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$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses – No Strings Attached
The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced yesterday and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school...
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...
Iranian Journalist Named ‘Press Freedom Hero’ for Courage in Face of Intimidation
The International Press Institute named Iranian journalist and dissident Akbar Ganji as this year's World Press Freedom Hero, in recognition of his decades of...
How Cory Booker Turned Campaign Inspiration into Capable Governance
"Believe in me; believe in us," was his hopeful campaign message five years ago when he first ran for mayor of Newark. But...
Obama Names Charities to Share His $1.4 Million Nobel Award
President Obama named ten charities this week that will share the $1.4 million award that comes with his 2009 Nobel peace prize.
“These organizations do...
Sudan Marks Five Years of Peace Agreement
South Sudan on Saturday marked five years of peace as it pushed for full implementation of the deal that ended 21 years of...
Molten Salt Project To Power Up To 75,000 Homes
NV Energy signed an agreement today to use Crescent Dunes in Nye County, NV, near Tonopah, as a source for alternative power driven...
PBS NewsHour Comes to YouTube
After nearly 35 years on PBS, the NewsHour is hitting the web with expanded video access to provide viewers with NewsHour content however they...
Award Winners Changing the World Through Tech
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners received...
Shoe Company Founded to Give Away Shoes to Barefoot Kids
TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS gives a pair of new shoes to a child in...
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...
Congress Approves Bill Helping Overseas Voters
For decades, Election Day has been just out of reach for many American troops and civilians abroad. After struggling to get the paperwork...
Return of Looted Art Brings Hope to War-Weary Afghanistan
Visit a new exhibition in Kabul and see a selection of some 2,000 Afghan artifacts which were illegally smuggled out of the country during...
Doves Take to the Sky as UN Supports Peace in Afghanistan
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today joined colleagues in releasing 21 doves ahead of the International Day of Peace for a country...
Taiwan, China, Exchange Historic Messages of Hope
The presidents of Taiwan and China exchanged direct messages Monday for the first time since the two sides split 60 years ago –...
First Chinese-American Woman Enters Congress
California Democrat Judy Chu became the first Chinese-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, winning a largely Hispanic district with 61 percent of the...
Muslims in America: A New Day Under Obama
Because the notion of Muslims as scary "others" was so pervasive in some areas of America, I had hoped the election of Barack Obama...
Clerics Join Iranian Anti-Government Protests
In a blatant act of defiance, a group of Mullahs took to the streets of Tehran, to protest election results that returned incumbent...
Kuwaiti Women Win Parliamentary Seats for 1st Time
(UPI) -- A dramatic change in Kuwait's conservative society has been revealed with the first elections of women to its National Assembly, analysts said....
53 Wind Projects Awarded $8.5M, Includes Environmental Impact Research
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a list of 53 wind energy projects that will receive up to $8.5...