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Week of Friday, May 13, 2005

1. President Bush wrapped up his trip to Eastern Europe with a stop in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, where democracy is flourishing after generations of communist rule. The President's trip was meant to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. President Bush also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2. Pentagon officials say it's not a crisis yet, but they are concerned about the number of new military recruits they're getting.
3. Some soldiers returning from war are finding relief from the stresses of war by writing poetry.
4. At some big city schools, violence is something that students must deal with every day. In one troubled school in Los Angeles, kids can find a safe haven at "A Place Called Home."
5. A new study shows that commuters who live and work in and around Cincinnati and 50 other cities around the U.S. are stuck in traffic more than 20 hours a year. In 2003, Americans sat in traffic for more than 79 million hours and wasted 69 million gallons of gas.
6. As gas prices continue to fluctuate, Bill Prasad reports on what Americans are saying who is to blame.
7. NASA Glenn lost a bid to bring a financial and administrative center to Brook Park with 500 jobs for Northeast Ohio.
8. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is collecting used cell phones for recycling. Cell phones contain hazardous substances.
9. The Cincinnati Zoo is celebrating animal families through June 12th.
10. Prom is a big night for many high school juniors and seniors, and it's also an expensive night.
11. Archaeologists studying an ancient well in southwest England found a 2000 year old shoe, stuck in a tree.
12. The Gosselin family celebrated the first birthday of their sextuplets.
13. NewsDepth looks back on some of your favorite stories from this past year.

Week of Friday, May 6, 2005

1. It was a mixed bag of levy results in Tuesday's election with voters deciding on more than 200 money issues. In northeast Ohio, 23 of 45 levies failed.
2. We all know education is the key to success, but what if you couldn't use your education to get a good job. That is what is happening to the children of people who enter this country illegally.
3. Mother's Day is this weekend, and you might be thinking of what to get her. An informal study shows that if your mom did all the things she does for you for an outside company, she'd probably make more than $130,000 a year, including overtime.
4. Chris Huntington found that not everyone is ready to give up their gas guzzling cars - at least not yet.
5. Many states, including Ohio, have put restrictions on drivers under the age of eighteen, to keep them safer as they learn to drive.
6. Who hasn't dreamed of finding buried treasure? Some guys from New Hampshire couldn't wait to tell the world about their good fortune. It turns out that, except for the part about finding money, police say everything else was one big lie.
7. Scientists are testing a solar sail at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky.
8. Traffic was brought to a halt Saturday on Highway 23 in Delaware County, Ohio as a Highway Patrol officer escorted a family of ducks across the road.
9. Students at the University of Akron use clickers to show their teachers if they understand the material they are being taught.
10. No one knows much about the mummy archaeologists found recently, buried deep inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid. Very soon we'll know more about the person everyone is calling the "most beautiful mummy ever found," thanks to a CT Scan.
11. The mother duck that laid eggs in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, DC has been moved, ducklings and all, to a nearby park.
12. People who are really good at what they do are sometimes called upon to teach their skills to others. "Bill" is no exception, except that he's a retired police dog called out of retirement to teach new dogs some of his old tricks.

Week of Friday, April 29, 2005

1. Many Ohio schools have fallen on hard times. From Cincinnati to Akron to Cleveland, schools across the state are feeling the sting of shrinking revenues and voters who are not inclined to say yes to more taxes.
2. Is it possible for students to succeed in schools being hit so hard by cutbacks? Lisa Sylvester travels to one of the poorest districts in the country to show us how it's done.
3. President Bush welcomed Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah at his Crawford ranch this week. Saudi Arabia pumps more than 9 million barrels per day. The United States gets almost as much oil from Canada and Mexico as it does from Saudi Arabia.
4. The high cost of gas and just about everything else is one of the reasons why some people are finding they can't retire when they want to. Gerri Willis says it's happening to many workers.
5. Peter Viles met a man recently who solved his problem of soaring electricity bills by installing solar panels on the roof of his house.
6. Many people are finding out things they never knew about their families at the Ellis Island History Center. For years, Ellis Island was an immigrant's first stop on their way to becoming an American.
7. Old Man Winter played one last trick last weekend, dumping nearly two feet on some areas of northeast Ohio.
8. Wiley Bell, a Cincinnati man who works for the IRS, was named the Federal Employee of the Year. A big reason for the honor is because Wiley and his wife Regina have cared for eighty foster children.
9. Juniors and seniors from several northeast Ohio high schools made cardboard boats and paddled them around the Cuyahoga Community College metro campus pool as part of North Coast Tech Prep's Cardboard Canoe Challenge.
10. Fifty years ago, McDonald's brought big changes to the way we eat.
11. Two penguins waddled through the security checkpoint at Denver International Airport in Colorado, on their way to Fort Collins to entertain a group of children.
12. Deanna Lites shows us a student-designed alarm clock that will be sure to get you out of bed in the morning.

Week of Friday, April 22, 2005

1. A puff of white smoke, and then the ringing of the bell, were sure signals that a new pope had been selected. It took just four ballots over two days for the voting cardinals to name Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the Catholic Church's new spiritual leader. Cardinal Ratzinger has chosen Benedict XVI as his papal name.
2. Barbara Starr reports on new technology that could change the way injured soldiers on the front lines are treated.
3. You would hardly expect to find an amusement park in the middle of Baghdad, but it's one of the few places where people can find relief from the daily pain and frustration of war.
4. The very first "wholphin" was born last year at Sea Life Park in Hawaii. The cross between a false killer whale and bottlenose dolphin has made her debut, but park officials are still working on a name for the one-of-a-kind baby wholphin.
5. Mountain gorillas are the largest primates on earth, and also one of the most threatened - mostly by humans. Gary Strieker says efforts by African governments to protect the mountain gorillas are working, and their numbers are growing.
6. University of Cincinnati students voted their opinions on a new smoking policy this week, along with voting for their student government representatives.
7. Police in Medina are looking for a thief who made off with three 40-foot storage silos.
8. A new "Dragons" exhibit at the Toledo Zoo explores both the myth and reality of dragons.
9. Who says Presidential museums have to be stuffy places with a lot of boring papers on display? The people who designed the just-opened Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois thought the place dedicated to the 16th President of the United States ought to be more fun. Judy Wang discovered that not everybody is happy with that.
10. Thank you to all the teachers who let us know how many of you are watching. You told us that 13,246 students and more than 400 teachers watch NewsDepth every week.
11. Have you ever wondered if your dog likes music? Jeanne Moos found some canines kicking up their heels - or paws - to some tunes written just for them.

