Saturday January 28 2012

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Leatherback Sea Turtles Granted Protection Along U.S. West Coast

Friday, January 27, 2012

A major decision to protect feeding hotspots for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California was finalized last week by the U.S. Marine Fisheries Service. The final rule establishes protection for 40,000 square miles of critical ocean habita... (Read more)

 

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Generous Americans Give More to Charity in 2011

Friday, January 27, 2012

Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity in 2011, a 7.5 percent increase over 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by Atlas of Giving. The g... (Read more)

 
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Labradoodle Hero Rescues Grandfather After He Falls in Ravine

Friday, January 27, 2012

Maurice Holder, 73, had been taking pet labradoodle Monty for a walk along a tidal river when the ground suddenly gave way and he plunged 40ft towards the water. Th... (Read more)

   
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Michael Jackson's Children Imprint Father's Glove in Hollywood Cement (w/ Video)

Friday, January 27, 2012

Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the "Thriller" singer's glove and shoe prints in the hallowed co... (Read more)

   

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  • Good News on this day in History, January 27
    • Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria (1756)
    • The University of Georgia was founded as the first public university in US (1785)
    • The National Geographic Society was founded (1888)
    • Relief for Leningrad! The German siege was broken after 900 days (1944)
    • Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps liberated by Red Army in Poland; Holocaust Memorial Day for UN, UK, Germany, Poland, Denmark (1945)
    • 60 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty to ban nuclear weapons there (1967)
    • Paris Peace Accords officially ended the Vietnam…
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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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