Oprah Winfrey made a surprise visit Friday to West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, after seeing a report on “CBS Evening News” about the “Lights On” program that allows kids to stay over Friday night and even do their laundry. Watch her tell the students she is donating $500,000 to keep the program running through the summer. Source
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Oprah donates $500k to New Jersey school
Oprah Winfrey made a surprise visit Friday to West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, after seeing a report on “CBS Evening News” about the “Lights On” program that allows kids to stay over Friday night and even do their laundry. Watch her tell the students she is donating $500,000 to keep the program running through the summer. Source
Watch high school students’ reaction to Oprah Winfrey’s surprise visit and philanthropy
Oprah Winfrey made a surprise visit Friday to West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, after seeing a report on “CBS Evening News” about the “Lights On” program that allows kids to stay over Friday night and even do their laundry. Watch her tell the students she is donating $500,000 to keep the program running through the summer. Source
Flying cars: Ready to take off
After decades of promises, flying cars are finally becoming real, though they won’t look like what “The Jetsons” promised Source
The road to self-driving cars
Autonomous vehicles are becoming a new normal for more and more people Source
Jim Gaffigan on traffic
Comedian Jim Gaffigan will do anything to avoid coping with traffic, which has a way of making life miserable, from cradle to grave. Source
Street art: Japanese manhole covers
Colorful designs adorn the lids to the sewers in towns across the country, inspiring flocks of fans, called “manholers,” to engage in manhole tourism Source
Gridlock: Seeking a 21st century solution to an age-old problem
As Americans spend an estimated 97 hours a year stuck in traffic, costing tens of billions in lost productivity, answers to our traffic nightmares are being explored – both high-tech and old-school Source
Crazy commutes: Employing alternative methods to beat traffic
Tommy Lutz’s 12-mile commute from his home in New Jersey to the Manhattan offices of Google is accomplished by a foldable bicycle and then, once he hits the Hudson River, a foldable boat Source
Jay Leno in the driver’s seat
Traffic during rush hour in Washington, D.C., is among the worst in the nation – so lethargic that even a venerable Ford Model T, driven by comedian and car aficionado Jay Leno, would have to slow down to keep up. Special correspondent Ted Koppel joins Leno as he slowly makes his way through the nation’s capital, while offering a discourse on America’s transportation history. Source