got one between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat after nine days of sometimes all-night negotiations with Clinton and Jordon's King Hussein offering a final push at the secluded Wye River Plantation on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
Toyota, Tesla Will Build Electric Cars Together in California
Toyota and Tesla Motors have announced a surprise joint venture, augmented by Tesla's purchase of a sprawling auto plant, recently closed near San Francisco. The remarkable turn of events creates the potential for Toyota to become more involved in the production of electric cars, and a boost for the recently embattledTesla, as well as a huge rebound for the factory that just last month produced its last Toyota Corolla before closing its doors.
Stimulus Package has Green for Clean Energy
The government is pulling out all the stops to get the economy's heart beating again, including a large clean energy investment that's part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--the stimulus package. It provides about $80 billion altogether for renewable energy, energy efficiency, mass transit, updating the electrical grid and research.
Halloween Candy Safe, After All
There has never been a single confirmed serious injury from “tainted treats†having been altered by a stranger since fears began spreading among the public in the late 50’s.
Healing the Globe: 11 Bright Spots
A quick rundown of 11 bright spots that are healing the globe, from Cairo to California, from Bolivia to British Columbia, From Moroco to Mexico City:
Irish Peace Stabilized by IRA Disarming
The Good Friday Peace process in Northern Ireland was collapsing. Then, on October 23 the Irish Republican Army (IRA) announced the long-awaited disposal of a significant amount of the paramilitary group's weapons and an independent international disarmament commission confirmed that guns, ammunition, and explosives were extinguished.
Disabled Man Breaks up Robbery with Knife, Awarded Carnegie Hero Award
Duane James, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was driving past the parking lot of a drugstore on May 19, 2000, when he saw a woman being robbed and he decided to intervene although the man weilded a knife.
"Firefighters ROCK" Screamed Signs at Homemade Parade Honoring Colorado Firefighters
Children rode bicycles with signs exclaiming “Firefighters ROCK,†and dogs meandered with sandwich boards reading “Thank You,†-- all for the men and women who decided to stand as the only thing between the town’s homes and raging fires.
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