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Man Leaves Homelessness and Addiction Behind to Earn Master’s Degree
After several arrests, drug addiction and being homeless, a Miami man has overcome the odds to graduate from Florida International University with a master’s...
Gold and Diamonds Dropped Into Salvation Army Kettles
Over the past three decades, gold and silver coins have turned up during the holidays in the Salvation Army’s red kettles in at least...
American Girl, 12, Builds 27 Homes in Haiti
In just three years, Rachel Wheeler raised more than $250,000, which helped build brand new earthquake-proof homes that have given shelter to 27 families...
AAA Trucks Now Carry Electric Vehicle Chargers in 6 Cities
AAA is about to roll out the nation’s first fleet of mobile electric-vehicle quick chargers.
The company, which serves more than 52 million motorists, has...
13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals
Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Successful Family Steps In to Help Struggling Immigrants Hold Onto American Dream
A Florida family caught in an economic vise: parents who lost their jobs, a home in foreclosure, two teenagers wondering if they’d be able...
Waffle House’s Priority: Reopening Quickest After Disasters
Waffle House has 1,600 restaurants along Hurricane Alley from the mid-Atlantic to Florida to the Gulf Coast. After Hurricane Katrina the company lost seven...
Rewards of Federal Service
Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year’s Samuel Heyman 'Service to America Medals'.
During a...
Oil-le-lujah! Gas Prices Will Continue Falling in US
Great news for your wallet: Gas prices dropped this past month and are expected to continue their slide. The drop in crude oil prices...
Driving Services Help Senior Mobility Without Spending Public Money
The Independent Transportation Network of America (ITNAmerica), a national organization is helping older people with their transportation needs at a time of dwindling state...
12 of The Greatest Things to Love About America
What makes America great? On this, the 235th birthday of the nation's founding Declaration of Independence, it seems like a question we need to...
AAA Is Now Providing Emergency Electric-Vehicle Charging To Stranded Drivers
If your electric vehicle stutters to a halt while you're cruising down the highway, call the same people who fix flats on your regular...
Stranded Whales Now Far From Alone
Volunteers have been pouring into a Florida marine conservancy center to help care for a group of stranded whales.
Three remaining pilot whales from a...
Army Sergeant Home on Leave Breaks up Bank Robbery
A buff Army sergeant has been honored by cops in Florida for foiling a bank robbery while on vacation with his family.
Sgt. Eddie Peoples,...
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
10 More of America’s Richest Join Gates and Buffett in ‘Giving Pledge’
Yesterday, 10 more of America’s wealthiest families committed to giving more than half their wealth to charity, bringing the total number who have joined...
How Awesome is Your State?
Every state is the best at something. Wyoming has the cleanest air, California is safest for workers, and Colorado has the lowest obesity rate....
‘Amazing’ Hug-a-Hero Dolls Imprinted With Photo of Deployed Parents
Thousands of kids whose parents are overseas serving in the military cling to the memory of hugging their daddy or mommy thanks to the...
Boy, 13, Youngest in Troop’s History to Achieve Eagle Scout
Zachary Ahlheim, 13, has become the youngest Eagle Scout in his Boy Scout troop's 65-year history.
"I've always just tried my best to be prepared...