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Generous CEO Transforms Decaying Classrooms — and Students
School furniture maker Sagus International has won a 2009 Outstanding Partnership Award from the Chicago Public Schools for the company’s donations that transformed classrooms...
First Lady Honors After-School Arts Projects That Inspire Youth
The Keshet Dance Company uses dance to teach literacy, math and conflict-resolution skills to 250 incarcerated youths at the New Mexico state juvenile detention...
Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall’s Fall
Ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl, former US president George Bush and the Soviet Union's last head of state Mikhail Gorbachev -- gathered in Berlin...
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...
Government Leads By Example Greening its Business
With little fanfare, President Obama signed in early October an executive order that will reduce the carbon footprint of the federal government. Federal agencies...
Surprising Progress in Iran-US Nuclear Talks
During talks with the US and five other world powers, Iran surprised high-level negotiators in Geneva on Thursday agreeing to open its newly...
100 of the Greatest YouTube Hits in Four Minutes
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A YouTube fan spent even more free time assembling 100 of the greatest YouTube moments into a 4 minute montage, so we can...
Alarmed by Tone of Public Debate, US Church Council Calls for Civility
Alarmed by the intensity of angry and sometimes violent language coming out of public meetings on healthcare and other issues, the National Council of...
USDA to Fund Environmental Clean-up of Mississippi River
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin funded...
Ford Gets $5.9 Billion Loan to Retool Plants for Energy Efficient Cars
The Department of Energy announced yesterday they finalized a loan of $5.9 billion for Ford Motor Company to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan,...
Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...
Farmers Markets Double Nationwide with White House Next Location
On September 17th, 2009, a Fresh Farm Market will open by the White House in Washington, D.C.-- just weeks after President Barack Obama wished...
Good News is Step Forward for Iranian Women
Iranian MPs have approved the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic. She was one of 18 nominations...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
Nobel Laureate Announces Growth of Micro-Loan Program
Global recognition including the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom has not kept Muhammad Yunus from his main goal - helping...
How is the Stimulus Working Out?
President Obama announced Wednesday that the stimulus is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of...
Bill Clinton Goes to North Korea, Returns With 2 Journalists
Two U.S. journalists who were held for nearly five months in North Korea are back in the United States, after former President Bill Clinton...
U.S. Solar Market has Improved Markedly in Six Weeks
Solar panel makers have suffered this year from a falloff in demand due to a lack of available financing for projects but the U.S....
Defying Slump, 13 States Insure More Children
Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, at least 13 states have invested millions of dollars this year to cover 250,000 more children with...
Heartland States Send National Guard to Aid Afghan Farmers
National Guard troops from a half-dozen heartland states are taking their civilian farming know-how to Afghanistan in a little-noticed aspect of the Obama administration’s...