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Canada, U.S. Strengthen Plan to Improve Great Lakes Water Quality
Canada and the United States are beefing up an international agreement on water quality in the Great Lakes. Environment Minister Peter Kent and Lisa...
Augusta National Golf Club Finally Admits Women Members, After 80 years
For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members.
The home of the Masters, under increasing criticism the last...
Boy Rallies Restaurants to Recycle Used Crayons for Schools in Need
After a family dinner at a local Outback Steakhouse, Yoni Kalin noticed the waiters tossing into the trash small packs of crayons given out...
‘7 Habits’ Author Stephen Covey was a Global Inspiration in Life and Business (1932-2012)
Recognized as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey dedicated his life to simple leadership principles that can help any...
Obama Beams as Bob Dylan, 12 Others, Awarded Medal of Freedom (w/ Video)
At the White House yesterday, President Obama honored this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor.
“I have to...
Medical Students Learned on the Bodies, Now Honor the Donors
Georgetown University medical students recently held their yearly religious service, to say thank you to anatomical donors.
Each year, 19,000 medical students in the United...
Students in Tornado-hit Town Gifted a Personal Concert by Grammy Stars Lady Antebellum
Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just begun. But for...
Celebration of DC Cherry Blossoms Marks 100 Years of Japan’s Friendly Gift
Today, Washington, DC celebrates the first day of Spring and the opening of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, commemorating the 100th anniversary of a...
One-Armed High School Basketball Phenom, Landus Anderson, Soars
High school basketball player Landus Anderson is one of the top players in the state of Florida averaging an impressive 19 points-per-game. And he...
New National African-American Museum Breaks Ground in DC: What Will be Inside?
After the museum was first proposed by black Civil War veterans almost 100 years ago, a National Museum of African American History and Culture...
Mortgage Lenders to Pay $26 billion Settlement on ‘Robo-Signing’ Foreclosure Debacle
Yesterday, the White House and the attorneys general of 49 states announced an agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage providers -- Ally Financial,...
Leatherback Sea Turtles Granted Protection Along U.S. West Coast
A major decision to protect feeding hotspots for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California was finalized last week...
Va. GOP Moves to Scrap Loyalty Oath as Requirement for Primary Voters
The Virginia Republican party voted overwhelmingly to reverse its December decision to place on their ballot a "loyalty oath" that would have required March...
Tuskegee Airmen Join Obamas for White House Screening of New Lucas Film About the Black Aviators
President Barack Obama and the First Lady invited Star Wars Director George Lucas and a few of the cast members from his new film,...
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
American Millionaires Rewrite Their Own Image
A group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength came to Washington this week to ask the debt reduction "Super Committee" to raise taxes on...
Second Experiment Confirms Faster-Than-Light Particles
A second experiment at the European facility that reported subatomic particles zooming faster than the speed of light — stunning the world of physics...
Students’ Home Design Wins Solar Decathlon 2011
The University of Maryland team won top honors over the weekend in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011. Competing against schools from...
Military Continues to Go Green in Win-Win for the US
The United State military, the nation's largest energy consumer, is embracing conservation and sustainability as a way not only to save energy but to...
Gabrielle Giffords Returns To Congress to Help Pass Dramatic Debt Deal
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, absent from the U.S. Capitol since she was shot in the head 7 months ago, walked into the House chamber to...