Cuts Force Student Transition and Recovery Program To End (VIDEO) (WENY-TV)

ELMIRA -- Chemung County's "Student Transition and Recovery Program" -- or STAR -- will be no more at the end of the month. It's another casualty in Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget.

Coke recycling plant set to open (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Coca-Cola Co. and United Resource Recovery Corp. will celebrate next week in Spartanburg, S.C., the opening of the world's largest plastic bottle-to-bottle recycling plant. The facility is jointly owned by Atlanta-based Coca-Cola and United Resource Recovery, a Spartanburg-based PET plastic recycling company. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 14. The 30-acre plant, which has been running ...

Resource recovery plant recovering (Mid-Iowa News)

City of Ames officials say the re-opening of the Resource Recovery Plant has been held up slightly as crews work to "get a few bugs out" of the shredder machine, but normal operations are expected to resume possibly today.

Green Wave, Tors running to finish (Hammond Daily Star)

Ponchatoula and Hammond will be trying to accomplish the same goal when they kick off week nine action in District 7-5A Friday night - get the running game rolling.

Steve Jobs Explains His Health Problem: Hormone Imbalance; Predicts Recovery By Spring, Will Stay On As CEO (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

Here's an extraordinary memo that just crossed the wires from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, addressing the long-running speculation about his health: Letter From Apple CEO Steve Jobs Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.