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Four Community Volunteers Honored as Heros for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
To honor and encourage volunteerism on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Allstate Insurance Company is honoring four African-American volunteers who generously serve their communities...
Military Hails 2 Heroes in Fort Hood Rampage
The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas...
NYC’s Chinatown Elects Chinese-American to City Council for First Time
For the first time in its 150 year history, Chinatown will have a Chinese-American representative on the City Council, as Margaret Chin beat her...
3 Sisters who Found Dad a Kidney on Craigs List Find Organs for Others
Last year, our father was diagnosed with Kidney Disease. Unfortunately, my sisters and I were all incompatible to donate, so we dreamed up...
Stimulus Package Added Thousands of Teaching, Construction Jobs Says New Data
Teachers, construction workers and public safety officials appear to be the initial winners from the states' share of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus...
Levi’s Clothing Care Tags to Include Instructions on Caring for the Planet
Starting next year, Levi Strauss will extend the idea of Care Tags for washing, drying and ironing, to add an encouragement for consumers to...
‘Consumer Reports’ Backs Health Overhaul
In a historic step this week, the nonprofit Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, unveiled the first television advertisement in its 72-year...
Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...
Turtle Thought to be Extinct Spotted in Myanmar
One of the world’s rarest turtle species – the Arakan forest turtle – has been observed for the first time in the...
Detroit Project is Giving $100 Dollars to 100 People Over 100 Days
Project 100 in Detroit is randomly distributing $100 dollars to 100 people over 100 days. Believing that even the smallest act of kindness...
Bright Spots in the Economy This Week
Highlight of some of the bright spots in the world's economies: Stocks are up around the world as China and US economies...
Heartland States Send National Guard to Aid Afghan Farmers
National Guard troops from a half-dozen heartland states are taking their civilian farming know-how to Afghanistan in a little-noticed aspect of the Obama administration’s...
Most Stood by, But Two Braved an Explosion to Save Stranger
A South Carolina city has something to be proud of this week:
Two men braved a burning car to save a stranger seconds before...
Race Horses Get New Duty on Police Patrols
Instead of being put out to pasture, former race horses are embarking on second careers as members of mounted police units in...
Pfizer Offering Free Medications for Recently Unemployed
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced today that it will provide uninterrupted prescriptions for free to unemployed Americans and their families who have recently lost their...
Scholarship Program for Young Offenders Reaps Dividends
Derek was 16 when he landed in a juvenile detention facility after "getting mixed up with the wrong crowd". Today he's 24, finishing his...
Prisoners Baby-Sit Toddler Found on Md. Highway
A prison work crew baby-sat a 2 1/2-year-old boy who was spotted Friday running along the center lines of a rural Maryland highway,...
Plan for Free Festival to Mark Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary
The last attempt to revive the original Woodstock experience, for a 30th anniversary festival in 1999, ended in chaos with hundreds of police officers...
Main Street Community Banks Going Strong
Far from the carnage on Wall Street, thousands of banks in the U.S. are still going strong, and still making loans on Main...
Stock Buying by Corporate Insiders Almost Tripled in Feb
Two good news stories in the financial sector caught our eye this week:
Hefty stock purchases by company officers and directors is growing evidence that...