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Milo school program keeps kids fedIt’s all too common for some Milo Elementary School pupils to complain about being hungry when school is not in session.
"We’re going to use the whole village to raise these kids."
- Dawn Russell, project co-coordinator |
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Milo school program keeps kids fedIt’s all too common for some Milo Elementary School pupils to complain about being hungry when school is not in session. |
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At 140, lobster sprung from Manhattan restaurantNew York City, New York, USA - A new lease on life -- at 140? |
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First U.S. greenhouse cap-and-trade market opensNew York City, New York, USA - Ten states in the U.S. Northeast kicked off the country's first cap-and-trade market on greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, gaining accolades from environmentalists and many businesses but also eliciting concerns about how the states will spend the money the plan raises. |
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When a Jonesport woman’s sweet secret got out, a nation respondedJonesport, Maine, USA - Elizabeth Emerson has never had much use for the extravagant. |
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Solar car goes to LondonNorridgewock, Maine, USA - A solar car built on Father Rasle Road will soon be puttering around an all-girls school campus in London, England. |
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New Proposal For Canada Lynx HabitatWashington, D.C., USA - Federal wildlife managers have dramatically increased the amount of land they want to designate as critical habitat for the Canada lynx, a threatened species. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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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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Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire VictimWashington, D.C., USA - A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents to flee, was named today as National Hero of the Year by the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers. |
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Family of 10 homeless no longer: Local businessman helps woman buy house, nearly lostFairfield, Maine, USA - Nine children and their mother won't go homeless after all, thanks to the efforts of the community and local business owner Brent Burger. |
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