Wind is the fastest growing source of energy in the world. Windmills are non-polluting and based on renewable energy sources; they also often make economic sense. ... posted on Aug 31 2001, 472 reads

Do you like good things? Here's a website that features nothing BUT good things:... posted on Aug 30 2001, 521 reads

Job stress costs employers more than $200 billion each year in absenteeism, tardiness, burnout, lower productivity, high turnover, worker's compensation and medical insurance costs. ... posted on Aug 29 2001, 582 reads

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.... posted on Aug 28 2001, 572 reads

Somalia was decimated by warfare and then abandoned by the international community in 1995. The country has almost no infrastructure, no government, and no foreign aid or investment. Yet, thanks to the spirit of some irrepressible local entrepreneurs, the country is starting on the road to recovery. Some Somali see the lack of foreign aid and government as helping to create, rather than hinder, op... posted on Aug 27 2001, 1,124 reads

In one year, Americans recycled enough steel to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge 20 times.... posted on Aug 26 2001, 972 reads

Since 1978, assault on teachers has risen by 700%.... posted on Aug 25 2001, 961 reads

Adam Cornell had every excuse to fail. Abandoned three times by his birth mother, he lived in seven different foster homes and had his heart broken by two failed adoptions. During his senior year at Woodinville High School, his adoptive father committed suicide. Failure, however, isn't in Cornell's vocabulary. A foster-child survivor, former Peace Corps volunteer and law-school graduate tells oth... posted on Aug 24 2001, 698 reads

Children under 18 are 244% more likely to be killed by guns than they were in 1986. See how one woman responded when she found out her own son was a gang member.... posted on Aug 23 2001, 823 reads

It takes 625 grapes to make one bottle of wine.... posted on Aug 22 2001, 633 reads