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Scientists, in Brazil, are trying to use fibers from fruit to make a stronger light plastic to create car parts. They are 30 percent lighter and 3 or 4 percent stronger. This could also improve the fuel economy. Fibers found for these products can be found in pineapple leaves and stems, bananas, coconut shells, agave, and cattails. The new plastics are more resistant to heat, water and spilled gasoline than conventional plastics.

A 10 year old from Connecticut called 911 after he found out that his babysitter was having difficulty breathing.

I would like to babysit this child. I would feel safer than if I was just with a stranger. This child's parents also taught him a great thing. This kid can save someone else's life one day.

I actually saw this story on the news and they played the recording of the 911 call. The young boy was truly amazing! Very calm on the phone and followed all of the instructions of the 911 dispatcher. It was touching, for certain.

The FDA approved a drug used to help slow the spreading of cancer cells in stage 4 melanoma patients. The drug will soon be used for stage 3 patients. The drug has been used to increase the lifespan of users by at least 4 months.

Mmm... interesting. Thirteen years is an awful long time to wait for the release of a new drug attempting to combat such a devastating disease.

30 year old Kevin Kevick of 220 E. Water street was taken to Geisinger medical center, Danville for emergency room treating at 5:45 said to be in serious condition.

Luke ~ thank you for posting. Do you think you could have read a bit more and found an article that has some sort of relevance to your real life/world? What was it about this article that made you want to bookmark it? Actually, what could we better use and agree upon as criteria to truly qualify an article as viable "news?" Any ideas?

Dozens of animals die in a barn fire on Monday morning around 5:30.

Ban on bath salts in Mt. Carmel. Chief of police, Brian Hollenbush went directly to the choice in Atlas to inform the employees of the ban on the bath salts that were being sold there.

In New York the police may have found a 9th body to what they think is a serial killers work. They started finding bodies in December and continue to keep finding bodies. they have also started using K-9 and dive teams to try and find more. But they are still looking for one missing woman.

There are researcher that think this New Shale gas is bad for our global warming, greenhouse effects, and also the climate. This is happen in Cornell University in Ithaca, US. They found this Shale gas underground and there are some on the walls they building by the school. Compared to coal, the footprint of shale gas is at least 20% greater and perhaps more than twice as great on the 20-year horizon, and is comparable over 100 years.

If we used this it might make our economy better.

I feel like it would help us in the future. I do not think it will be bad i think its good for us in the long run.

Ford Motor combined strong sales and improved pricing to roar past earnings forecasts and post its best first-quarter profit since 1998. Ford earned $2.6 billion, up 22% from last year. They did this by lowing prices on cars and making the most sold cars in America. This has been Fords best since 1998. They are currently the company withe the most cars sold.

This would be good for them because then it would help them out

Hopefully things stay good for them.

Families of troops were relived when they first heard the news of Bin Laden's death. Although not too long after they were scared for our troops. Priscilla Thurman a wife of a millitary troop wants to know if she is the only person who is more worried now that Bin Laden is dead. She is not the only one scared though many wives, mother's and family members also are.

A big fire at Miami airport causes close to a 100 flight cancellations and stranding hundreds of passengers.

College student working on project to turn food waste into energy. He is studying was to converting biomass waste into liquid fuel known as butanol.

This topic is one of the most discussed alternet energy resolutions today, but hardly funded. Its possible that this college student will get somewhere, but also nowhere without funding to back up his research.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor and billionaire Malcolm Forbes visited Knoebles amusement resort on May 23, 1988. It was the final stop on the Muscular Dystrophy Associations "Ride for life event", a event to raise money for research and treatment of diseases.

Police in Four nations have held about 200 people, for Trans-Atlantic Drug trafficing. Involving Major Mexican drug cartels,Importing and Distributing drugs from Latin America to the US. 60 Million dollars in cash seized. Suspects Arrested in Mexico and Guatemala. Arrests came after a 15 month investigation. The US and Italian charges cover various crimes, including trafficking of cocaine and marijuana, kidnap charges, attempted murder, conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime and conspiracy to kill and kidnap in a foreign country.

This is an interesting topic. The drug trade world is getting out of control a lot of people are being killed and hurt for no reason someone needs to step up and stop these things from happening before its to late

Shamokin fire bureau will be holding it's annual banquet for firefighters. The honoring of firefighters started in 1911 and this year marks the 100th consecutive banquet

I think it is really good that they have an annual banquet to honor firefighters. They risk their life every time they go out to fight a fire and really are so brave. They deserved to be praised

Absolutely, Kayleen! Good point! We can make the world just a little better by thanking those that do great things and firefighters certainly qualify!

there is radiation in the drinking water and in the food supply and its not safe for infants at all and any women who are pregnant need to drink bottled water.

This is crazy that these earthquakes all the way over in Japan are affecting states over here in the U.S.

A student at the College of the Atlantic is working on a project to change food waste into energy. He has been studying ways possibilities of converting biomass waste into liquid fuel known as butanol.

Wow cool good for him that would be really cool for him if he did that because then maybe that would change the world.

A retired Tri-Valley teacher and former Pitman resident and her husband must relocate because of the radiation scare in Japan.

thats kinda crazy somebody from around this area lives in japan. its sad that they lost their stuff but good that they are relocating.

Seth Matthew Hornberger is accused of killing Alan Andrew Martin by stabbing him to death, and the mother and father of Martin are not happy. Hornberger faces arraignment at 8 a.m. May 18 in the Court of Common Pleas, Snyder County.

People like that shouldn't have bail. Murderers are dangerous people and deserve their sentence.

Joe ~ see the comment I posted above on Jared's article.

In Corsicana, Texas, autorities say Jeffrey Allan Maxwell abducted a 62-year-old woman and then beat her for 13 days. He was arrested Saturday and has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault.

Jeffrey Allan Maxwell, The guy's sick. Who Shackles and beats a 62 year women, for 13 days! People need some help.

The morality of human nature can never be settled as eternally good or bad, but always unpredictable. There's ones who create inventions, cure diseases, and build nations, yet you can't balance life without having negatives. Its a shame what happens to innocent victims these days, but we can't control human emotion/consciousness. All we can do is protect who and what we know, but learn from the mistakes of our brothers and sisters for we can do better.