Dear Readers,
Have you reviewed all our news links on SweetSearch2Day? After reviewing every hundreds of possibilities, we settled on these dozen links as the very best resources for exploring current events in the classroom. One of my favorites is Boston.com's The Big Picture, a dramatic photo essay of events from around the world that appear four times a week.
In our Interview of the Day, Fred "Mr." Rogers discusses, with the Archive of American Television, how he created his legendary children's program (the interview includes a clip of his first show). He tells interview Karen Herman, ""I saw people throwing pies in each other's faces. And I thought, 'This could be a wonderful tool for education. Why is it being used this way?"
On Sept. 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation in Wisconsin, producing enough energy to supply three buildings.
 The Vulcan Street Plant, as it was first known, was built on the Fox River using an Edison-invented type "K" dynamo generator. The generator produced approximately 12.5 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power H.J. Rogers's home and his two paper mills.
After a failed opening on Sept. 27, Rogers succeeded in opening the station three days later, to the amazement of the local community. The plant, run by the Appleton Edison Light Company under Rogers's supervision, experienced many problems during the first years of operation.
Read the full story.
September 30 is also the birthday of investigative journalist and author Truman Capote.
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