Week of Friday, April 15, 2005

1. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad this week talking with leaders of the new government and top U.S. military officials. While there is no specific timetable for bringing our troops home, there could be a significant reduction in the number of Americans fighting in Iraq some time in 2006.
2. Matt Maupin is the only American service man being held captive in Iraq. The Ohio soldier was captured by Iraqi insurgents shortly after the war began. There is still no information about him.
3. The average price of gas has gone up again, and we can expect the price to rise even higher just in time for summer vacation.
4. One mallard mother-to-be built her nest just a block from the White House in Washington DC. Secret Service agents, who usually provide protection for the president, have put up a metal fence, posted a "Do Not Disturb" sign, and even got her a water dish. The agents will relocate the mother duck and her hatchlings to a safer and wetter location.
5. High levels of mercury have been found in the blood of loons. These loons live on the lakes and ponds of New England, and the mercury is being carried by air currents from the coal-burning power plants of the Midwest.
6. Cardinals from around the world are in Rome preparing to elect a new Pope. John Paul II was popular with all Catholics, but was especially loved by young people.
7. The federal government will spend $1 million to repair flood damage at the Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio.
8. LeBron James has been named one of Time Magazine's "110 Most Influential People in the World."
9. The Cleveland Indians saved the Cleveland Schools' baseball program this spring with a donation of $250,000, and Cleveland's high school players were a major part of Cleveland's opening day.
10. Nine very lucky Washington, DC high school seniors got the gift of a college education from George Washington University.
11. Contractors working on a home site outside Los Angeles found the remains of a very large woolly mammoth.
12. With childhood obesity soaring, Sesame Street plans to focus on healthy eating in its new season. The start of the 36th season features Cookie Monster singing a rap called "A Cookie is a sometimes food."

Week of Friday, April 8, 2005

1. Nearly two million mourners have paid their respects to Pope John Paul II as he lies in state at Saint Peters Basilica in Rome. Billions are expected to watch the pontiff's funeral, which will be broadcast around the world. Security is tight in Rome. More than 6,000 police are being deployed to keep the mourners and the more than 200 visiting world leaders safe. Pope John Paul II was known as the most traveled Pope. He visited more than 120 countries during his 26-year papacy.
2. The more mundane matter of high gas prices continues to have American motorists digging deeper for a fill-up. With no end in sight to high gas prices, what is anyone doing to find another way to fuel our cars? Julie Vallese says the alternatives, like bio-diesel fuel and hybrids, are out there. You just have to look really hard to find them.
3. Millions of people in three western states rely on the Colorado River for water and for generating electricity. Thousands of fish, birds and other wildlife rely on the river, too. Now, officials in California, Arizona and Nevada have joined with the federal government in a plan to protect the lower portion of the Colorado and restore the habitat of more than 26 species native to the river. Officials say this 50-year pact is the first step in protecting at least one of our natural resources, which many say are already being over-used.
4. The buffalo, or bison, is one of the enduring symbols of the American West. Walter Rogers found a man who is keeping that piece of America alive on his farm in Wiltshire, England.
5. Spring was on hold last weekend as a heavy snowfall battered northeast Ohio. The extra inches broke the record for annual snowfall in Greater Cleveland.
6. The city of Oregon, Ohio is expanding its sports facilities. A new skate park, sand volleyball court, twelve soccer fields, and a bike path will join the already popular baseball diamonds at the Oregon Recreation Complex.
7. Two home runs in the ninth inning sent the Cincinnati Reds to a thrilling victory over the New York Mets in their home opener on Monday. The Indians were not as fortunate in their first away game of the season, losing 1-0 to the Chicago White Sox.
8. You can't judge a book by its cover, and when it comes to some of the foods we eat, the way they are packaged has a lot to do with why we buy it.
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10. Emus are large birds weighing up to 150 pounds. Emus can't fly, which was a good thing for Ron Pitschmann, who had to chase one down and capture it.

Week of Friday, March 25, 2005

1. Gas prices are still rising. Chris Huntington says we can blame rising oil prices for the spike in the price of gas. Will the increase in the price of gas cause people to think twice before hitting the road? Julie Vallese says it could be a while before people hit the brakes over their vacation plans.
2. It's been two years since the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Is there a way to keep our soldiers out of harm's way? Jamie MacIntyre takes a look at what the future might hold for our men and women on the front lines.
3. How do you think you'd repay someone who saved your life? Dan Lothian has the story of a woman who was rescued from choking, and now she's doing much more than saying thank you.
4. LeBron James had the game of his life on Sunday, March 20, when he scored 56 points in a game against the Toronto Raptors. He broke two records, but it was not enough as the Cavs lost their ninth game on the road. Coach Paul Silas was fired on Monday.
5. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is giving away 99 scholarships worth $80,000 for each student.
6. Visitors packed NASA Glenn's Visitor Center last weekend to see a program about "Cars in Space."
7. Priairie dogs are at home on the range. These "barking squirrels" discovered 200 years ago by the Lewis & Clark Expedition are a huge problem for ranchers and farmers in Colorado.
8. The World Ice Art Championships were held last weekend in Fairbanks, Alaska.
9. Bill Tucker introduces us to a fifteen-year-old Cleveland boy who is already following his dreams and gaining national recognition as a drummer.

