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Pets Improve a French Prison
The daily relationship between prisoners and their small pets is having a profound effect on a prison in Strasbourg, France. The Animal Affinity...
Sudan Government, Rebels Sign Truce
A major Sudanese rebel group in Darfur has signed a cease-fire agreement with Sudan's government following negotiations in neighboring Chad. A statement from...
Bad Boy Actor Nick Cage Steps into Real-Life Good Cop Role for UN Crime Office
Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Nicolas Cage, whose action roles have included both a contract killer and a federal anti-terrorist agent, stepped into the...
Prison-trained Puppies Help Troops — and Convicts
Prisoners are paired with puppies in a ground-breaking program to train service dogs for injured war veterans. The program, Puppies Behind Bars, develops...
Food Banks Get Help From Prison Inmates
As food bank shelves quickly empty during the recession and more people need help to feed their families, prisons are providing a partial...
Brain Scan Makes Torture Obsolete
Dr. Lawrence Farwell has invented a technology that he believes will make torture obsolete. The system, which detects recognition of information stored in a...
Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives
A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.
Four years ago Catherine Rohr was a venture capitalist on...
ABC’s ‘Persons of the Year’ are Inspired Lot
ABC's World News in New York chose to look back on some of the more extraordinary stories this year of people making a...
2008 American Government Innovation Awards
Sweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North...
Talking With Enemies Gains Favor in Mideast
Negotiating with enemies instead of shunning them may be signaling the United States, Israel and European allies are changing Mideast tactics, analysts said. The...
Sewing Portable Beds for Down and Out Families
A finalist in this year's Australian of the Year awards, Jean Madden, a young mother, is helping her country's 100,000 homeless brace for another...
The Art of Word Fasting: Today’s Word is ‘Jealous’
Just like we can choose to take the stairs, rather than the elevator, to strengthen our bodies, we can alter our thinking and create...
Disabled Iraqi Children Get Wheelchairs
A private contractor in Iraq noticed a need. Now prisoners in South Dakota are building -- and the US military is delivering --...
Better Diet Could Prevent Criminal Violence
"Improving the eating habits of would-be criminals could cut rates of crime and antisocial behavior by as much as a third, scientists have...
Idaho Rehabilitates Scorched Land From Wildfires
A year after the devastation from Idaho’s worst wildfire, Governor Otter has drummed up support for a statewide, citizen-led volunteer effort to rehabilitate torched...
Federal Court: U.S. Must Disclose Info on Guantanamo Detainees
A federal appeals court unanimously ruled on Friday that Guantanamo prisoners have the right to access all evidence against them to challenge their designation...
Prison Sweat Lodge Benefits Native American Inmates
"Prisons around the US are allowing ceremonial saunas for American Indian inmates, just as they offer religious services for prisoners of other faiths. Traditional...
Colombian Rebels Ready to Solidify Cease-fire, Urged by Novelist Marquez
Colombia has initiated several rounds of peace talks with that country's second largest rebel group. In addition, the Colombian Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
Israel Making Concessions for Peace
Israel's leader is offering the Palestinians "reduced checkpoints, releasing of frozen funds and a prisoner exchange in return for a serious push for peace...
The Link Between Violence and What We Eat
There is a striking correlation between violence and nutrient in the diet. A clinical trial at the U.S. government's National Institutes for Health and...