Smart Trash Cans

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Buying recycled products is all the rage, but do you recycle? The average person uses 650 pounds of paper each year. Americans go through 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour! Those bottles and other recyclables are filling up our landfills. Now a new garbage bin can actually save the environment and make you some money.

Turning Trash Into Power

DAVIS, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There's a new twist on the old adage, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Now that trash may be another man's power. Researchers in California are turning garbage into bio-gas that my one day provide the electricity in your home.

Slowing Down Speeders

RICHMOND, Va. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A site along a Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax County, Virginia, is in memory of 18-year-old, Jamie "Allie" Grimsley, who died after losing control of her SUV.

Cars of Tomorrow

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The high cost of hybrids has kept many people from going green, and a new Edmonds.com study shows that with the cost of gas -- combined with tax credits -- it only takes about three years to break even.

Ultrasounds: From Space to Sports

DETRIOT (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- From space to sports, the ultrasound machine is getting around. Ultrasound isn't just for babies anymore!

Unbreakable Bridges

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There are nearly 600,000 bridges in the United States. Millions of people cross bridges every day without giving a second thought to their safety. But many of them could be taken down by a natural disaster like an earthquake or flooding or worse, by a terrorist attack.

Sick of Strep Throat

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's that time of year! Like most 7-year-olds, Josh Butler has no time for sick days. But every winter, Josh is sidelined with strep throat. Josh usually gets the drug amoxicillin, but it never works. He always needs a second treatment with a different drug.

Real-Life Baby Simulator

CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- He cries, blinks and even breathes on his own! He's not real, but he sure looks it! This baby simulator is the newest way to train doctors, and it's about as close to the real thing as it gets.

Oh, My Aching Back!

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A simple everyday move moved Timothy Pickens to unimaginable pain.

Defusing Ticking Time Bombs

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Spinning 360 degrees every two seconds, Bob Barden knows how to make your heart stop! He's been flying stunt planes for four decades, with "Eddie the Grip" hanging on for dear life!

Mysteries of Thunderstorms

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There's no mistaking the billowing clouds, the noise, the rain, and the lightning of a thunderstorm. But why do some dark and ominous clouds form into huge masses of rain and lightning while others just pass us by?

Fighting Fire With Sound

HOUSTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- These students are on a mission. "We're experiencing zero gravity right now. It's also the only place you can do that besides outer space," says a student from University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

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