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President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...
Mother Meets Recipient of her Son’s Heart, Gains New Family (Video)
Last August, Renee Varela's 18-year-old son, Anthony, was killed by a drunk driver. His heart was transplanted into the chest of Eric Ford, a...
Hundreds of Volunteers Renew Gulf Oyster Beds for New Coastline Project
Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds weakened by the BP...
Fourth-grader’s ‘Hammer’ Move Saves Classmate From Choking
When a classmate started choking on a Cheeto during lunch Wednesday, Tyler Hudson took action.
Tyler, a fourth-grader from Frank Elementary School in Houston, Texas,...
Size of the Ocean Garbage Patch is “Grossly Exaggerated”
Claims in the media about a great garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean being "twice the size of Texas" exaggerated the actual size by...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
Court Rejects Industry Bid to Halt Greenhouse Gas Regulations
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday denied an attempt by industry groups and the state of Texas to halt implementation of...
Woman Saving Girls From Sex Slavery Named CNN Hero of the Year
A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the...
A Loving Family At Last for Four Siblings Awaiting Adoption: Nat’l Adoption Day
Here is an inspirational and well-timed story for National Adoption Day, Nov. 20. The subjects in the story happen to be Good News Network...
As Principal, Fiery Redhead Flips Failing School
A fiery redhead is making a big difference at a struggling school in Texas. Once full of low-performing students, the school now scores top...
Art Gallery Thieves Have Change of Heart, Dropping off Loot at Church
Thieves who burglarized an art gallery near Lubbock, Texas evidently experienced a change of heart. Tornado Gallery owners were flabbergasted when a Methodist Church...
Tennessee’s Bold Leap in Care for the Aged and Disabled
After lagging behind the rest of the country for years, Tennessee is catching up fast when it comes to improvements in its health care...
Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2010 Announced
A Scotsman providing free daily meals to 400,000 children, a former child soldier clearing land mines in Cambodia and a Texas builder giving injured...
Confirmed: Microbes are Eating BP Oil Without Using Up Oxygen
NOAA government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the...
Marines, Sailor Save Severely Burned Afghan Boy
An Afghan gentleman begged a squad of Marines, out on a routine visit to a village in southern Afghanistan, to come to his nephew's...
Texans: ‘What Economic Recession?’
Why has The Lone Star State weathered the economic recession better than the rest of the U.S.? "Compared to the rest of the country,...
New York Opens its First Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Mayor Bloomberg opened the city’s first electric-vehicle charging station at a commercial parking lot, adding some spark to a nationwide push to boost infrastructure...
Teacher’s Encouraging Notes Make Difference in Test Scores
A Texas middle school teacher tried an experiment that paid off handsomely this spring. He wrote personal letters to 40 of his seventh-grade students...
Chevrolet Adds Four States to its Volt Electric Car Launch
Chevrolet is adding Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to the list of launch markets for the Volt -- and some cities will...
Homeless Mexican Boy Defies Odds, Becomes Valedictorian
At 14 years old, Victor Cardenas was kicked out by his mother, had no food and no place to live. Yet, what happened...