59 mins ago From Inland Empire News  

RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA - Endangered frogs get helping hands. IDYLLWILD =96 (INT) - The endangered mountain yellow-legged frog is getting a new lease on life. One hundred juvenile froglets have been released into Indian Creek in the San Jacinto Mountains. A female adult frog ...

1 hours ago From Shelby Township Source Newspapers  

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN - They went to the Open Door Mission, an alcohol/drug rehab, and worked in the kitchen. Another busy day, they picked up 40 bags of trash in the street while ...

2 hours ago From Winona Daily News  

WINONA, MINNESOTA - Winona Girl Scout Daisy Troop 44534 delivered more than 100 donated toys to the Winona Family and Children's Center on June 10. The toy drive was the troop's final =93Take Action=94 project as Daisy Girl Scouts, as the girls will soon move up ...

2 hours ago From My Ballard  

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Adams Elementary just completed their 7th annual Penny Harvest fundraiser, and successfully donated $1,000 to local charities. The group of 4th- and 5th-graders call themselves the =93Penny Pilers,=94 and raised the money in the fall, collecting 32 b ...

3 hours ago From Lewiston Sun Journal  

LEWISTON, MAINE - It comes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is funded by royalties paid by energy companies in exchange for oil and gas extraction from federal offshore leases. The Trust for Public Land has worked for more than 40 years to conserve lan ...

3 hours ago From Washington Post  

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - ALBANY, N.Y. =97 Singer Willie Nelson is taking his annual Farm Aid benefit concert to upstate New York with an all-day festival of music and locally grown food in September. The event in Saratoga Springs, 28 miles north of Albany, will feature Nelso ...

4 hours ago From Lancaster Newspapers  

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - Nearly two years after Tropical Storm Lee struck Lancaster County, volunteers still come together one Wednesday a month to ask if they've done enough for homeowners whose lives were wrecked by serious flooding. Is the contractor who agreed to rep ...

4 hours ago From People's World  

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Greenpeace Canada said that the affected area is a vital habitat for birds and other wildlife. Group spokesman Keith Stewart said the oily wastewater's compounds are a major hazard to those animals. "This is a massive spill of toxins into on ...

4 hours ago From The Engineer  

LONDON, U K - With innovation and cost reduction in a number of key areas, such as new foundations, the Carbon Trust has shown that costs can be reduced to around =A3100/MWh. The organisation warns that this level of cost reduction won't happen unless new inno ...

4 hours ago From Grand Forks Herald  

GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA - Minnesota heart specialists on Thursday touted $6.5 million in charitable gifts that they say will save lives by improving the emergency medical response to acute heart attacks in rural areas. By: Associated Press,. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) =97 Minnesota ...

4 hours ago From Glen Cove Record Pilot  

MINEOLA, NEW YORK - The 10th Annual Cooking for a Cure event to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) touched the hearts of community members. Not only did the dinner help reach the $700,000 mark for funds raised through local charity events for diabetes researc ...

6 hours ago From CBS Local  

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - They were brought to the California Wildlife Center by other rescue groups that were experiencing overcrowding. Staff and volunteers nursed the seals back ...

6 hours ago From Evesham Observer  

EVESHAM, U K - By Rob George Thursday 06 June 2013 Updated: 13/06 15:46. Latest News. Buy photos =BB Mike's daughter Amber serves up some tasty treats at the conclusion of the walk. Picture by Andrew Jackson from www.timelockphotography.co.uk. A CHARITY walk in ...

6 hours ago From Melton Times  

MELTON, U K - Lion Derek Kerr said: =93The Swimarathon is an enjoyable community event which provides funds to help local people and organisations as well as providing help to regional, national and international charities. Once again an outstanding sum has been . ...

7 hours ago From Angola Press  

LUANDA, ANGOLA - She was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital with head, leg and pelvic injuries. The crash happened at the junction of Bilston Road, Moseley Road and Darlaston Lane, in Bilston, at 3.15pm yesterday. The three roads were closed for several ...

7 hours ago From Community Voice  

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - It receives $6.32 million from sales taxes, $3.17 million from Measure E (which ends in 2015), $2.9 million from the state, mostly from DMV fees), $2 million from hotel occupancy charges, $1.57 million from community services fees, $1.5 million from ...

7 hours ago From TIME  

LONDON, U K - The villagers called a local animal rescue organization who came out armed with a backhoe. The group was able to carve out a pathway for the elephant who then walked to freedom, her mother, and, hopefully, safety. Watch the full video below: ...

7 hours ago From The Southern Reporter  

EDINBURGH, U K - An estimated 10,000 participants left Leith Links at midnight to tackle the new New Moon (6.55 miles), Half Moon (13.1 miles), Full Moon (26.2 miles) and, also new this year, Over the Moon (52.4 miles) walks organised by grant-making breast cancer .. ...

8 hours ago From Sutton Coldfield Observer  

SUTTON, U K - A SUMMER community event held in support of a Sutton cancer charity was assisted by volunteers from a banking group and solicitors firm and opened by the town's MP last weekend. The Cancer Support Centre Summer Fair, held on Saturday, June 8, saw ...

8 hours ago From Ghana Business News  

ACCRA, GHANA - Statistics published by the World Health Organisation (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in 2012 shows that only 15 per cent representing 3.7 million Ghanaians have access to clean, safe improved toilets in their homes. Also 58 per cen ...