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After 5 Months, Dog Found 200 Miles Away
A Boston terrier found more than 200 miles away from home is finally back with his family. "Frankie" was reported missing from his...
Green Graduation: Gowns Now Recycle or Biodegrade
College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins. For years,...
Innocent Man Freed by DNA Evidence After 29 Years in Prison
Ray Towler was released from prison this week after serving nearly 30 years for a rape he didn't commit. DNA evidence showed that Towler...
Health Insurers Extend Benefits for College Grads
Some college graduates won't have to worry about their health coverage expiring when they leave school this year. WellPoint and...
South Korean Students Battle Cyber-Bullying with Positive Comments
With the rising number of suicides caused by cyber-bullying, a South Korean movement is leading the way in efforts to restore civility to human...
Grocer Gives $20 Million for Catholic Schools
An 80-year-old grocery magnate is donating $20 million to help train teachers for Catholic schools and universities. Patrick Roche, 80,...
More Urbanites Picking Fresh Fruit on Public Property for Free
Last fall, Eric Alperin, a San Francisco artist, heard about blackberries, plums and loquats growing on public property in his city and free for...
Instructor to the World! Math and Science Whiz Shares Lessons via YouTube
Salman Khan is a math and science whiz kid, and a natural-born teacher, who is now devoting his life to tutoring people around the...
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...
Harvard Mediation Solves Tribal Disputes in Iraq
No longer locked in one big war, Iraq has become a land of a hundred little wars -- tribal disputes that lead to...
Google Offering Free WiFi at 47 Airports This Holiday Season
When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight now through January...
Good news: Cities See Burglaries Fall
Crime rates for homicide, robbery and rape have been dropping for several years, according to FBI statistics, but now, despite the recession, in...
Solar Village Begins to Bloom on National Mall
A cluster of 20 solar-powered homes will open their doors to tourists as well as energy and design enthusiasts tomorrow in the 4th...
Texas Urban Schools Win $1 Million Education Prize for Third Year
The Aldine Independent School District outside Houston has won the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest education award in the country, and...
Hundreds of Thousands to Participate in National Day of Service Tomorrow
Inspired by the massive outpouring of volunteers helping out in the days and months after the World Trade Center tragedy, Congress and the President...
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. ...
Philly Rolls Out Solar-Powered Trash Compactors
Philadelphia has replaced 700 downtown trash bins with 500 high-tech compactors, which use solar energy to condense trash — cutting down collection trips...
Obama and Medvedev Cut Nuclear Arsenals
President Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia reached a preliminary agreement yesterday to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as...
From Rare Friendship, a Book Club for the Homeless is Born
The book club, now in its 10th month, began with a stunningly unlikely friendship, between two men from different worlds: a high-powered lawyer...
Postal Worker, Wife Adopt Kitten Found in Mailbox
An 8-week-old kitten discovered abandoned and famished in a mailbox was adopted by a postal worker, and his wife who named it: P.D.,...