More Teens Choosing to Forgo Adoption (KFDA-TV Amarillo)

Texas boasts one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation, and more of those teen moms are opting to keep their baby.

Dog adoption fees slashed (Lancaster Online)

Faced with an influx of dogs, Humane League of Lancaster County is reducing its canine adoption fees by 50 percent this month."Just this past month, we got 98 more dogs here at the shelter," Megan Gallagher Clark, the Humane League's vice president of development and outreach, said. "So now we h...

Infrastructure upgrade needed for clearer HD images (EETimes)

The rapid adoption of HD and improvements in TV technology are outpacing the capabilites of the current network infrastructure, a researcher says.

Montana sees increase in teen birth rates Posted on Jan. 7 (Missoulian)

BILLINGS - Montana is one of 10 states that saw double-digit increases in teen birth rates in 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available, the government reported Wednesday.

Obama issues do-or-die warning on recession (Guardian Unlimited)

President-elect Barack Obama set out an apocalyptic vision of America's economic future yesterday as he warned Congress to speed up adoption of his New Deal-style stimulus package. "We start 2009 in the midst of a crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime - a crisis that has only deepened over the last few weeks," Obama said in a speech attended by governors and mayors. He portrayed ...