Week of Friday, March 18, 2005

1. Gas prices are still rising. Some are asking what the government can do to bring oil prices down. The debate in Washington is doing little to help people who drive for a living. Independent truck drivers will tell you that high gas prices make it almost impossible for them to stay on the road.
2. High school students are taking a new, longer, and tougher version of the S.A.T. this month. The S.A.T. is a test that most colleges use to determine if a student will be admitted.
3. Some think that boys and girls learn differently from each other. Elizabeth Cohen introduces us to a student at University School who is doing much better now that he's in an all-boys school.
4. Even on the front lines of battle, food - good food - is a top priority. So much so that there is even a contest to see who is the army's best chef.
5. A fossil-hunting team led by scientists from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History has found bones of a human ancestor that lived four million years ago. (www.cmnh.org)
6. More than 1,100 fire fighters and other emergency responders gathered at Bowling Green State University last weekend for fire school.
7. Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman, a Cincinnati plastic surgeon, has already started planning his 22nd mission trip with Operation Smile. He returned from Honduras last month where he led a team of doctors who performed 121 cleft lip and palate surgeries on children.
8. How did Egypt's King Tut die? For centuries, many experts thought the boy-king was murdered. Modern science has cleared up at least part of the mystery. A CAT scan revealed that he suffered from a crushed leg and may have died from an infection.
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10. In our last story, we meet a real live "Mother Goose."

Week of Friday, March 11, 2005

1. Gas prices are high again. The price depends on many factors including how much refining companies pay for a barrel of oil. The U.S. consumes 20 million barrels per day. High gas prices have some drivers so mad they committing a crime that police are calling "Gas and Dash."
2. Some researchers are questioning whether milk really does build strong bones in children. Weight-bearing exercise and leafy green vegetables may be more important, but many pediatricians and parents still recommend drinking milk.
3. Yellowstone National Park is a peaceful place to visit where you can see many natural wonders. Gary Strieker reports on efforts to stall - or limit - the advance of snowmobiles in Yellowstone.
4. The Iditarod Dog Sled Race began in 1937, and is difficult for even the hardiest of racers. Paula Zahn says that is why the story of one musher is so remarkable. Twenty-year-old Rachael Scdoris is blind. Follow the race at www.iditarod.com. The website includes a day-to-day journal from teacher Lynne Gordon, this year's "Teacher on the Trail."
5. The Ohio State men's basketball team handed Illinois their first defeat of the season in a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
6. Marine Lance Cpl. Andy Nowacki was laid to rest on Monday in Lake County. Andy was a police officer in Grand River before he was sent to Iraq, and a police escort of 200 cars and motorcycles accompanied his body to the church and cemetery.
7. The tenth annual American Girl fashion show raised money for University Hospitals' Ireland Cancer Center.
8. For women's history month, we learn about Amelia Earhart, a woman who made aviation history.
9. 24 special dimes were made at the San Francisco mint in 1894, and only ten of the dimes remain. One just sold for over $1,300,000.
10. Thirteen-year-old Mark Wasserman is driving the family's tractor to school since the school system cut back on bussing.

Week of Friday, March 4, 2005

1. A big winter stormed brushed Ohio, and really battered the east coast, from North Carolina to Maine.
2. The rain has stopped in southern California, but not the misery. Even though one couple knew their house could slide down the hillside at any moment, there were some things in the house they could not let slip away.
3. The Incredibles won an Oscar for best animated feature. Liz George takes us behind the scenes at Pixar to see how they do the animation.
4. Pope John Paul the Second is recovering faster than expected following throat surgery last week.
5. Two Black History Month stories focus on W.E.B. DuBois and the Tuskegee Airmen.
6. Zoos across America are changing the way they care for their elephants, and zoos in Ohio are among them. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is working on plans to greatly expand their elephant exhibit.
7. Ohio State University's comparative oncology program studies the roots of cancer in both dogs and humans.
8. Ten fishermen and a dog were rescued from a gigantic drifting ice floe in Lake Erie.
9. Kids gave out "Hackademy Awards" to films that did not show smoking. Films can be influential in getting teens to start smoking.
10. March 2nd would have been Dr. Seuss's 101st birthday, and kids and grownups celebrated his special day by reading.
11. Kraft Foods is removing a new gummy candy from the shelves after criticism by animal lovers. The "Road Kill" candy featured little animals with tire tracks across their bellies.

Week of Friday, February 25, 2005

1. A powerful earthquake rocked one of the most remote sections of Iran this week. Many were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
2. A series of powerful rainstorms have brought flooding, mud slides and tornadoes to southern California.
3. Chris Lawrence introduces us to a soldier who was eager to leave the Iraqi battlefields but not the child who stole his heart. He is adopting a young boy with cerebral palsy.
4. A weighty issue has kids and parents in one Georgia school district seeing red. The district wants to report children's weight on their report cards, along with their grades.
5. A lot of Ohio Moms and Dads have lost their jobs because the country they worked for sent jobs overseas. Kitty Pilgrim visited a Canton high school where outsourcing has taken its toll and kids are getting prepared for a changing business world.
6. Sixth graders at Rocky River Middle School learned etiquette and social dance over three nights in February.
7. Seventeen professional ice carvers competed last weekend at the Medina Ice Festival.
8. A wild turkey was trapping drivers, including state troopers, in their vehicles in Hancock County, Ohio, until a wildlife officer came to the rescue.
9. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the story of a tiny baby that had a new heart operation that saved his life.
10. As part of our series on black history, we look at Jim Crow laws that separated people at lunch counters, water fountains, and on buses.
11. At the Chicago Auto Show, the newest cars to hit the showroom floor are loaded with style and safety. Daniel Seiberg takes us for a test drive.

