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Boomers Answer Call to Service, in Legislatures and Classrooms
In the last four years, a growing number of boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are showing up in the freshman class of...
Bringing Back Thank-You With $20,000 Kindness Prize
The first annual National Thank You Day launches this month with a contest to search for one small deed that deserves one big thank...
Gender Gap Narrows as College Graduation Rates Rise
Washington D.C. – University graduation rates continue to rise in the U.S. while more of those beneath a cap and gown are female as...
Gentle Strokes Massage for Pain and Stress
"A massage therapy devised by an intensive care nurse helped a single mom to relax for the first time in years." It's called the...
India Elects First Woman President
"Pratibha Patil became the first female president of India last Saturday in a landslide election described as an historic step forward for women there."...
High School Dropout Succeeds, Proving Them Wrong
"Basketball player Jerri Taylor is about to begin her Junior season on the Xavier University women's team, but her journey to becoming a Division-1...
Philly Cops Honored for Compassion and Fairness
"Philadelphia Police Chief of Staff Kimberly Byrd has won the coveted George Fencl Award - named for the exemplary head of Civil Affairs during...
Visiting Battlefields and WWII Memorial Brings Closure to Elderly Vets
The Greatest Generations Foundation, established in 2004, has so far helped more than 100 World War II veterans return to Europe to battle sites...
Geena Davis Honored With Hollywood Hero Award (Video)
Geena Davis received the USA Today Hollywood Hero Award for her project called See Jane, which seeks to improve the number and quality of...
Fight Fashion Snobbery, Don’t Give Up Your Hi-Tops
I used to love the TV make-over shows. A team of stylists transform a country bumpkin into a sexy sister unrecognizable by her own...
The VA Tech Shootings and the Need for Good News
EDITOR'S BLOG — What is one to say after the worst school shooting in history? And on the very same day, the worst bombings...
Mauritania a Breath of Fresh Air in Arab World
Mauritania is a breath of fresh air in the Arab world. As the second round of presidential elections concludes, the country is set to...
The Best Television for Uplifting Your Life (Review)
An inspiring trio of television shows are broadcasting on PBS affiliates during pledge drives this month. Through these shows, American public television viewers have...
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....
Colombian Peace Groups Nominated for Nobel Prize
Two Colombian groups were nominated in February for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their extraordinary commitment to nonviolence in the midst of the...
Poor Earn Income From Trees – Without Felling Them
Entrepreneurs don't grow on trees, but with a little help from the U.N., poor families around the world are starting their own small...
Thousands Aim to Break Snow Angel Record
Almost 9,000 men, women and children layed down in a snowy field in North Dakota to make snow angels, and break a world record...
Start Your Next Monthly Meeting Listing Positive Things First
From the Field of Positive Psychology — Researchers have discovered that groups are more productive if they focus on the good things already happening, a...
Buy (RED) on Valentines Day and Help Eliminate AIDS in Africa
Good news from Bono's effort to brand red products and funnel a portion of their sales to helping eliminate AIDS in Africa. Motorola and...
Images of Iran Show a Country Like Ours
Our friends at NewsofInterest.tv pulled together a group of photos showing the people and countryside of Iran and many of the photos look as...