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Involve 2.5 million volunteers In 2006, the Great American Cleanup is expected to involve close to an estimated 2.5 million people volunteering more than 8 million hours to clean, beautify and improve 16,000 communities during 30,000 events from coast to coast in all 50 states. Activities will...

Honesty is the best policy — except in extortion Woman would have been better off to have kept money she found, but ... BERLIN - When a German woman found a wallet containing 1,000 euros ($1,220) she decided it was better to get a reward from the owner than to keep the money — even if that...

Frog diet keeps stranded Czech from croaking Cut off by floods, man survives by eating amphibians, other small animals PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A Czech man ate frogs and other small animals for four days after he was trapped on an island cut off by flooding, the daily Pravo reported Wednesday...

Wife, shall I compare thee to a donkey? And should the donkey object? Text says animals make better companions NEW DELHI - A textbook used in western India compares housewives to donkeys — and concludes that the pack animals make more loyal companions, a newspaper reported Tuesday. "A donkey...

Briton held as terror suspect over punk song Lyric from Clash anthem 'London Calling' raised suspicions of taxi driver LONDON - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band...

Easter's tough for bunnies in New Zealand 400 shooters converge for the 15th Great Easter Bunny Hunt WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Message to the Easter Bunny: You're not welcome in New Zealand. Hundreds of hunters will stalk and shoot thousands of rabbits over Easter as part of moves to cut...

Accused burglar takes cameras, leaves tape Surveillance videos show suspect’s trademark chaps and trench coat ELKO, Nev. - A man accused of burglarizing a laundromat in Elko figured he made a clean escape over the weekend when he took off with the store's six video surveillance cameras. But it...

Hawaii may honor fish with long name Legislature wants humuhumunukunukuapuaa to reclaim state title HONOLULU - The humuhumunukunukuapuaa officially lost its title as the state fish more than a decade ago but is set to reclaim the honor. A bill reinstating the critter -- known as humuhumu for...

Trade a paper clip for a house? On the Internet, almost anything is possible Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he...

German cat credited with saving baby’s life Meowing draws attention to abandoned child at risk from hypothermia BERLIN - A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations called actions by Iran, Syria and Palestinian leaders "declarations of war," but the Palestinian envoy said Israel's attacks on Gaza were inhumane and violated international law. The two diplomats on Monday...

TORONTO - Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia — the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday it had a suspected case of bovine spongiform...

Sport piglets face off at Moscow’s porky games A dozen swine from several countries compete in such games as ‘pigball’ MOSCOW - Hundreds of Russians gathered for the first day of the annual “pig Olympics” on Saturday, cheering a field of 12 piglets who competed in three events: pig-racing...

Postcard sent back with 1956 postmark Pristine card returns home 50 years later, but sender doesn’t want it back DELAND, Fla. - Talk about lost in the mail. A postcard sent from a Stetson home to a man in Riverside, Calif., was returned this week with a "return to sender" stamp — and its 1956...

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living...

Praying for the health of strangers who have undergone heart surgery has no effect, according to the largest scientific study ever commissioned to calculate the healing power of prayer. In fact, patients who know they are being prayed for suffer a noticeably higher rate of complications...

I have searched online to find a book that examines the Canadian Rights & Freedoms. I study Constitutions as a hobby. The internet doesn't really provide "verifiable" information. Does anyone know of any book? Example, for the US Constitution, one of the best books that does a thorough analysis...

Development in defiance of the Washington consensus China has carried off the world's largest reduction in poverty by grasping that market economies cannot be left on autopilot Joseph Stiglitz Thursday April 13, 2006 The Guardian China is about to adopt its 11th five-year plan, setting the...

By: Devvy March 30, 2006 NewsWithViews.com The words above were spoken by Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder of the La Raza Unida political party. His full comment was: "We have an aging white America ... They are dying ...We have got to eliminate the...

Fugitive woman caught after 30 years 87-year-old wanted in killing of 13-year-old boy MIAMI - An 87-year-old woman who fled 30 years ago before she could be sentenced for killing a 13-year-old boy was arrested at her apartment, authorities said. Maria Josefa Otero spent time in Guatemala and...