Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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Everglades National Park – One of the World's Great Biological Wonders

Park in Florida is one of the most treasured – and most threatened – places in the world | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

 A mangrove swamp at Everglades National Park in Florida

Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms

Around the US, refugees and immigrants are growing food for themselves and the wider community l AGRICULTURE REPORT

Refugee gardeners participating in the International Rescue Committee's New Roots program at Drew Gardens in the Bronx area of New York City

Cohousing Offers Modern Village Living

Also this week, the new US poet laureate, Philip Levine. And, a look at interfaith marriage in the United States | THIS IS AMERICA

Takoma Village Cohousing in Washington

The Rough Road That Gave the Edsel a Bad Name

The old Ford model has been described as a "colossal failure" and "a car ahead of its time." Which was it? | TECHNOLOGY REPORT

Edward Kennedy, 1932-2009: The 'Liberal Lion' of the Senate

He was one of the most influential members of the Senate. But his life was filled with tragedy as well as success | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

Senator Kennedy, D-Mass., was the poster child of liberals

With Gadhafi Dead, What Does Future Hold for Libya?

Obama says the US looks forward to the quick formation of a government and to free and fair elections | IN THE NEWS

Anti-Gadhafi fighters ride in a vehicle trailed by an image of him after the fall of Sirte on Thursday

Obama Makes His Case for Jobs Plan

Republicans have offered their own plans. But both sides agree new trade deals will support jobs | ECONOMICS REPORT

President Barack Obama speaks in Jamestown, North Carolina, Tuesday.

Words and Their Stories: From Couch Potato to Cabin Fever

American terms to describe active and inactive lifestyles | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES

Couch potatoes enjoy watching television

In Domestic Violence, Children Are Often the Forgotten Victims

Also, new music from singer and songwriter Feist. And your comments | AMERICAN MOSAIC

A protest last week in Topeka, Kansas, where investigations of domestic abuse cases have been threatened over budget cuts

Business Students Compete to Solve Global Problems

The Hult Global Challenge offers $1 million prizes for teams to help nonprofits with their operations | EDUCATION REPORT

In this photo released by StarPix, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, second left, a group made up of representatives from Cambridge University, Hult International Business School and Water.org in New York, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Clinton and Hult name

American History: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

A look at major events that shaped a presidency cut short by gunfire in Dallas in November 1963 | THE MAKING OF A NATION

President John F. Kennedy reports to the nation on the Cuban missile crisis from the White House on November 2, 1962

Robert Edison Fulton Circled the World on a Motorcycle

He traveled more than 40,000 kilometers and through 22 countries on a trip in 1933 | EXPLORATIONS

Detail from the book cover of "One Man Caravan."

Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk

In Tokyo and other cities, some private citizens are searching for radiation hot spots | HEALTH REPORT

A teacher measures the radiation level at an elementary school outside the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant
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