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Solid Signs of Progress for New Orleans Since Storm
As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, it is beneficial to search for signs of recovery and progress. What can be found...
10 Things You Can Do Today to Simplify Your Life
Simplifying can sometimes be overwhelming. The amount of stuff in your life and the amount of things you have to do feels too momentous...
Top Tailpipe Polluters Clean Up Their Act
With current fuel prices high, alternative fuel use is surging among businesses and governments that depend on vehicle fleets to transport their products and...
Non-Profit Teach for America Sees Big Growth
Teach For America announced this week a record number of incoming recruits for fall placement in low-income schools across the country. 3,700 new teachers...
The Art of Word Fasting: Today’s Word is ‘Jealous’
Just like we can choose to take the stairs, rather than the elevator, to strengthen our bodies, we can alter our thinking and create...
Does the Boss’s Attitude Determine the Employee’s Attitude?
Once upon a time in my working life I had a boss who had a bad attitude. And his attitude affected everyone in the...
Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again – in Borneo
The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant...
Bid Your Inner Bitch Bye-Bye: 7 Tips to Squash Your Sugar Habit
Are you often overcome with an urge to splurge on candy, cookies, and chips – and then afterwards do you become an argumentative Sugar...
“Man Who Stopped Knife Fight….was Blessing From Above”
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"Police do not recommend doing what Will Gardner did Tuesday afternoon, but they do acknowledge that he probably saved a life. The 56-year-old...
Polish Priest Wins Templeton Prize for Uniting Science and Religion
Michael Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and...
7 Steps to Positive Thinking
I’m sure you have a bright idea hidden somewhere in the back of your mind that you know would be a success. But, for...
Woman’s Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub
A young mother visiting a zoo saved a four-month-old tiger by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while fully grown adult tigers prowled nearby. The zoo...
Dropping 110 Pounds Transforms Woman’s Life
Deciding she’d had enough at 250 pounds, Heather Davis took it upon herself to make lifestyle changes through regular exercise and a healthier diet...
A Black Cat is Good Luck for Family
"A cat's caterwauling during a pre-dawn house fire may have saved the lives of five family members, a firefighter said. A woman awoke to...
A River Runs Through CA Valley Again
Legal action has resulted in the revival of a California stream that had been diverted leaving behind little more than sand and rocks. One...
Lone Lawyer in China Fights for Victims of Pollution
From a spartan office on a university campus, law professor Wang Canfa has gained fame for the legal battles he was waged for thousands...
Quarter Million People Fed Through Playing of Internet Game
You gotta try the new Internet game in which you choose the correct definition of a word -- the words keep getting harder,...
Massive New Rainforest Reserve Opens to Protect Congo Apes
A new nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will become the world's largest continuous protected area for great apes, particularly the...
Thanksgiving: A Seasonal RItual Tying Us to the Earth
I love celebrations that serve to remind us about important aspects of our lives. Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrate two of the most...
Warped Art: Designer Transforms Vinyl Records (Video)
A Croatian designer has kicked off a new trend in interiors — warped records — using a hairdryer to mold old vinyl records into fruit bowls,...