Good News Friday: U.S. Defense Chief Lauds Soldier in Pink Boxers

I just love this story! We have a great military! Click the link to read the full story.

U.S. Defense Chief Lauds Soldier in Pink Boxers

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokan, WA, center. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Good News Friday: Peek Inside a Kangaroo's Pouch

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Peek Into Kangaroo's Pouch Shows 2 Tiny Pink Joeys
by ANNA JO BRATTON, Associated Press Writer

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A zookeeper's efforts to earn a kangaroo's trust has paid off with a video showing twin joeys, tiny and pink, growing inside their mom's pouch.

The male Matschie's (MATCH-ees) tree kangaroo twins are about 6 inches from snout to tail and they are starting to grow hair. Matschie's are an endangered species and the births at the Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska are the first twins on record.

The video was taken about 16 weeks after the joeys' birth. They'll emerge from the pouch this summer.

To record the footage, zookeeper DaviAnn Buggi attached a tiny camera to her finger, then gently reached inside the pouch of the adult kangaroo, Milla (MEAL-uh).

Good News Friday!

How many times have you heard about global warming caused by the abuse of our environment, destroying wilderness, etc., etc.? Did you know that Africa is 28% still wilderness? Did you know that North American is 38% wilderness? Cool, huh? Here is an interesting quote:

"Once you travel beyond the sprawling exurbs of America, you'll find plenty of open space and peaceful forest. Many of the prairies and woodlands cleared by settlers have returned now that the land is no longer needed for agriculture [due to farmers growing more food at a lower cost through modern farming techniques].

In recent decades, America has gained 70 million acres of wilderness, which is more than all the land currently occupied by cities, suburbs, and exurbs, according to Peter Huber, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. And more people than ever can get to that wilderness because of a technology that we now routinely curse...the modern automobile."

-It's a Wonderful Life, Reader's Digest, February 2009