A look at America’s trashed recycling
As Earth Day approaches, many folks are rightly wondering how they can improve their environmental footprint. Fact is, the Earth has finite resources, and…
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What’s sapping your strength?
Doctors writing in Health magazine say these are common causes of feeling tired too much of the time: * Lack of sleep: Turn off the TV and get to bed on…
The gift you can grow
Here’s a fun project for a big garden: Grow pumpkins and give them away as Halloween gifts. By one recent count, 250 varieties are available to gardeners…
Controlling kitchen moths
You can avoid these little white pests by keeping all grains — even unopened packages — in airtight containers. That can be quite a task. If you already…
Golf: How to have an injury-free season
The top muscle-related injures from golf are to the lower back, elbow and shoulder, according to the National Safety Council. * Lower back pain: Increase…
Safety milestone
A fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan at 4:30 p.m. on March 25, 1911, starting a tragedy that changed labor laws relating to…
Beatles make appearance
The Beatles debuted March 21, 1961 at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where they quickly gained a following.
Niagara Falls don’t
On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. Ice jammed the Niagara River above the rim of the falls — a first in recorded history.
Really good real estate deal
They called it “Seward’s Folly,” but William Henry Seward may have had the last laugh when the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre on…
Nasa photo. Dusty mars lander.
Mission to Mars ends with a fond farewell After four years, the reddish Martian dust that coated the surface of the Insight lander won, as NASA engineers…