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5 Young Social Entrepreneurs Win Rolex Laureate Awards
Five visionaries between the ages of 18-30 from the U.S., Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines have been selected to receive the Rolex Award...
First Sikh U.S. Army Officer In Decades
For the first time in twenty-three years, a religious Sikh was allowed to complete officer training for the U.S. Army after he was issued...
Brown Pelican Soars off US Endangered List
After 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican has fully recovered and is being removed from the list of threatened and...
NYC’s Chinatown Elects Chinese-American to City Council for First Time
For the first time in its 150 year history, Chinatown will have a Chinese-American representative on the City Council, as Margaret Chin beat her...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
PR Firm Adopts Family for Christmas, Instead of Sending Fruit Baskets
This past November our staff here at Diamond Public Relations sat in the conference room discussing what to send our clients for the holidays....
Ten Signs of Peace on Earth: The Children’s Culture Connection
The good news that is the common thread running through children in war-torn Iraq or poverty-laden India, is that they all still have hope....
Chicago Charter Schools Defy Expectation for Poor Students
An inner city public high school consisting of poor students -- mostly immigrants -- has become a remarkable example of what a school can...
Homeless World Cup Film to Premiere at Sundance
KICKING IT is an intimate film that chronicles the lives of seven homeless athletes who achieve goals on the football field while overcoming poverty...
Muppets Preach Peace on Mideast Sesame Street
A new Israeli-Arab puppet on the Middle Eastern version of "Sesame Street" is being touted as a new symbol of hope to children. "Rechov...
Cab Driver Returns Wallet and $5,950
The more we hear about honest cab drivers, like the one earlier this week in New York, the more it makes each of us...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
War is Just Goofy, Says CNN Founder
Ted Turner is a TV titan having launched CNN, the world’s first live, 24-hour global news network, along with TNT, Cartoon Network and Turner...
Homeless Choir Inspires Audiences Worldwide
They were homeless in Montreal, yet the singers of Accueil Bonneau Choir (also known as the Montreal Homeless Choir) captivated audiences worldwide -- and...
Volvo Pledges Lifetime of Cars to U.S. Doctor Serving Orphans, Mothers in Ethiopia
The fourth annual Volvo for Life awards were announced and the 2006 grand prize winner is Dr. Ingida Asfaw of Pontiac, Michigan. Asfaw is...
NY’s Cabbie of the Year
Hossam Abdalla was crowned New York's cab driver of the year year because he returned a king's ransom in jewels to a passenger who...
Small World Stories
This is an inspiring letter I received from Michael in Canada. He calls it his small-world story. It should remind you that striking up...
Muslim Saves Jewish Temple From Arson’s Torching
A Muslim gas station attendant in New York City saved a Jewish synagogue from arson with his phone call to 911.
Syed Ali, a Pakistani...
Captain’s Crew Saved Thanks to Miracle Ten Dollar Bill
By the time 22 Pakistani sailors had made it to safe harbor off the tip of Texas on the eve of Thanksgiving in 1998,...