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Overcoming a Disability, Young Artist Raises $220,000 for Charities
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors outstanding young do-gooders in America each year. Ten middle and high school students selected this year from...
Chiefs, Rams Players Lend Hand to Tornado Recovery Effort in Joplin
Both NFL football teams in Missouri swooped into Joplin last week, lifting spirits and clearing clogged yards and roads.
The Kansas City Chiefs had invited...
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...
Largest Number of Job Openings in Two Years Posted in February
Businesses in February posted the largest number of job openings in more than two years, evidence that hiring is picking up as the United...
Veterans Form Human Shield to Protect Soldier Funerals From Protesters (Video)
The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled in favor of the rights of Westboro Baptist Church members to protest at soldiers' funerals, reaffirming the...
Grandson’s Disease Spurs Family to Fund First Rural Diabetes Center to Help Thousands of Families
Often, the most inspiring advances are born out of the need to fill a void. When long time Parsons residents Jacque and Kelly Rector's...
First Super Bowl Video Found At Last – in Attic After 37 Years
It seems preposterous now that a telecast like the first Super Bowl -- aired by two major networks -- could have disappeared, but in...
Abused Beagle Still Lives 22 Years After its Rescue by Loving Family
The dog was a sickly-looking beagle with no hair on her ears. "You could see all of her ribs," said Lynn Marshall, who rescued...
Star Pitcher Turns Down $12 Million Because He Doesn’t ‘Deserve It’
It's not good news when a major league baseball pitcher hurts his shoulder and misses an entire season, but it is inspiring that he...
All New First-class Stamps to be ‘Forever Stamps’
Good news for American households: No need to keep digging for one- and two-cent stamps after a postal rate hike.
The US Postal Service has...
5 Year-old’s Monster Art Draws $50,000 to Help Pay for his Chemo
Online social networking and internet marketing sites saved a family whose child has leukemia from financial ruin. So far Aidan Reed, 5, and his...
States Put the ‘Home’ in Nursing Homes
The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea, Mass., is part of what's known as the Green House project, founded by geriatrician Dr. Bill...
30 Baseball Stars Nominated for Giving Back in 2010 Roberto Clemente Awards
The Roberto Clemente award recognizes professional baseball players who not only represent the game, but exemplify sportsmanship, a commitment to community and the value...
Generous Lottery Winner Donates Ticket to Charity
Somewhere in Kansas a Powerball lottery player shines as a hero for sending their winning ticket anonymously by mail to a local hospital.
The only...
Doctors Provide Free Health Care Nationwide This Saturday
A group of physicians have organized free health care clinics across 26 states tomorrow that will treat, screen and counsel patients who need care....
“Be Inspired” Week on Good Morning America
We all know people who inspire us with their brains, creativity, compassion and drive -- people who make a difference by changing lives and...
Pentagon Tries Aromatherapy, Acupuncture to Ease Combat Stress
The United States military is experimenting with aromatherapy, acupuncture and other unorthodox methods to treat soldiers traumatised by combat experiences, Defense Secretary Robert Gates...
High School Sings Away Hate Group
When the Kansas Hate group known at the Westboro Baptist Church announced it would picket a Bay Area School and Jewish Institutions, students at...
Woman Begins Each Day Packing 400 Lunches for City’s Homeless
Marcia Merrick says helping is simple. With her two kids grown up now, she still makes lunches every morning -- 400 of them --...
Haitian Orphans Arrive in US, United With Families
Haitian orphans who survived the harrowing earthquake are arriving in the U.S. -- entering their new homes and lives with adoptive families --...