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A Dollar a Day Transforms Teen Pen Pals in U.S. and Brazil
Imagine the thrill. You're an American teen, planting your toes into the sands of Brazil for the first time. Imagine total immersion into a...
States Trying to Extend Foster Care Benefits
In most states, youths in foster care are on their own when they turn 18. Federal funding for their care is cut off when...
Chestnut Tree Poised for Comeback
A CS Monitor story hails the revival of the majestic American Chestnut tree, which was largely wiped out by a fungus in the early...
De-Stressing Stress
Recently, a coaching client of mine had an epiphany in the midst of a two-hour walk in nature. There, in the rare quiet of...
Ode to the Founding Fathers on the Fourth of July
Editor's Blog -Happy Independence Day to all Americans!Do you remember the French newspaper headline the day after 9/11: We Are All Americans Now... I...
Is The Media Really Biased?
A lot has been written about an apparent media bias -- a Liberal bias because so many reporters donate to "Liberal causes", a Conservative...
My Moods in Spring (Photo Poem)
Ah, the perennial bliss of perennials: planted once, but yearly bejeweled... With the progress of my years -- and without much work --...
Shooting Victim Tells How to Stop the Violence (Video)
"Before Virginia Tech, before Columbine, there was Paducah, Kentucky. A 1997 school shooting there left Missy Jenkins Smith paralyzed, but not without hope." ......
Teens’ Right to Seek Alternatives to Chemotherapy Enacted
Virginia governor Tim Kaine enacted a law yesterday that ensures teenagers and their parents have the right to refuse medical treatments for ailments such...
A Daily Dose of Awe and Gratitude
Most of us wake up thinking about how we are going to meet obligations or fulfill our promises to other people. We begin our...
Inventor Donates $1M and His Innovative Water Purifying System to Native Bangladesh
A man from Bangladesh who is now a chemistry professor in Virginia spent years trying to find a solution to the arsenic problem infecting...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
Quick Thinking Hero Catches Tot From Window
"If I had delayed one more second, she would have fallen to the ground," Jaimen Ortiz said in Spanish, at a ceremony honoring his...
A Commune for Grownups
ElderSpirit is an experimental community of older adults committed to spiritual growth, caring for one another, respect for the earth, and service to the...
Guardian Angel Saves Couple from Burning Car
Tommy, a volunteer firefighter was driving down route 81 in Virginia when he saw a Subaru strike the guard rail and go up in...
Good News: GNN’s Tenth Year Anniversary!
EDITOR'S BLOG -
Today the Good News Network enters it's tenth year on the Web.
On August 31, 1997 I was amazed that at the push...
Underwater Windmills Supply Environmentally Friendly Power to NYC
Experimental underwater windmills will be installed in New York City's East River during the next weeks to begin generating power utilizing the non-stop action...
One in a Million Chestnut Tree Discovered
In an amazing discovery in Georgia, a small patch of American Chestnut trees, which were largely wiped out due to a quick-spreading fungus in...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Good News Network Relaunched (April 25, 2006)
Is the Media Unbalanced? One Network Asserts Public Health is Served by its Positive News Tilt, Readers Attest to Medicinal Effects
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