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UPDATE: Man Who Wanted a Family for Thanksgiving Helps Fellow Homeless Men at Christmas
All Neal Shytles wanted for Thanksgiving was a family.
After he posted his ad on a Norfolk, Virginia Facebook page, offers came in from across...
A Decade After Asian Tsunami, New Forests Protect the Coast
The tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004 obliterated vast areas of Aceh province. But villagers there are using an innovative microcredit scheme to restore...
Ala Police Deliver Two Truckloads of Groceries to Woman Who Stole Eggs
An Alabama police officer is being hailed for his kindness after he not only bought the eggs that a woman tried stealing to feed...
Homeless Man Wants More Than Food on Thanksgiving, He Wants a Family – and Places an Ad
A deluge of love and compassion has reached a 54-year-old homeless man who had the courage to put into action the Christian tenet, "Ask,...
NYC Plants Hundreds of Curbside Gardens to Soak Up Storm Runoff
Some 250 gardens appeared suddenly along corridors like the one in Brownsville, Brooklyn, planted with flowers, grasses and small trees.
"In what officials have billed...
Self-Taught Man Builds Amphibious Motor Home Able to Drive Into Lakes (WATCH)
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We don't see flying cars yet, although they are in production, but you can own a fleet of fantastic vehicles that can drive right...
New “Small Miracles” Book Offers Hope for Life After Death
In 1997, “Small Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences From Everyday Life” became one of the first books ever published to examine coincidences from a spiritual perspective....
Gang Members Feed Hungry School Kids Every Day, Defying Stereotypes
Every single day of the school year, gang members in New Zealand deliver hundreds of handmade sandwiches to schools in Waikato, making sure no...
Pesky Beavers Put to Work Restoring Streams
"Landowners typically trap or kill beavers that block irrigation canals and flood homes in the Yakima Valley. But biologists are using the skills of...
Action On the Field Powers Lights at Brazilian Football Pitch
Teams chasing each other on a soccer field produces a lot of energy -- enough to power the flood lights illuminating the field.
Football legend Pele attended Wednesday's...
Doctors Taking Medicinal Honey Seriously
The antibacterial properties of honey have long been known, both ancient Greek and Egyptian physicians are said to have valued it and it was...
P&G Brings Clean Water to Burma and Beyond
USAID and Procter and Gamble have been partnering to provide clean drinking water and promote sanitation practices for some of Burma's poorest residents.
Millions of...
Helping Family Farmers in Uganda
Because they believe that small farmers are the answer to hunger in the developing world, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012 had...
A Farm Grows in Brooklyn—on the Roof
You've heard of rooftop gardens? Now there are rooftop farms, complete with chickens, starting to appear across the globe on sunny expanses of warehouse...
Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds
The BirdReturns program, financed by the Nature Conservancy, pays rice farmers in the flight path of migratory shore birds to keep their fields flooded...
Humanitarian Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Roadless Areas
Andreas Raptopoulos wants to use aerial drones to save lives.
Unmanned vehicle technology makes remote and hazardous areas accessible, whenever a family needs medicine but...
New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the...
Savior Firefighter Earns Lesson From Pulling Husky From Frozen River
Firefighter Sean P. Coyle is being hailed globally as a hero — from Alaska to Ghana and all over the Internet — for rescuing...
New Fund for Asia to Protect Poor From Climate Extremes
A new $140 million fund to boost climate resilience in cities in six Asian countries was launched on Friday by the Rockefeller Foundation, the...
Incredible 12yo Inventor Peyton Robertson Will Blow Your Mind
Peyton Robertson has always loved math and science. His parents taught him that whenever he saw a problem, he could invent a solution to...