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When Southwest Airlines changed to a lighter, more durable, eco-friendly faux leather seat to reduce the weight of their planes and save fuel, they found that had an unusual problem. They had about 43 acres of used leather from the old seats and did not want it to go into a landfill. Instead of throwing…

Joel Sweeney of River Falls, Wisconsin had a drinking problem. He has eight drunk-driving infractions. He was in near death accidents three times. After spending three years in jail he decided to get sober. Since 2013 he has been the town’s designated driver. He gives free rides to people as they leave…

In his weekly editorial for the magazine, The Week, William Falk tells about a show on the Food Network called Restaurant Impossible. In each episode of the program, chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine accepts an invitation to revive a dying family restaurant somewhere in Smalltown, America. Irvine critiques…

Amsterdam has such a big problem with bicycles being thrown into the city’s canals that it is a full time job fishing them out to redeem them. Every day a crew patrols the canals in a boat with a large claw attached. They dredge the bottom of the canal pulling in the bikes and other items that wind up…

One group in today’s culture that is not tolerated is those who are ex-homosexual. Former homosexual Christopher Doyle of Voice of the Voiceless told the crowd: “Anti-ex-gay extremists say that I do not exist—that we don’t exist.” When planning an evening reception they received enough email and phone…

In 2013, an unknown arsonist set fire to the Palmetto Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, the damage was limited to some soot on the exterior of the building and damage to the church’s Gothic mahogany doors. While authorities search for the person responsible, church members are celebrating a transformation.…

Engineers from the Colorado School of Mines have found a new way to get minerals. Rather than dig them out of the ground, the researchers are finding resources in the trash. So far, the project has been able to turn left-over banana peels, eggshells, and rice husks into crystal-clear glass. The process…

FORGIVENESS An actor who starred in a new motion picture says he never imagined the role would reconnect him to God. Wes Bentley, who plays Manolo in the motion picture, “There be Dragons,” said his role helped him face the “dragons’ in his own life. “There Be Dragons,” is based on the life of Josemaria…

Sources estimate 4.5 trillion cigarette butts find their way into the environment every year. These discards not create an eyesore, they also contain toxic chemicals that can kill fish, and injure wildlife. Researchers in China now report they may have found a constructive use for the unwanted items.…

REDEMPTION A judge in Miami Florida recently issued a ruling granting the United States Government the right to reclaim a piece of the moon returned to Earth by the crew of Apollo 17, and later stolen from the government of Honduras. The moon rock, about the size of a grape and encased in plastic was…