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Change Agent A 10-year-old urges restaurants to 'be straw free'

Ten-year-old Milo Cress has started BeStrawFree, a website that encourages restaurants to cut plastic waste by not automatically offering plastic straws to customers.
From sea to shining sea: devoted to the 'Rivers of America'

An unexpected literary find kindled a passion for the series on America's great waterways.

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Japan's weak currency means tourism

The number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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Change Agent A 10-year-old urges restaurants to 'be straw free'

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