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9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety
In yet another example of what kids are capable of when called upon to do the extraordinary, a nine-year-old boy steered a tractor-trailer (hauling...
De-Stressing Stress
Recently, a coaching client of mine had an epiphany in the midst of a two-hour walk in nature. There, in the rare quiet of...
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...
Warcraft Online Gaming Community Rallies Around Boy With Cancer Who Makes-a-Wish
10 year-old Ezra, living with a brain tumor, was given his wish -- and more -- by the designers, artists and staff of Blizzard...
Free Angels Bring Hope to Thousands
Linda Richard of Beaumont, Texas, delivers small hand painted ceramic angels to people living with life threatening illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer,...
How to Get Closer to Your Dad (Book Review)
Like many people's relationship with their father, mine has never been very close. Yet, if he died today I would be very sorry I...
Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves
(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...
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...
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...
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...
Wiccans Win a Place in U.S. Military
The Bush administration will allow Wiccans to choose the pentacle, the symbol of their faith, for inscription on government-issued memorial markers for deceased veterans,...
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...
Snow Globe Repairman Resurrects Memories
Dick Heibel repairs broken snow globes, bringing joy to those who connect to distant memories through these nostalgic trinkets. Seventy-seven-year-old Heibel lives in Northfield,...
Homeless Brought to See ‘Happyness’ Film
The mayor of Washington, D.C., was approached by a 52-year-old homeless woman with the idea of hosting a free screening of the movie Pursuit...
Dad Rescues Baby Whose Pram Rolled into River
"A father was still emotional yesterday after diving into the Waikato River to save his baby daughter. Jared Bruning, 26, said he thought five-month-old...
Muslim Sitcom a Big Hit in Canada
When it comes to creating a funny television show or movie in Canada, producers here have a reliable stable of topics -- French-English relations,...
Canada Court Says Child Can Have 2 Moms, 1 Dad
Interesting news to me, and, it seems, good news for a 5-year-old Canadian boy who will benefit from a judge's ruling that says he...
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...
Climbing the Seven Summits Lifts Lid on Depression
Expedition Hope is a program to raise awareness and funds while helping to erase the stigma of depression through recognition generated by the rare...
G is for Gay Marriage
EDITOR'S BLOG — As the editor, I need to decide what meets our standards of good news. I was stymied this week when reading about...