Week of Friday, February 18, 2005

1. The votes have been counted in the Iraq election. While no one party won a majority of the votes cast, a coalition is forming that will choose a leader. All Iraqis should be represented in the new government.
2. Sean Callebs visits a high school at Ft. Carson where most of the kids have a parent that is serving somewhere in the military.
3. Not long ago, Miami letter carrier Willy Hayward rescued a couple from their burning apartment, and now he's the neighborhood hero.
4. The tiniest baby in the world isn't so tiny anymore. The tiny girl weighed less than nine ounces at birth, and went home this week weighing five and a half pounds.
5. Two teenage girls from Durango, Colorado got in trouble for doing what they thought was a good deed, delivering surprise gifts of cookies to neighbors.
6. Three smokestacks at the old trash-burning power plant in South Columbus were demolished Tuesday.
7. Geauga County artist Jenny Campbell made the design for a specialty license plate that will raise money for spaying and neutering Ohio's dogs and cats.
8. The Cincinnati Zoo unveiled its newest member - a month-old Okapi named Likimi.
9. Just after the Civil War, Congress established several all-black regiments in the military, including the 9th and 10th Cavalry who enforced the law in the west. The soldiers in these two mounted regiments were known as Buffalo Soldiers.
10. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the planet Pluto.
11. They were putting on the dog this week in New York, and there is something new at the Westminster Dog Show. Jeanne Moos says, despite their size and slobber, two Neopolitan Mastiffs named Bellagio and Sirius have everyone sitting up and taking notice.

Week of Friday, February 11, 2005

1. In his annual State of the State address to the general assembly this week, Governor Taft said his top priority is cutting taxes so that new companies will bring their business to Ohio, and those already here will stay. The governor warned this year's budget will be the tightest in 40 years.
2. President Bush is calling on the U.S. Congress to make cuts in the federal budget. One plan could mean the elimination of 700 jobs at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Hubble Telescope will end its mission in two years, another victim of budget cuts.
3. You see people with no place to call home in every big city. Some of New York City's less fortunate have been able to get off the streets, but they are still homeless.
4. Many of the National Guard troops in Afghanistan are ending their tour of duty. One soldier would not come home until he could find medical care for an Afghan boy with a serious heart condition.
5. Take one part junk food, mix in lots of time in front of the TV, and you have the perfect recipe for childhood obesity. Sara Dorsey introduces us to one teen who is trying hard to lose weight and get healthy.
6. Former New England Patriots coach Romeo Crennel signed a five-year contract as head coach of the Cleveland Browns this week.
7. Soybean farmers in northwest Ohio are worried that an outbreak of soybean rust could ravage this year's crop.
8. American troops have been helping with the relief effort in South Asia. This tragedy has helped the people in Aceh province in Indonesia see Americans in a new light.
9. February is black history month. NewsDepth introduces us to two Americans who made a difference in sports and the law - tennis star Althea Gibson and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
10. Losing a limb doesn't mean losing hope. Sometimes the best rehabilitation doesn't take place in a hospital - in this case, on a ski slope.

Week of Friday, February 4, 2005

1. The votes have been cast and soon Iraqis will know who they have elected to their new government. Iraq's first free election in fifty years was cause for celebration.
2. More than 24,000 Iraqi-Americans voted from their new homeland. A group of Clevelanders went to Detroit to vote, determined to make a better future for those they left behind in Iraq.
3. More than 1400 American soldiers have died fighting for freedom in Iraq. Two Ohioans are using flags to show us just how many troops we have lost.
4. A weekend ice storm made travel difficult in Atlanta, Georgia. No matter how bad the weather, there always seems to be a hero ready to help out when needed.
5. Ellen Marks reports on the happy ending for one New York couple whose baby needed a heart transplant.
6. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has announced that he will run for governor next year.
7. Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell plans to install cameras on busy Cleveland intersections to catch drivers running red lights.
8. 42 "mushers" and their dogs competed in Ohio's only sled dog races last weekend at Punderson Lake State Park.
9. People in the tiny town of Mink, Louisiana got phone service for the first time this week. It cost the phone company $700,000 to run 30 miles of phone cable into Mink.
10. Some home computers are doubling as phones. More than a million people are already using them, with millions more expected to sign up soon.
11. It's official. We're in for six more weeks of weather. Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his den at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and saw his shadow.
12. NewsDepth visits the biggest pet parade in America.

Week of Friday, January 28, 2005

1. No matter where you were this past weekend, it snowed. The northeast got battered by one of the worst storms in the last 100 years. As all that snow starts to melt, parts of Ohio could see some serious flooding.
2. In Banda Aceh, in Indonesia, Mustafa Kamal found his five-year-old daughter who was lost in the terrible tsunami more than a month ago. As more families continue the search for family members, aid workers worry that more people could die from disease.
3. Paper or plastic? In San Francisco, the number of plastic grocery bags going to landfills has become such a problem that customers will have to start paying for plastic.
4. The flu season is far from over, but health officials in Cincinnati think this may end up being a mild flu season.
5. Bedford, Ohio ninth grader Joshua Blackwell and eleven other students from across the country have been chosen to be student "Argonauts" for the Jason Project in the Louisiana bayou country next week. Joshua and the other students will study the wetlands and share their findings with students around the world in live interactive broadcasts.
6. The Browns and the Bengals won't be going to the SuperBowl this year, and neither will the Pittsburgh Steelers. The New England Patriots will make their third trip to the SuperBowl in four years, where they will face the Philadelphia Eagles on February 6.
7. You've seen souped up cars with every possible gadget, but cars with all the latest technology aren't always the safest cars to drive.
8. The folks in Lexington, North Carolina will add a bit of spice to their Groundhog Day celebration this year by having "Li'l Bit," a pot-bellied pig, predict the weather.
9. It can be a big hassle to clean up after a big snowstorm. We meet one man who doesn't mind shoveling all that snow so that people visiting our nation's capital don't have to miss one of Washington's biggest attractions.

Week of Friday, January 21, 2005

1. President Bush begins his second term this Thursday, taking his oath of office in the afternoon and hosting a slew of parties in the afternoon. This is the first inaugural since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, and law enforcement officials will use every piece of technology available to protect the President and others attending the ceremony.
2. Condoleezza Rice was on the hot seat in her Senate confirmation hearings this week. If confirmed, she will become the first African American woman to serve as Secretary of State. For those who knew Dr. Rice growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, her success comes as no surprise.
3. There are two keys to losing weight: eat right and exercise. The best approach is to learn good eating habits as a child. At least one "junk food" maker is taking steps to help you get started.
4. There are not enough math, science and special education teachers right now, so some school districts are hiring teachers from other countries.
5. Volunteer firefighters helped barricade homes with more than 2000 sandbags in the Ohio village of Woodville, keeping a bad flooding situation from getting worse.
6. Darrell Bodine of Mount Victory, Ohio, wants Ohio students to learn how to play chess. He's putting chess sets in every elementary classroom, high school study hall and library in Hardin County.
7. Ohio has had some cold temperatures, but the temperature dropped to 54 degrees below zero in one Minnesota town. The mercury dipped to the 20s as far south as Florida.
8. Scientists have gotten their first look at another world, thanks to a funny looking space ship that just landed on Titan, one of Saturn's 32 moons. Miles O'Brien says the images give us an idea of what Earth might have looked like 4 billion years ago.
9. This week we remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of this country's foremost civil rights leaders.
10. Of all the species of rhinoceros, the black rhino is the most endangered. Some zoos in this country are trying to help more black rhinos have babies, but it's not as simple as boy meets girl.

