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For More Happiness: Explore the Four Purposes of Life

Viktor Frankl asserted in his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, that the fundamental need for purpose and direction in our lives may be as...
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Chiefs, Rams Players Lend Hand to Tornado Recovery Effort in Joplin

Both NFL football teams in Missouri swooped into Joplin last week, lifting spirits and clearing clogged yards and roads. The Kansas City Chiefs had invited...
Miami Dolphin Davone Bess

NFL Athlete Spending the Lockout Digging Ditches Abroad

Of all the activities NFL athletes are participating in during the players' lockout, Miami Dolphins receiver Davone Bess may be engaged in the most...
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Barry Bonds to Pay College Costs for Kids of Beaten Baseball Fan

Baseball great Barry Bonds has quietly pledged to pay the college costs for two children whose father was attacked on opening day of the...
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Football Pro Steps in as Prom Date for Girl Suffering From Spina Bifida

Generally, you wouldn't want to hear that an NFL player went out on date with an eighth-grader. But that's not the case with this...
Denver NFL player, and teacher, David Bruton

Football Star Spending the Lockout As a Substitute Teacher

What does an NFL player do during months of forced lockout and unending labor disputes with football team owners? Some athletes are working out with...
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Paralyzed Student Walks at UC Berkeley Graduation

Four years ago, a Southern California teen with a 4.0 GPA who loved sports and theater was forced to adapt to life in a...
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Kenyan Exchange Student Runs for His Tiny Village Back Home

He set out on his own in 2009 when he took the 8,000-mile flight from Kenya to Maryland as a foreign exchange student. He had...
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Soccer Ball Creates Usable Energy With Every Kick

25 percent of the world's population, more than 1.5 billion people, live in areas with no access to electricity. After considering this problem, four female Harvard...
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Star Pitcher Donates $25K to Fund for Man Attacked Outside Stadium

Giants ace Tim Lincecum is giving $25,000 to assist the longtime San Francisco fan who was attacked outside Dodger Stadium last month. The donation...
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Hockey Franchise Buys House for Disabled Boy who Loves the Game

11-year-old Zach Bennett fell in love with hockey right around the time his health troubles were at their worst. He suffers from neurofibromatosis, a...
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Japanese Golfer to Donate Annual Prize Money to Japan, $93K From Masters Alone

Ryo Ishikawa, the 19-year-old golf phenom who last week pledged all his 2011 winnings to disaster relief in his home country, jump-started his donation...
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Boy Uses $8K of College Fund to Acquire Super Bowl Ring and Return it to Player

A 10-year-old Pittsburgh boy took $8,500 out of his college education fund to buy the Super Bowl XX ring that once belonged to former...
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Burt’s Bees Founder Buys Enough Land in Maine to Open National Park, Finds Common Ground With Hunters

The state’s sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt’s Bees cosmetics, bought up more than 120,000 acres of Maine’s fabled...
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One-legged Wrestler Wins National Championship

Anthony Robles, born without a right leg, won the US national collegiate wrestling title at 125 pounds on Saturday, completing an unbeaten senior season...
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First Super Bowl Video Found At Last – in Attic After 37 Years

It seems preposterous now that a telecast like the first Super Bowl -- aired by two major networks -- could have disappeared, but in...
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Coach Goes to Bat, Donates Kidney to Player

A young freshman college baseball player was facing a life of declining health until his coach stepped up to the plate and donated a...

Striking the World of Glamour with Attractive Headlines

  Internet has no doubt conquered the reigning heights of technology. Be it general information, sports, entertainment or any other field, one prefers online sources...
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Star Pitcher Turns Down $12 Million Because He Doesn’t ‘Deserve It’

It's not good news when a major league baseball pitcher hurts his shoulder and misses an entire season, but it is inspiring that he...
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Homeless Man is the King of Fantasy Football

Three million people competed at fantasy football on ESPN.com this year. One man managed to rise above all of them, and he did it...