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Good News Network Relaunched (April 25, 2006)
Is the Media Unbalanced? One Network Asserts Public Health is Served by its Positive News Tilt, Readers Attest to Medicinal Effects
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Homeless Man Returns $900 in a Wallet
A homeless man found $900 in a wallet in a trash bin but returned it to the owner.
Kim B., who works as a janitor...
Dupont Invests Millions in Factories that use Corn Waste instead of Oil
Big companies like DuPont are putting serious money into developing "bio fuel" -- motor fuel that is processed from the waste of corn stalks....
Morals Guide Young Voters in their Politics
Harvard students published the results of their spring poll which measured the political ideals of college students today. The study showed that morality and...
Hundreds of thousands of young Sudanese to go to school for first time thanks to UN aid
3 April – In a massive campaign to double the number of children in school as part of peace dividend, hundreds of thousands of...
China Pledges $600M to Cambodia for Building Projects
China has promised $600 million in aid and loans to Cambodia. Half the aid is for a hydro-electric project, and some is earmarked for...
Two Lost Worlds Give Us Hope – by David Suzuki
February 15, 2006 — Two lost worlds were in the news last week. One was discovered halfway around the world, but the other is right...
Sri Lankans Endorse Peace Talks with Insurgents
Sri Lankans overwhelmingly elected local officials from the country's ruling party today signaling a thumbs up to President Mahinda Rajapake for his handling of...
US Offers Earthquake Aid to Iran
Despite chilled relations between the two countries over Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Bush administration called the Iranian embassy to offer immediate aid to the...
China, Japan Try to Mend Ties
The BBC reports that "China and Japan are making another attempt to patch up their tattered relations today." Former Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto...
Nation Overcomes Turbulent History; Christian and Muslim Tanzanians Live in Peace
With all the bad news associated with Africa, it is refreshing to read about the successes. Tanzania is a haven of co-existence between two...
Valuable Borneo Forests Set Aside to Sustain Endangered Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos
The government of the Malaysian state of Sabah announced Friday it will protect its most important remaining lowland forests on the island of Borneo....
Lawyer Floats Own Middle East Peace Plan
Josef Avesar, a successful Encino lawyer, has created a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "The concept was intriguing enough to keep 300 Israelis,...
Punks Against Suicide
A score of punk rock and hardcore bands are touring the country to raise awareness and much-needed cash for the teen suicide hotline, 1-800-Suicide...
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World (Hardcover) The researchers who wrote this fascinating book characterize a new group of...
Bald Eagle Numbers Soar
USA Removing Eagle from Endangered Species List
After nearly four decades on the endangered species list, bald eagles are soaring once again, their population climbing...
Open Space Conference Draws Technologists and Social Activists Together to Build Better Communities
Feb. 5, 2006 — A conference to advance the use and technology of wikis and other community-building tools provided the perfect setting to try out...
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What we offer A Daily Dose of News to Enthuse — The Good News Network® is a clearinghouse for the gathering and dissemination of positive...
GE Is Going Green
The CEO of America's biggest corporation did something astonishing this week: He staked his company's future on its ability, in his words, "to define...