Firm Says Proposed Power Plant Still On Track (Georgia Public Broadcasting News)
The Houston-based Dynegy Corporation said on Friday it was walking away from the joint venture with New York 's LS Power to construct a coal-fired power plant in southwest Georgia . Dynegy says they took the decision due to tight credit markets and economic uncertainty. However, LS Power, who’ll own 100-percent of the proposed $2 billion facility, say ...

Power struggle or power walking? (Cleveland Advocate)
There are a lot of theories about how tennis shoes wind up hanging from power lines — from them being a juvenile prank by kids, to bullies taking the shoes from others, or just a lazy way to discard of an old pair of shoes — but the theory that concerns Cleveland city officials is that it might be a sign of gang activity.

Warnings of Africanized bees merely precaution, utility says (Tulsa World)
Pedestrians walking past AEP-PSO's substation at First Street and Denver Avenue may be alarmed by a sign warning of Africanized bees, but they really have nothing to fear, an American Electric Power-Public Service Co. of Oklahoma spokesman said Monday.

Powering Down: Q&A With Saul Griffith, Makani Power (Fast Company Magazine)
Forget about a new gym membership or diet. The most important New Year’s resolution for 2009 may be slimming down your energy footprint. Saul Griffith, a MacArthur genius grant winner and president of Makani Power, believes that a mass movement is ...

Whistlebend will require major power line (Whitehorse Star Daily)
Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. is proposing to build a new transmission line from the Kulan industrial park to service the proposed Whistlebend subdivision on the Porter Creek lower bench.

Nanobot lets DNA legs do the walking (New Scientist)
A two-legged molecular machine that is designed to walk unaided along a single strand of DNA could soon carry cargo and may one day deliver drugs inside cells

Is that Sarah Palin in Park City? (Park Record)
Is that Sarah Palin walking down Main Street?Wait, that sure looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger on a stroll in Deer Valley.

Kevin Leininger: Hookah craze is catching on (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
If you're of a certain age, walking through the door may just induce a flashback.

Police reports from local municipalities (Miami Herald)
DOWNTOWN MIAMI | A burglar cut the power and broke the lock of a business at 1366 NE First Ave. using a crow bar on Nov. 20.

Banana’s past and future: Author stalks the fruit in Congo (Wilton Bulletin)
Walking through the supermarket, it might be easy to take the bunch of bananas you put in your shopping cart for granted, but for Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, the banana has an interesting and sometimes sordid history.