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Trying to Save the Polar Bears Recently the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced he would not rescind a “special rule” created under the Bush administration that limits polar bear protections under the Endangered Species Act. While this ruling doesn’t totally derail the U.S.’s efforts to save the polar bears, it greatly disappointed many animal activists and environmental groups. Spring Forward and Fall Back: A Brief History of Daylight Savings Time For as long as the practice of adapting daylight hours has been in existence, the practice has been controversial. However, of the countries that participate in the practice each is attempting to develop ways to conserve energy and better society through the practice. A Brief History of Martin Luther King Day Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African-American minister, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement during the 1950s-1960s. Today he is a human rights icon and the U.S. along with a few other nations celebrate his birthday, observed on the third Monday in January of each year. In the U.S. this observance is a federal holiday.