New Year's Resolution: Don't Waste that Holiday Food!

Perhaps this New Year's you've made the resolution to eat less, and you may plan to go through the refrigerator and chuck all the unhealthy food leftover from the holidays. Perhaps you're canning the candy canes...

Thousands of Shoes Block Florida Freeway

A Florida freeway is choked by thousands of shoes that were dumped across the roadway Friday morning. No injuries have resulted from the footwear debris, just delays.  " State troopers are looking for a...

Secondhand Stores Sparkle in Drab Retail Industry

I've always shopped second hand. Maybe because I've always liked the look of my grandmother's closet or I have an affinity for peculiar smells, but one of the best Christmas presents I received this year was a trip...

Low Gas Prices in the U.S.

Gas prices are down in the United States and these prices haven't been seen in years. A friend of mine who drives the family car said earlier today, "I filled up my car and it was $40. Over the summer it was...

Decorate the Tree the Green Way

Decorating the tree either means you have to go out and buy a whole bunch of new ornaments or rummage through piles of boxes to unearth old dusty ones. If you don't have the budget to buy new ones or were thinking...

Poznan Climate Change Talks: The Global Results Are In

The U.N. Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland, that took place over the last two weeks, have come to an end and the results were positive for some countries and inconclusive for many others. Considering that the U.S.,...

Assisted Suicide Televised in British Documentary Film

A British film that is scheduled to air on British T.V. depicts a man's death on screen. Craig Ewert, the man being filmed, was a retired university professor from Harrogate, Yorkshire. He traveled to Dignitas, an...

Poznan Stall Over Indigenous Rights

United Nations Climate Change talks currently taking place in Poznan, Poland, have yielded few results. Even topics that had been anticipated to be resolved quickly aren't being agreed upon. One such topic is...

Once Thought Extinct Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Discovered

A population of rare Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys were found in the remote rainforests of Northern Vietnam. The monkeys are named after their distinctively shaped noses. " Believed to be extinct until the late...

CBC Investigates Tasers: Are They Really Safer than Tylenol?

Last year a man traveling from Poland was tasered in the Vancouver International airport and killed. The following week a man in a Nova Scotia Prison was killed from a taser hit. And just this last fall a teen...

Solar Powered Car Makes First Ever Around-the-World Trip

In Ponzan, Poland, a solar powered car rolled up at the U.N. Climate Talks to demonstrate that emissions could not only be cut by a fraction, but could be cut completely. This was the first time that a solar...

Conservation Group Fighting to Protect the Pacific Walrus

Back in February, The Center for Biological Diversity filed a scientific petition to include the Pacific Walrus in the Endangered Species Act, insuring that the animal would receive more protection in the face of...

Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lights Up Tonight

The Rockefeller Christmas Tree lights up tonight in the heart of Manhattan at Rockefeller Center. The tree lighting is a true sign of Christmas in New York and the event should promise to attract thousands. " ...