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NASA Satellite Helps Find 17 Unknown Egyptian Pyramids
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have located seventeen lost pyramids throughout Egypt after studying satellite images produced by an infrared technique...
Veterans Transition to New Battlefield, Helping to Clean-up Tornado Ravaged Towns (Video)
Returning veterans find new life as they transition out of war and into a different kind of service, helping homeowners hit by devastating disasters...
Donations Save Prom in Twister-Ravaged Town
Thanks to an outpouring of dress donations, Alabama classmates will be able to attend their prom Friday night and enjoy a blissful return...
Strangers Across 6 States Help Victims Cope Following Tornadoes
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is one of the many groups that leapt to the aid of communities across six states where homes were...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...
Hundreds of Volunteers Renew Gulf Oyster Beds for New Coastline Project
Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds weakened by the BP...
Government Extends Growing Season for Thousands of Organic Farmers, Providing Local Food Throughout Winter
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
University of Tennessee to Recycle 50 Tons on Game Days This Season
The University of Tennessee is claiming a big victory this football season, no matter what scoring takes place on the field. Last year, UT...
Disabled 21-Year-Old Stuck in Nursing Home With Seniors Until a Family Took Her in
A young woman was placed by the state of Alabama in a nursing home with only senior citizens because she had cerebral palsy and...
Free Jimmy Buffett Concert Cheers Oil Weary Gulf Residents
Tens of thousands of people sang and danced on a broad beach Sunday in Alabama at a free Jimmy Buffett concert meant to show...
Hair to the Rescue! Salons Send Hair to Absorb Oil Spill in the Gulf
Thousands of salons, groomers and wool farmers are sweeping up their floors to mail the hair, fur and wool clippings to help contain the...
Thousands of New Jobs in 4 States Put Unemployed Back to Work
This week we featured the report that Houston-area employers added 10,300 jobs from January to February. This piece of good news is not...
Obama, Dylan, Sing for Civil Rights at White House (Video)
The White House held a special concert last night, In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, to honor Black History month.
Soles for Souls in Haiti
For the past 2 weeks, 7-year-old kids in an Alabama elementary school have has been obsessed with shoes, frantically collecting as many as they...
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...
Stimulus Package Added Thousands of Teaching, Construction Jobs Says New Data
Teachers, construction workers and public safety officials appear to be the initial winners from the states' share of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus...
Ohio GM Plant Reopens After Summer Shutdown
2,200 people are back to work at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly Plant in northeast Ohio, the result of a surge in sales at least...
The Compliment Guys on a 10-city, Feel-Good Tour
The Compliment Guys may be visiting your town to shout out praise to all who pass by...
"I love those sunglasses!"
"I love your smile."
"You...
Obama Chooses Doctor who Makes House Calls for Next Surgeon General
President Barack Obama nominated for U.S. Surgeon General a rural Alabama family physician, Dr. Regina Benjamin, who is known along the impoverished Gulf...