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High School Boy Spends Winter Break Baking for Charity
While rest of the world was thinking about the gifts they would get from Santa, a 15 year-old boy in San Jose was dreaming...
Top 10 “Seriously Good News” From 2010
2010 was a year of disasters -- Haitian earthquake, Gulf oil spill and Pakistani flooding -- yet it was also a year of stunning...
Jeff Bridges Leads New Hungry Kids Campaign to End U.S. Childhood Hunger
Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges came to Washington, D.C. yesterday to roll out a new campaign as national spokesperson for the No Kid...
‘Heart of Jenin’ Documentary Good for Palestinian Hearts
The opening of a new movie theater may not sound like a big deal. But for Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin,...
Branson Brings Virgin Money to Help Main Street Australians
The financial sector in Australia has become highly consolidated, said Sir Richard Branson this week, eliminating choice and producing higher costs for the average...
Ship Made of Plastic Bottles Completes Epic Pacific Voyage
After 130 days and 8000 nautical miles, a boat crafted from thousands of plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, completing an epic...
Positive Radio Station Run By and For Palestinian Women
Palestinian women are hoping to improve their lives by using the air waves. A group of women in the West Bank this month launched...
U.S. Manufacturing Grows by Most Since 2004
Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded in April at the fastest pace since June 2004, indicating the world’s largest economy accelerated as it entered the...
5 Young Social Entrepreneurs Win Rolex Laureate Awards
Five visionaries between the ages of 18-30 from the U.S., Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines have been selected to receive the Rolex Award...
Portugal Bike Paths Decorated with Poetry (Video)
A new set of bike paths placed along the Tejo river in Lisbon, are filled with phrases from a famous Portuguese poem by Fernando...
Top Social Entrepreneur Moments of Decade
The Social Entrepreneurship blog published its list of the top moments in social entrepreneurship of the decade. Some of the highlights:
US Launches Office of...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
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...
Iowa to Restore Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel
The Historic Park Inn Hotel, along with City National Bank in Mason City, Iowa, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will stand together...
Reaching Mideastern Youth With Muppet Diplomacy
Sesame Street is trying to foster a culture of understanding worldwide using Muppets to teach nonviolence in a Mideast version of the TV...
2 Window Washers Rescued from 37th Floor
Two window washers clinging to a dangling platform 37 stories up on a downtown Boston building were rescued by firefighters Wednesday. ...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
The Elders Announce Visit to Middle East
A delegation of six Elders, from the independent group of eminent global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela, will visit Israel, the West Bank...
Palestinian Children Sing for Holocaust Survivors
13 Palestinian girls and boys from a West Bank refugee camp traveled on March 25 with their musical director to Israel to sing for...
Stocks Shoot Higher On Citigroup Profit Report
Most of the world's stock markets rallied strongly Tuesday, with financial stocks enjoying a rare day of support after a leaked memo...