Once-Endangered Eagles Return To Cook County
CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s the first time in a century people have been able to see a bald eagle nest in Cook County. As CBS 2’s Bill Kurtis reports, they came close to extinction in the U.S. Bird watchers are gathered along 131st Street in Palos Township. It’s the closest theContinue Reading
Enjoying a Staycation
I enjoy relaxing and definitely enjoy my vacations. On the other hand, life is short so I do tend to pack in as much as possible 🙂 Usually when I get a vacation I head out as far as I can to explore a distant land or I visit friendsContinue Reading
Stan Lee revels in success of ‘Avengers’
(CNN) — This weekend “The Avengers” hit the $1 billion mark worldwide. But long before the film’s astronomical success, the 3-D glasses, the action figures and the sponsorship deals, there was the the imagination of one man — Stan Lee. At 89, the legendary creator of some of the world’s mostContinue Reading
Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross Equity for Women in the Church Community
Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross has a big vision! She envisions multicultural churches with women and men sharing equally in leadership and with multicultural Divine Feminine imagery included. Sunday morning at 11:00 continues to be the “most segregated time of the week,” many years after this indictment by Dr. Martin Luther King. Rev.Continue Reading
Sports Superstars and their Moms
No matter how serious athletes may appear on screen, they always have a soft spot for their mothers :). Awwwwww. Sports Illustrated created a nice collection of sports figures with their mothers. Check it out: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1105/athletes-and-their-mothers/content.1.html?xid=cnnbin Peace & Love, The Good World News Team Spread the loveContinue Reading
Costa Rica & Honduras propose better protection for hammerheads
Environment officials from Costa Rica and Honduras on Thursday proposed protections for scalloped hammerhead sharks under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). “The time has come to regulate international trade of endangered hammerhead sharks,” said Ana Lorena Guevara, Costa Rica’s environment viceContinue Reading
Columbia University janitor graduates with honors at 52 years young
For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University. A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a bachelor’s degreeContinue Reading
Endangered poison dart frog gets sanctuary in Colombia
The golden poison dart frog, which is arguably the world’s most poisonous animal, is now residing in the first ever sanctuary established to save the deadly, yet endangered, amphibian. The poison of this frog is so toxic that even coming into contact with a paper towel that has touched the frog canContinue Reading
A flash mob wedding proposal in Baltimore
Today’s proposals aren’t like the old days. So it should be no surprise that when a boy wants to propose to his best girl, he might want to pop the question with a little pizzazz. Enter Albert Smith and his flash mob marriage proposal. A beautiful young girlContinue Reading
37,000 years old: Earliest form of wall art discovered
Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research, reported in the most recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows the piece to be approximately 37,000 years old and offersContinue Reading