Week of Friday, January 14, 2005

1. Floods, mud, ice and snow describe the weather from Ohio to California this week. Ice snapped trees and brought down power lines in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio River crested at 56 and a half feet this week and caused flooding in and around Cincinnati. Marietta flooded for the second time in four months. Governor Taft declared a disaster area in the parts of Ohio hit hardest by the floods.
2. A hill near Santa Barbara, California, came down in a mud slide, killing at least one person and causing a great deal of damage.
3. New video shows how powerful the Asian tsunami was. Alina Cho shows us how people a world away from the disaster are helping.
4. Julia Illana, a budding second-grade artist, was accused of breaking a rule that wasn't even a rule.
5. An Akron man returned a book that his father took out in 1927. The fee was waived.
6. Animals at the Toledo Zoo had fun with ice sculptures left over from the zoo's "Frozen-Toesen."
7. Last week, a man in Alabama was arrested for the murders of three men who were working forty years ago to help African Americans in that state to vote.
8. There are better, and healthier, reasons to pick food items at the store besides the pictures on the box, or the exciting advertising.
9. Elephants at the Forth Worth Zoo in Texas are helping the victims of the tsunami, but not in the same way as their Asian cousins.

Week of Friday, January 7, 2005

1. Even pictures can't tell the whole story of the devastation and heartbreak felt by those who survived the worst natural disaster in 40 years. It's been more than a week since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sparked a series of tsunami that washed hundreds of small towns and fishing villages off the face of the earth. The quake was centered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but the effects were felt as far away as Thailand, India and Sri Lanka.
2. The United States and many other countries have pledged millions of dollars to aid the survivors. President Bush has sent his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and Secretary of State Colin Powell to Southeast Asia, and has asked former Presidents Clinton and Bush to lead the relief effort in this country.
3. Iraq's first free elections in 30 years are only three weeks away, and insurgents are using violence to make Iraqis afraid to vote.
4. Alina Cho shows us how one soldier is helping children of service men and women cope with their missing parents.
5. The two Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are still rolling around on Mars, one year later.
6. More than 90 medical specialists, missionaries and students from Cincinnati flew to Southeast Asia this week to help in the relief effort.
7. LeBron James played a great game this week with a broken cheekbone, thanks to a protective mask. The Cavs were purchased recently by Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert for more than $300 million.
8. Elephants have become the work horses in the tsunami relief effort.
9. Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to Congress, died this week.
10. After all the bad news of this week, we hope that a story about some very ugly dolls will put a smile on your face.

Week of Friday, December 17, 2004

1. Darrel Brit's orders were to get gas and supplies, at any cost, to soldiers fighting in Iraq. The decision he made cost him his freedom and his job. The Ohio reservist paid a high price for using abandoned equipment to carry out his own unit's mission.
2. Comedian and actor Robin Williams visited war-weary soldiers at Camp Victory, outside Baghdad.
3. When military parents are called to duty, it's hard on their children. A new book titled "My Dad is Going Away" will help kids deal with the separation.
4. Despite protests and a last minute lawsuit, members of Ohio's electoral college cast their votes for President Bush this week.
5. Two rehabilitated Bald Eagles were released back into the wild last weekend outside Nashville, Tennessee.
6. A New York City red tailed hawk is getting some human help this week. Hundreds of New Yorkers hit the streets to demand that Pale Male be allowed to build his nest on top of an exclusive apartment building, just like he's done for the last ten years. The building's managers ripped down the nest because Pale Male and his mate, Lola were becoming something of a nuisance, dropping waste and bird carcasses on the sidewalk.
7. Bedford High School will join 22 other sites in Ohio with certification by the Automotive Youth Educational Service. AYES and car dealerships will donate money, equipment and jobs to the school's automotive service program.
8. Two "screaming hairy armadillos" imported from Bolivia this past year have become the proud parents at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
9. Tulsa Zoo was the winner in Zoo Tycoon's America's Favorite Zoo contest, beating Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and the Toledo Zoo for the honor, and $25,000.
10. They are using technology in Cairo to determine how King Tutankhamen died, whether the blow to his head was by accident or intent.
11. The National Christmas Tree Association says that 70% of Americans have artificial trees. This trend worries farmers who say the trees are a crop, just like corn, and that the "fake firs" are bad for business.
12. We meet a bunch of kids with disabilities that they don't let get in the way of playing hockey.

Week of Friday, December 10, 2004

1. Ohio's presidential vote is now official, but not everyone is ready to accept the fact that George W. Bush was the winner. A number of so-called third-party candidates are set to challenge the outcome. The official results have President Bush winning Ohio by a margin of just under 119,000 votes.
2. A new study has shown the Cleveland-Akron area to be the third safest place, among fifty large metropolitan areas, to cross the street. Only Pittsburgh and Boston are safer.
3. The price of gas has gone down a bit recently. The average price per gallon in Ohio right now is $1.80.
4. There's been a lot of pressure on American businesses to develop alternative sources of energy that can be used instead of gas and oil. But some companies may have to move to other countries to stay in business, due to lack of government subsidies.
5. A Phoenix, Arizona teenager has collected nearly 30,000 Beanie Babies to give to children in Iraq.
6. A New Jersey restaurant is giving prison inmates a second chance, teaching them to work in the food industry.
7. Results from this fall's third grade reading test showed that Ohio's third-graders are on track to do well when the test is given again at the end of the school year.
8. The Chinese government says that LeBron James' new Nike commercial is insulting and will not allow it to air in that country.
9. Ever since the Spongebob Squarepants movie came out last month, giant Spongebob blow-ups went missing from the tops of Burger King restaurants. One was recently found under the bed of a Vermilion man.
10. Helping dogs to walk may eventually help people with spinal cord injuries to walk. Mary Milz shows us how a new treatment is helping dogs with paralyzed hips to walk again.
11. Sixteen-year-old Hikaru Nakamura of White Plains, New York, outlasted 65 competitors to win the United States Chess Championship.
12. A NASA scientist who used to make robots for space has invented the coolest toy ever! Meet Robosapien!

