Saturday February 18 2012

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China's Vice President Visits Iowa to Rekindle 27-year-old Friendships

Saturday, February 18, 2012

27 years after Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visited Muscatine, a small city in rural eastern Iowa and stayed in the homes of farmers and business leaders there, the future leader returned Wednesday to chat and drink tea with his old American friends. Most of the people at the re... (Read more)

 

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British couple finds 20K donation on doorstep

British Couple Found £21,000 Donation on Their Doorstep

Saturday, February 18, 2012

A Lancashire couple who were known around town as the hardworking fundraisers for the neighborhood park were thrilled to find an anonymous donation of piles of £20... (Read more)

 
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A Police Officer Reaches Out to Help a Homeless Man and His Dogs

Saturday, February 18, 2012

A few days ago, Police Officer Cheryl Goede responded to a call about a "suspicious vehicle" and found a man who'd lost his job and lost his house. He lived in the c... (Read more)

   
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Dow Chemical Agrees to Clean 1,400 Dioxin-tainted Properties

Friday, February 17, 2012

Michigan environmental regulators said Thursday that they reached a long-sought deal with Dow Chemical Co. to clean up to 1,400 residential properties in Midland, ho... (Read more)

   

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  • Good News on this day in History, February 18

    Space Shuttle on 747 NASA35 years ago today, the Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle went on its maiden "flight" while perched atop a Boeing 747. (1977)
    • Hindus and Hare Krishnas commemorate Lord Krishna leaving his body (3102 BC)
    • Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published (1885)
    • First Academy Award winners were announced (1929)
    • Gambia became the 37th sovereign state in Africa and last of Britain's West African colonies to gain independence (1965)
    • California's Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty …
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  • 25 Interesting Things About the Good News Network
    1. The website GoodNewsNetwork.org went LIVE on Labor Day, 1997.
    2. The biggest spike in traffic occurred on September 11, after terrorists attacked NYC and Washington, DC in 2001.
    3. The second biggest spike in traffic occurred in September 2008 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the tanking of Wall Street.
    4. I was described in a Washington Times report as a cross between Deepak Chopra and Ann Landers.
    5. Colin Powell sent me a note in 1998 telling me to keep up the good work.
    6. In the last decade, three of the top good news stories about the environment were thanks to…
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  • Fewer Pirate Attacks on World Seas in 2011
    With more international boats patrolling the high seas, piracy in 2011 dropped for the first time in five years. Pirate attacks in the South China Sea were cut by almost two thirds and Bangladesh incidents plunged by more than half. -Associated Press
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