Source: Associated Press
The North American population of Amish is searching for more fertile farmland and this push has resulted in the establishment of new settlements in 28 states and Ontario, and even explorations in Alaska and Mexico.
A new study estimates the number of Amish has increased nearly 10 percent in the past two years alone, [...]
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Source: Associated Press
Travel + Leisure magazine’s “Top City” award goes to Bangkok, despite recent street riots that sent tourists packing.
Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra told a news conference that the award offers a morale boost to the battered capital and called on political protesters to behave themselves. The recent political upheaval prompted dozens of international travel [...]
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Source: Reuters
New U.S. national weather analysis says the world is experiencing the hottest year on the books, with heat causing droughts worldwide and extending U.S. farmers’ concerns about upcoming crops.
For the first six months of the year, 2010 has been warmer than the first half of 1998, the previous record holder, by 0.03 degree Fahrenheit, [...]
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SOURCE: CNN
The fact that singer Jason Mraz would wind up in Ghana for a humanitarian mission makes sense to a lot of people.
The singer of hits like “I’m Yours” and “The Remedy” was so moved by a fellow musician Luc Reynaud’s “Freedom Song” that he joined forces with a nonprofit organization, Free the Slaves, to [...]
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