Positive news from Indiana
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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After Walking to New Orleans, BSU Junior Ready for SchoolNew Palestine, Indiana, USA - Ball State students head back to class Monday ... and for one junior, he will have quite a story to tell classmates. |
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Aluminum Alloy Pellets & Hydrogen Energy ProductionWest Lafayette, Indiana, USA - A professor at Purdue University, Jerry Woodall, has invented a method of spontaneously producing hydrogen by utilizing aluminum alloy pellets. |
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NASA’s Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy PileupPasadena, California, USA - Four galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ever observed. |
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Indiana food scientist awarded World Food PrizeDes Moines, Iowa, USA - A scientist who developed new ways to process, transport and store large amounts of fresh food while maintaining its nutritional value was announced today as winner of the 2007 World Food Prize. |
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Indiana program helps horses, inmates: Prisoners care for retired animalsPutnamville, Indiana, USA - The rescue program for racehorses has been in place for only a month, but inmate Timothy Anderson of Indianapolis already has picked his favorite: Bert's Nicky. |
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The Quiet Clip: Manual lawn mowers making a comebackChicago, Illinois, USA - Powerful, loud mowers have been showing lawns who's boss for decades ... But now contraptions that couldn't cut butter without a good shove are quietly -- really quietly -- making a comeback. |
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AEP seeks proposals for 1,000 MW of wind power in eastern statesColumbus, Ohio, USA - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has issued two requests for proposals (RFPs) seeking long-term wind energy purchase agreements, the first steps toward a goal of adding 1,000 megawatts of new wind energy by 2011. |
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Biofuels could pay off for state: U.S. emphasizes research and useWashington, D.C., USA - Indiana's recent efforts to get into bioenergy could get a big boost from the federal government from a possible major expansion of support for biofuel research, production and mandated use. |
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Exercise When Young May Reduce Risk Of Fractures Later In LifeWest Lafayette, Indiana, USA - Running and jumping during childhood is more than child's play; it provides lifelong benefits for future bone health and appears to reduce the risk of fractures later in life according to a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researchers. |
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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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