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Ice Cream for Darfur
Who would have thought that by eating ice cream you could help change the world? But today you can.
Taggarts Ice Cream Parlor, a local...
Spread of Hospital Bugs Halted
Two recently qualified doctors in the UK have developed a new disposable tourniquet that can limit the the spread of cross infections in hospitals....
Neurosurgeon Donates His $20 Million Fortune to His Native Indian Village
Dr. Kumar Bahuleyan went from extreme poverty to lavish living as a neurosurgeon. He was born into the poverty of the “untouchable” caste in...
Brittle Bones Can’t Crack Woman’s Spirit
When Gail Rennetty was a baby, she cried every time her mother touched her. She had so many broken bones by the time she...
Polish Man Wakes From 19-Year Coma
"A Polish man has woken up from a 19-year coma to find the Communist party no longer in power and food no longer rationed,...
Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn’t Stop New Grad
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His...
Tortured Congolese Mom Wins America’s Hometown Hero Award and New Car
In 1998, Rose Mapendo was sitting on the concrete floor of a Congolese prison cell summoning up every ounce of courage, strength and intellect...
Brewing a Sustainable Energy Solution — With Beer!
A joint project between Australia's most famous lager brewer, Foster's, and the University of Queensland to turn beer wastewater into electricity has won $140,000...
Ton of Pharmaceuticals Kept Out of Michigan Rivers (Earth Day Follow-Up)
Pharmaceuticals in the water supply likely are responsible for crises of sexual mutation in fish found in the Potomac River and deformed frogs in...
First Academy Award Winning Film Released Under A Creative Commons License (Video)
The 1997 Academy Award®-winning documentary, "A Story of Healing," has been re-released this week under a Creative Commons License, the first time in history...
Virginia Tech Shooting: Crisis Charity Offers Tips, Tools to Deal with Aftermath
Following the fatal shooting of dozens of students at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, the national children's crisis charity KidsPeace is issuing expert tips...
Templeton Prize Goes to Philosopher Who Says Barriers Between Science and Spirituality Fragment Us
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be...
Five Ways the United Nations is Saving People and the Planet
In 1997, the owner of Cable News Network, Ted Turner, shocked the world when he handed over a billion dollars to the United Nations....
30 Minutes After Baby Dies, He Comes Back
"Two-week-old Woody Lander was turning white and struggling to breathe. He was rushed to the hospital and doctors say he died a few minutes...
US Soldiers Volunteer Helping Iraqi Families
U.S. soldiers help to create goodwill within the hearts of Iraqis by volunteering their spare time to help families in need who are faced...
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...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
Sight Returned After Horse Kick to Head
During World War II an explosion shot some metal into Don Karkos's eye. Doctors told him he would never see again with his right...
Having Coffee With a Beggar
He was dirty. His nose was black. His nails were black. His blue jeans were black. He had been begging the whole day and...
Film Review: Beyond the Call, a Double-Helping of Humanitarian Adventure
Opening in theatrical release this week, Beyond the Call is an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, in which three middle-aged men, former soldiers,...