Week of Friday, December 3, 2004

1. The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the season, and this year did not disappoint. While you're thinking about what to give, others want you to make sure that gift you're buying was made in America.
2. Most times, the best gifts are those that come from the heart. The generous gifts given to a little girl from Honduras - including an operation - mean that she will live a normal life.
3. Iraqis are getting ready for their first free election in fifty years.
4. One man who served our country twenty years ago decided to spend the holidays with our troops in Iraq, and bring them a little taste of home and some laughs.
5. A new discovery by archaeologists shows that humans may have arrived in North America more than 50,000 years ago, much earlier than they originally thought.
6. Inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville are helping the homeless this winter by stitching together dozens of quilts.
7. A group of central Ohio farmers watched a demonstration of a tractor that drives itself, thanks to a $40,000 GPS on the tractor.
8. The city of Eastlake, Ohio is selling its holiday decorations in hopes of earning back part of its $3 million debt.
9. Frank Buckley introduces us to a high school football team that has lots of noisy fans that its players will never hear.
10. Kiki the lowland gorilla has given birth to a new baby at Boston's Franklin Zoo, but won't let zookeepers get close enough for a good look yet.
11. After more than 50 years and 28 films, Godzilla - that fire-breathing, atomic age import from Japan - has a new movie and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Week of Friday, November 19, 2004

1. With the announcement this week that Secretary of State Colin Powell is stepping down, Condoleezza Rice is in line to become the most powerful diplomat in the world. If she is confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Rice will become the first black woman, and only the second woman, to be named Secretary of State.
2. So far, more than 8,000 Americans have been wounded in the war in Iraq. Hundreds have suffered life-altering injuries. Ceci Rogers has the story on one man who has made it his mission to adapt houses for those soldiers to come home to.
3. A study by three doctors found that it's not carbohydrates, but cutting fats from your diet that keeps the extra weight off. But diet alone isn't the answer to controlling your weight. Exercise is just as important as what you eat.
4. Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells us about new tools that dentists have to make dental work relatively painless.
5. We've all heard about recycling - making new things from old things to help save the environment. But now, free-cycling is a way to turn your trash into someone else's treasure.
6. After eleven seasons with the Cleveland Indians, shortstop Omar Vizquel will play for the San Francisco Giants next year. Vizquel is leaving Cleveland because the Indians didn't want to pay his current salary. Omar told Cleveland fans they will always be number one in his heart.
7. The Tall Stacks festival will return to Cincinnati one year earlier, now that a $300,000 debt has been paid off.
8. Farmers will now be able to find lost cows and horses with a new program involving identification chips, like those used with cats and dogs.
9. Being out of shape isn't just a problem for humans. We meet Maggie, the orangutan, who is now in good shape after treatment for a thyroid problem.
10. Beavers in Louisiana used stolen money to build their dam.
11. Cats may have nine lives, and they may be good climbers, but sometimes they don't want to come down. Marilyn Quinn thought her kitty was lost until she looked up. She had to call the electric company to get her cat down.

Week of Friday, November 12, 2004

1.With just two months until Iraq's first free elections, nearly 10,000 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers are fighting together to rid the city of Fallujah of the militants who don't want the United States or freedom in their country. Most of the city's 200,000 residents were able to leave the city before the fighting began.
2. While not everyone supports this war, most people support our troops. Denise Belgrave tells us about one woman who is turning her support into action.
3. The 2004 presidential election is over but Ohio provisional and absentee ballots are still being counted. Counting the ballots may change the vote totals but won't change the outcome. Experts on each side are still analyzing the election, especially the impact of the youth vote.
4. Have you ever wondered what our astronauts would do if one of them got sick and needed surgery in space? Doctors here on earth are preparing our astronauts to be space doctors.
5. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Toledo Zoo have made the final five in Microsoft's Favorite Zoo contest. You can still vote for your favorite through Friday, November 12, at www.zootycoon.com.
6. Educators from across the state are attending a seminar on how to pass a school levy, after half of the 287 school issues on the ballot last week failed. Representatives from Zanesville City School District are leading the seminar at the Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus.
7. Hundreds of kids from all over the state gathered at NASA's Glenn Research Center last Saturday to see if they have what it takes to be an astronaut, taking part in competitions that test their science, math and problem-solving abilities.
8. It's been more than 60 years since the Tuskegee Airmen made history, training as the first black pilots in the U.S. Army Air Force. They battled racism at home as they earned their reputation as elite pilots.
9. A University of Pittsburgh geology student found a rare fossil while on a field trip near the Pittsburgh airport. Paleontologists think it's the fossil of a four-foot long amphibian that lived about 300 million years ago.
10. What kind of music do you like? Fourth grader Tyler Thompson loves opera - Chinese opera!

