California budget cuts are causing school districts to find ways to save cash. Instead of laying off teachers, some have invested in solar panels to slash their electricity bills by millions of dollars every year.
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Yale decided to highlight this citizen scientist, as she donated her collection of 27 laternflies to the Peabody Museum of Natural History
The department claimed the man had explained he did it out of concern for the safety of other motorists, touching the hearts of the officers.
Utilizing their pottery skills, buried segments of ceramic pipes drained water from the elevated town of Pingliangtai into drainage ditches
50 countries concerned about the depletion of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea, have committed to a set of measures that includes better netting to allow for the escape of juveniles and an annual six-month hiatus for many fleets.
One day he simply couldn't take it anymore, and after finishing work the 32-year-old turned his powerful pressure washer on the streets.
It's part of the nation's plan to contribute to slowing global warming, and the seedlings will be provided for free from sponsored nurseries.
President Obama and the first lady are in Ireland today meeting with leaders and visiting famous sites. Perhaps most excited about the trip are the villagers of Moneygall, where Barack Obama's great-great-great-great grandfather hails from. The Guinness brewery even sent a master brewer to the town's pub to ensure that when the President stops by for the traditional pint of Guinness, he gets a properly poured one.
The Bush Administration has created a vast nature preserve to protect a chain of remote islands in Hawaii. The new national monument would encompass 140,000 square miles of adjacent seas and be larger than all national parks combined
The Nicaraguan leader, who is campaigning for president for the fourth time, is preaching harmony, love and reconciliation while John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" plays in the background.
This program should be administered throughout the world! ... Gunmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo are given bicycles in exchange for their weapons. 6,500 guns have been collected and destroyed so far.
Residents of the ancient city of Timbuktu erupted in joy as French and Malian troops drove in on Monday after Islamist rebels fled to their last stronghold in the North. Residents were celebrating their new-found freedom after months of harsh Islamic laws against women, music, and cultural heritage.
After nearly a year of helping elderly and disabled homeowners begin the clean-up process in flood-ravaged New Orleans, Catholic Charities volunteers will gut their 1,000th home Wednesday.
The American Idol telethon called "Idol Gives Back", netted more than $60 million for impoverished children in Africa and America -- as well as to Boys and Girls Clubs.
Actor Brad Pitt announced the winners of the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans yesterday. The housing plan will incorporates the newest sustainable technologies to cut pollution and energy costs by up to 50% and provides for a community center, walkway and garden.
Around the world volunteers are holding events this week to mark International Volunteer Day (December 5) and honor millions of volunteers who contribute their energy and initiative to projects around the world, including critical United Nations activities.
Sitting atop the second largest uranium reserves in the world, Kazakhstan has not followed in the former Soviet Union's footsteps toward military power. Instead, it is at the forefront of the global movement for a world free of nuclear weapons.
Low-income residents in 12 Florida counties are getting a little extra help this hurricane season to protect their homes from storm damage under the state-funded My Safe Florida Home program.
In Vermont and Texas, Alabama and New York, unemployment rates are dropping and thousands of new jobs are popping up. Even Elkhart, Indiana, the city with the highest unemployment rate, is seeing job growth.
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