http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/good_news_is_great_news_portsmouth_mom_gets_car_to_transport_son_to_and_fro/?source=rss Kim Yacobucci no longer has to turn the car ignition on a weekly basis and "pray" that she will be able to go pick up her son at the Tilton living facility that helps treat him for his neurological impairments. Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire 2009-11-25T13:23:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/traffic_deaths_decline_as_more_people_are_buckling_up/?source=rss It’s becoming increasingly safer on the roads. Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, North America, United States, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C., Wyoming 2009-04-09T10:04:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/first_us_greenhouse_cap_and_trade_market_opens/?source=rss 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. World, Politics, Environment, General Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Business, General Business, Regions, North America, United States, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington D.C., Business Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-09-27T09:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/solar_car_goes_to_london/?source=rss A solar car built on Father Rasle Road will soon be puttering around an all-girls school campus in London, England. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England, North America, United States, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Texas, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, UK Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-03-17T08:46:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/spinning_the_environmental_good_news/?source=rss Contrary to popular opinion, sometimes there's good news about the environment -- lately there's been quite a spate of it. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire, Vermont, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-01-20T10:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/?source=rss The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. Science, Space, Regions, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Dijbouti, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rep. of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caribbean, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Central America, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, East Asia, China, Tibet, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Sark and Herm, Scotland, Wales, Ukraine, Vatican City State, Yugoslavia, Indian Sub-Continent, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Bahrain, Palestine, Qatar, Sharjah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oceania, American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Norfolk Island, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, South America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, South-East Asia, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, North America, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Mexico, United States, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Antarctica, United Nations, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, UK Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-10-13T10:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/al_gore_ipcc_share_nobel_peace_prize_for_2007/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, UK Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Dijbouti, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rep. of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caribbean, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Central America, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, East Asia, China, Tibet, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Sark and Herm, Scotland, Wales, Ukraine, Vatican City State, Yugoslavia, Indian Sub-Continent, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Bahrain, Palestine, Qatar, Sharjah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oceania, American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Norfolk Island, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, South America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, South-East Asia, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, North America, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Mexico, United States, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Antarctica, United Nations 2007-10-13T10:34:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/dog_helps_searchers_find_owner_lost_in_woods_man_had_been_missing_since_sun/?source=rss A missing hiker's dog is being credited with leading rescuers near his location after he had been lost in the woods for two days. Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-08-16T11:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nh_house_passes_renewable_energy_bill/?source=rss The state House on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would require electric companies to include a minimum percentage of renewable, low-emission power in the electricity they sell. World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-04-09T12:41:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tv_show_reveals_eye_contact_is_top_cop_tactic/?source=rss Cops might want to put down the billy club and forget about psychology, new research suggests. Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, California, New Hampshire, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-04-07T13:01:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/arctic_science_summit_yields_cool_robot/?source=rss The Cool Robot is square, squat and slow, but its utilitarian beauty is clear to polar researchers who want a sturdy non-human helper to carry instruments over vast stretches of the Arctic and Antarctic. Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire 2007-03-17T01:30:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/missing_new_hampshire_hiker_found_alive/?source=rss A hiker who had been missing since Saturday was found alive Monday on Mt. Lafayette. Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-01-23T12:19:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/donor_offers_75000_challenge_for_greenway/?source=rss The Rockingham Land Trust recently announced an anonymous, out-of-state donor has offered a $75,000 challenge matching gift to help preserve the Piscassic Greenway. Environment, Forests, Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2006-11-03T14:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/schools_hope_snowshoes_get_children_moving/?source=rss Consider it winter warfare in the battle against childhood obesity. Health, Regions, United States, New Hampshire 2006-02-14T13:34:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/prize_diamond_shows_up_in_trash/?source=rss The mystery of the missing diamond given out at a hockey game has been solved and a woman who says she never wins anything can't say that anymore. Regions, North America, United States, New Hampshire 2005-12-17T14:11:00+00:00