Emu alert! Escaped Aussie birds spotted in rural Ontario town (CBC)

Residents of a small town in southwestern Ontario have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief lately as a couple of giant Australian birds wander around their rural community.

Small Towns with Big Money (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

Residents of America's most expensive small town get by without a chain store or even a traffic light. The town has one gas station, an elementary school, a community center, a general store, dairy and vegetable farms, and some restaurants and inns that open during the warm seasons.

Capturing nature: Tips and tricks to get those magical photos (The Pantagraph)

BLOOMINGTON -- Georgi Baird has been taking pictures of critters and the countryside since she was a little girl. Ask why, and she’ll tell you a story of growing up as an only child in a small town on a dead-end street with not much to do but wander outside looking for bugs, flowers and birds.

The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

Editor's Note: "The Energy Debates" is a LiveScience series about the pros, cons, policy debates, myths and facts related to various alternative energy ideas. We invite you to join the debate by commenting directly on each article. The Facts The picture that wind power often brings to mind is that of giant turbines on wind farms, which produce megawatts of electricity using rotors up to ...

Small Towns with Big Money (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

From summer resorts to wealthy suburbs, a look at the most expensive small towns in the U.S.