Those wide-eyed primates from the Madagascar jungle have helped Ramos, 22, find her calling: to help save endangered species. In addition to feeding and cleaning up after 13 lemurs, she provides interactive ways to keep the animals stimulated, such as placing maple branches and raspberry bushes in their enclosure to allow them to forage for themselves. The organization breeds endangered species to help them survive, and is currently home to more than 50 different types of creatures....

Alaska Native corporations have become a powerful stimulus to the state's economy and have also spread their wealth widely among the 12 Native regional corporations and 200-odd village corporations. Quintavell said the Barrow-based regional corporation is responsible for $282 million of the $870 million of total resource extraction revenues shared among the corporations over 35 years. Quintavell shared a podium at the RDC meeting with the chief officers of two other regional corporations...

BuaNews is a South African news service which provides quick and easy access to articles and stories aimed at keeping the public informed about the implementation of government's mandate. Familiar corporations in the retail and financial sectors have branches in Ghana, while even more consumer products from the Southern African Development Community nations have found their way to the stores of its counterparts in the Economic Community of West African States. Familiar corporations in the...

The motel owner took one look at my bike and my tattoos and announced he didn t have a vacancy, even though there were only a few cars parked at his motel. During my one day stay there, I met the owner and his wife after a really nice lady at the front counter told me about the couple s efforts in renovating the inn. Two recliners with a table in-between them, a full stove and refrigerator with sink and I was so happy a full, 12-cup coffee pot (the only one I saw on my trip) just started...

www.kansascity.com . 07/02/2007 . School names based on historical figures are declining, report says Complete Forecast Search KansasCity.com Archives Web for Logout . Member Center . Sign in to Classifieds Jobs. Across America, fewer new schools are bearing names like Jefferson High or Lincoln Elementary names that have long honored historical figures and connected students to the ideals and institutions we celebrate each Fourth of July, a think tank has concluded. Across America, fewer...