New Buildings At The WTC To Be Delayed?

Forbes.com posted an article from the AP that states that, "Officials say the owners of the World Trade Center site in New York have proposed indefinitely putting off building two of three planned skyscrapers, citing real estate market conditions."

Plastic Bags Getting Greener

USA Today reports, "Makers of plastic bags to use 40% of recycled content by 2015."

NYC Charging Rent At Homeless Shelters

According to the AP, NYC is going to start making people who stay at homeless shelters pay rent if they have any source of income.

Fewer Americans Taking Vacations This Year

According to this article on Yahoo News, a new AP-Gfk Poll states, "A third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns."

Bronx Zoo Has To Relocate Some Of Their Animals

Looks like people aren't the only ones suffering in this recession/bad economy. New York's Bronx Zoo is having to relocate some of their animals to other zoos and aquariums due to budget cuts. That's very sad.