Week of Friday, November 5, 2004

1. President Bush's election team claimed victory early Wednesday morning. Senator Kerry's team waited until mid-day Wednesday to concede defeat. By the time of taping this program, President Bush had won by about 3 and a half million votes. Clearly, President Bush would finish with the 270 electoral votes he needed to win.
2. Nearly 6 million Ohioans voted in Tuesday's election. Some people waited up to two hours to vote, but that was as troublesome as it got. Senator George Voinovich easily defeated Democratic challenger Eric Fingerhut for another six-year term.
3. The NewsDepth election was a squeaker. More than 4,000 students sent in votes to re-elect President George W. Bush for a second term by a very narrow margin. Out of a total of 4,259 votes, Bush received 2,182 votes to Kerry's 2,058 votes, for 51% of the total vote.
4. Last Wednesday's lunar eclipse was the last one we'll see until 2007. During a lunar eclipse, the earth comes between the sun and the moon.
5. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is sending back pictures of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan. What we learn from Titan may give us a hint of what Earth was like billions of years ago.
6. Jill Bennett reports from Canada where Americans are flocking in search of flu shots.
7. 277 school issues were on the ballots in Ohio this week, the most in more than 20 years. Results were mixed. In northern Ohio, the Cleveland Municipal Schools levy failed. Better news for Columbus City Schools, which asked for its first increase in a dozen years.
8. 80-year-old Betty Carstensen has kept her 35-acre forest as part of her 135-acre Lucas County farm, an example of how landowners can save forests for future generations.
9. It's important to learn how to handle money, even at a young age. We go to Atlanta, Georgia where even kindergartners are learning their financial A-B-Cs.
10. It's been nearly 15 years since the wall that separated East and West Germany came down.
11. Faith is being hailed as a hero. She called 9-1-1 and saved her companion's life. But this is not an ordinary story of one friend helping another. Faith is a Rottweiler, a therapy dog who was taught to speed dial, bark for help, and open the door!
12. Going from the serious to the silly, we meet some pug dogs that don't mind when their owners dress them in costumes, because it's all in the name of saving others.

Week of Friday, October 29, 2004

1. Governor Bob Taft tried to reassure Ohio voters that, despite a record number of new voter registrations, Election Day will go smoothly. Hundreds of protestors took to the streets in Columbus demanding that every vote be counted.
2. Election workers are worried that some of the people who show up at the polls won't be eligible to vote; Sallie Taylor shows us what election officials in Dayton are doing to make sure that nothing goes wrong next Tuesday.
3. President Bush and Senator Kerry plan to spend a lot of time in Ohio in the next week. Ohio is one of the battleground states and Deanna Morawski tells us what that means.
4. Astronaut Leroy Chiao is so excited about voting from space next week, that he took time to encourage everyone to get out and vote.
5. Don't forget! NewsDepth will hold a presidential election for viewers. Send classroom totals to NewsDepth Election, WVIZ/PBS, 4300 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44134, or email results to newsdepth@wviz.org. Please include total number of votes for each Presidential Candidate, plus your grade, school, teacher's name, city and county. Results must be received by 3 p.m. on Election Day.
6. Lots of people are worried about getting the flu. Here are some things you can do to stay healthy this flu season.
7. Homing pigeons are known for their excellent sense of direction, but even the best of birds can lose their way sometimes. One pigeon found his way home with a little help.
8. Two girls' soccer players have replaced the kicker on the Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers football team.
9. When the Michigan Wolverines come to Columbus for their big game with the Ohio State Buckeyes, the game will be called the SBC Michigan/Ohio State Classic. Each university will receive $500,000 for scholarships.
10. Deanna Morawski explains how the electoral college works.
11. The Cleveland MetroParks Zoo and the Toledo Zoo are among fifteen finalists in the "America's Favorite Zoo" contest being held online by Microsoft.
12. Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year as the leaves turn color. Did you ever wonder why the leaves turn red, yellow and orange? We explain.

Week of Friday, October 22, 2004

1. Senator John Kerry was in Ohio this week looking for votes. With Election Day approaching and the race tightening, Kerry and President Bush plan to spend a lot of time in Ohio. A new round of political polls show President Bush pulling slightly ahead of his challenger. It's not the popular vote that determines who becomes President, but the electoral college, where 270 votes are needed for victory.
2. Most Americans won't go to the polls until November 2nd, but in some states, voters are already casting their ballots.
3. There was a lot of confusion surrounding the 2000 Presidential election, and we didn't know who won for weeks. Lisa Sylvester says that how and where some people vote could complicate the 2004 election.
4. Astronaut Leroy Chiao arrived at the International Space Station this week, but that won't stop him from voting. Chiao will cast his ballot using a secure e-mail link.
5. Bill Tucker introduces us to a former Cincinnati school teacher who believes so much in giving everyone a quality education, he decided to run for congress.
6. Although the legal age for voting is 18, NewsDepth will hold a presidential election for viewers. Send classroom totals to NewsDepth Election, WVIZ/PBS, 4300 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44134, or email results to newsdepth@wviz.org. Please include total number of votes for each Presidential Candidate, plus your grade, school, teacher's name, city and county. Results must be received by 3 p.m. on Election Day.
7. The flu season is upon us and there is some concern that there won't be enough flu vaccine to go around. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson assures us that there will be enough vaccine for those who really need it.
8. A 22-year-old Defiance man filled out voter registration cards with phony names like Dick Tracy and Mary Poppins. Thousands of bogus voter registrations have been appearing across the state.
9. Ohio State University's electric bullet car speeded across the Utah desert at 315 miles per hour, only five seconds slower than a real bullet.
10. Seventeen Wittenberg University students are learning about the Underground Railroad firsthand at Springfield's Gammon House, and Underground Railroad stop.
11. Of all of the wedding presents that Deidre and Steve Dulka received, the most precious is the gift of life.
12. There is nothing like a mother's love even if the mother is a Chihuahua and the babies are not. Todd Wilson shows us a dog that is caring for three kittens.

Week of Friday, October 15, 2004

1. The race for President of the United States is still too close to call.
2. This year young people are registering to vote in record numbers. Kids not much older than NewsDepth's audience could determine who is elected President.
3. Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls last Saturday to freely elect the person who will lead their country. It will take a while to count all the votes in this historic election.
4. A man who has never served in our armed forces has become a hero to thousands of our returning soldiers and their families.
5. Mount Saint Helens has been sending up some steam and ash, while scientists watch the development of a second magma dome.
6. A battle is brewing between auto manufacturers and auto mechanics. New cars are very complex, and while auto makers argue that repairs should be done by the dealers, independent mechanics say they're being driven out of business.
7. The three members of the Licking County Sheriff Department's K-9 Unit have been given body armor to keep these dogs safe from bullets.
8. Students and faculty at Bay Village Middle School in Bay Village conducted a mock election on October 7th, with help from the League of Women Voters.
9. New York City cab drivers have a bad reputation, but Meaghan Collins will never say a bad word about New York cabbies again.
10. Hundreds of middle school students came together online to program an animated toxic waste-removing robot.
11. Teo Torres tells us about a pumpkin that weights 1200 pounds and is worth more than $6,000.

