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Entries from January 2009

[more of this, please]

January 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you were watching airplanes take off from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston today, you probably wouldn’t notice anything odd about Continental Flight No. 9990. But during its planned two-hour flight, the aircraft will be burning a fuel made of algae and jatropha, a plant that grows in arid lands.
A-1, this is good news because [...]

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Tags: airlines · america · energy · environmentalism

[the healing power of football]

January 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Block that kick!” a fan yelled. The Tornadoes did, and the Faith fans on their sideline cheered.
It was that way all night, with Faith parents encouraging players they knew only by their jersey numbers to tackle their own sons, and with teachers and administrators rooting for the team playing against their students.
The story here is [...]

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Tags: football · texas