Positive news from Alabama
Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Millions of Basil Seeds Orbiting EarthHouston, Texas, USA - You'll never guess what was in Barbara Morgan's pocket when she blasted off from Kennedy Space Center last week onboard space shuttle Endeavour. |
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Elm Street houses donated to HabitatTroy, Alabama, USA - AB Troy, a development company owned by Don Allen Development and University Housing Group, has purchased parcels on Elm Street adjacent to the university and has donated the four existing houses to Pike County Habitat for Humanity. |
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Boy who slept in trash bin is student of the yearDecatur, Alabama, USA - Eleven-year-old D.J. Graffree didn't realize he was a child ... He spent a lot of times out on the streets. |
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Bald Eagle Population Booming in AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama, USA - After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act. |
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Car dealership donates $26,600 to local schoolsHuntsville, Alabama, USA - At a news conference Tuesday at Bill Heard Chevrolet, General Manager Earl Hudson presented a $26,600 check to Mayor Loretta Spencer, Madison City Schools Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dee Fowler and Huntsville City Schools Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mary Ruth Yates. |
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Land along Gulf Coast set aside for beach miceMobile, Alabama, USA - Federal wildlife officials have designated 6,200 acres in coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as critical habitat for three endangered beach mouse species |
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Got breast milk? New state law celebratedBirmingham, AL - A handful of mothers who nursed their babies Saturday at Colonial Brookwood Village said they were celebrating a new state law that protects a woman's right to breast-feed in public. |
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Companies step up wellness effortsBirmingham, AL - To get a glimpse into the future of the battle against rising health care costs, spend a day at American Cast Iron Pipe Co., where molten iron is cast into 5,000-pound pipes. |
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Spinning New Uses for Textile Mills in U.S. SouthValley, AL - A few decades ago, when someone in the U.S. put on a pair of socks, there was a good chance they were made at a northern Alabama textile mill. |
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Good news in America
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’
- Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
- Lucas Giving Disney’s Billions To Fund Education
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Obama Hikes Fuel Efficiency to 54.5 MPG by 2025
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.
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