Week of Friday, October 8, 2004

1. Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards came to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland this week for their one and only debate.
2. They say the road to the White House runs through Ohio. That's why the candidates are spending so much money trying to sway Ohio's independent voters. This report comes from Dayton, Ohio.
3. While independent voters are important to both campaigns, the black vote is critical for John Kerry to win. Joe Johns visited East Cleveland recently and found African Americans having a hard time getting excited about John Kerry.
4. Mount Saint Helens has been letting off a little steam, but so far no big eruption. While there are signs to look for, scientists aren't sure when it will blow its top.
5. Would you travel 300,000 feet into space to win $10 million? Kimberly Osias reports on the winner of the "Ansari X Prize," a prize that could spell the difference in space travel.
6. Overnight visitors to Ohio's parks pumped $291 million into Ohio's economy last year.
7. Hundreds of fish were killed in Beaver Meadow Creek by shampoo that washed into the storm sewer from the L'Oreal plant in Solon, Ohio.
8. A group of New York City seventh-graders were excited when they found thousands of dollars worth of baseball playoff tickets last week. The kids did the right thing and were treated to seeing the Yankees capture the American League East title last Thursday.
9. Folks in Galesville, Illinois like apple pie so much they made one that was ten feet wide. It took two hours to bake and three hours to eat.
10. In Irving, Texas, the task of protecting important city records is literally a game of cat and mouse.

Week of Friday, October 1, 2004

1. Hurricane Jeanne blew through the Bahamas and then into the Florida coast last Saturday, packing sustained winds of more than 100 miles-per-hour. Jeanne blew out the power for more than a million people. We'll tell you why predicting storms is so difficult.
2. Scientists are watching Mt. St. Helens in Washington State very carefully. A series of small earthquakes could be telling them that something is about to happen. Kimberly Osias tells us about the last time Mt. St. Helens blew its top.
3. President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry will meet in their first debate this Thursday. Tom Forman tells us what we might learn when we watch the debate.
4. A new fifty dollar bill with new security features went into circulation this week.
5. Ohio artist and storyteller Aminah Robinson has won a $500,000 "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
6. The city of Cleveland plans to drop the name Hopkins from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
7. Burglers stole buckeyes from Buckeye trees near The Ohio State University football stadium.
8. Tracy Hutchins introduces us to a man who has a very rare - and valuable - piano signed by composer Chopin.
9. 14-year-old Kenny Roy made history when he became the youngest black person to make a solo flight. Kenny's dream came true when he flew over Boundary Bay in British Columbia and made a picture-perfect landing.
10. Who would steal someone's dog? Someone very mean. But this story has a happy ending.

Week of Friday, September 24, 2004

1. Tropical Storm Jeanne ravaged the Caribbean, tearing through the island of Haiti, killing hundreds of people, and causing damage to homes and businesses. Closer to home, remnants of Hurricane Ivan caused major flooding in eastern Ohio. In places like Pensacola, Florida, where Ivan hit the hardest, it will be months before things get back to normal.
2. With about six weeks left until the election, Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush are running a close race in Ohio.
3. Even though we think of November 2nd as election day, there are many states where voting for President and other elected offices is already underway. Bruce Morton explains.
4. President Bush defended his decision to go to war in Iraq this week in a speech before the United Nations. Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions continue between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, but people are not the only ones affected by the continuing turmoil. In some cases, animals are affected too.
5. The National Museum of the American Indian opened this week in Washington, DC. After the opening ceremony, the afternoon was filled with music, dancing and storytelling. (americanindian.si.edu)
6. Hundreds of people paid their respects in Medina last weekend to Private Devin Grella, who died earlier this month in Iraq.
7. A new report says Lake Erie's water quality is improving.
8. Akron's health department plans to immunize more than 1,000 children under the age of two against influenza.
9. It was a bad day all around for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday as they lost to the Cowboys, but also lost two important players to injuries.
10. Recess may be the favorite part of many students' school day, but school districts in Washington State are doing away with recess completely, much to the dismay of some kids and parents.
11. Some of the worst forest fires occur in California. Fire fighters have some new weapons that make the difficult task of fighting forest fires easier and safer.
12. Meet 16-year-old Tracy Chou, who didn't just do well on all her college entrance exams, she was perfect.

Week of Friday, September 17, 2004

1. The Buckeye State will be very important in this fall's presidential election. Both President Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry have been visiting the state since early summer, trying to win over Ohio voters. No one has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio and Ohio's 20 electoral college votes.
2. One of the biggest campaign issues this year, especially in Ohio, is jobs. There are signs that the economy is improving but you have to look hard to find the good news.
3. We told you last spring that dairy prices were going up, but the price of milk is now going down.
4. Hurricane Ivan was expected to hit Alabama by Thursday of this week, the third hurricane to hit the gulf region this year and cause millions of dollars of damage.
5. For countless African slaves, Cincinnati was known as the freedom side of the Ohio River, so it seemed right to build the new underground railroad museum there. The Freedom Center opened a few weeks ago and expects to attract thousands of visitors every year.
6. Last Saturday was the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and thousands gathered in New York City, Washington, DC, and a field in Pennsylvania to remember those who lost their lives on that day.
7. Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots were supposed to snag the Genesis space capsule and bring it and its cargo of clues about how the universe began back to earth safely. However, the capsule crashed, and scientists hope that its cargo can still be retrieved.
8. India is a country in transition, and people there are holding on to tradition as they also embrace a modern, high tech world.
9. Cara was one of the canine rescuers at the World Trade Center after September 11th, and now she's a world record-holding sky diver.