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Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, United States, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-04-05T12:29:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/verizon_donates_pajamas_books_to_west_virginia_needy_children/?source=rss Many needy children across the Mountain State will stay warm and snug in their beds this winter, thanks to a pajama-and-book-collection drive Verizon employees across West Virginia conducted over the last several weeks. Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, West Virginia, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2006-12-15T12:05:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/appalachian_trail_an_environmental_lab/?source=rss The Appalachian Trail gives hikers a nearly 2,200-mile trek through mountains, meadows and forests stretching from Georgia to Maine. Environment, Regions, North America, United States, West Virginia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2006-11-26T14:11:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tree_climber_rescues_cat_after_five_days/?source=rss For five days and four nights, Whiskers the cat was stranded 40 feet up in a tree surrounded by jagged rocks and overlooking a steep embankment. Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, West Virginia, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2006-11-09T12:42:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/eight_new_molecules_spotted_by_telescope/?source=rss Eight new complex, carbon-containing molecules have been found in two interstellar clouds by an international research team using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, West Virginia 2006-08-10T06:27:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mine_survivor_at_loss_to_explain_miracle/?source=rss Sago Mine survivor Randal McCloy Jr., looking thin and stiff but walking on his own, offered his gratitude as he was released from a hospital Thursday after almost three months. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, West Virginia 2006-03-31T13:34:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/miner_in_wva_accident_emerges_from_coma/?source=rss The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 men was able to respond to simple commands and follow movements with his eyes after emerging from a light coma, his doctor said. Feel Good, Regions, United States, West Virginia 2006-01-27T22:05:01+00:00