Thursday February 23 2012

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GE to Hire 5000 Returning Veterans; States Also Seeking to Spur Jobs for Soldiers

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A combination of activity is underway across government and industry has to help spur the hiring of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. General Electric announced last week their plans to hire 5,000 U.S. veterans over the next five years, and to sponsor the “Hiring our He... (Read more)

 

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New National African-American Museum Breaks Ground in DC: What Will be Inside?

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

After the museum was first proposed by black Civil War veterans almost 100 years ago, a National Museum of African American History and Culture became a reality toda... (Read more)

 
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60 People Join Largest-ever Organ Exchange After Good Samaritan Donates Initial Kidney

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

What made the domino chain of 60 operations possible was the willingness of a Good Samaritan, Rick Ruzzamenti, to give an initial kidney after a flash of inspiration... (Read more)

   
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Dow Breaks 13,000 for First Time Since 2008 Stock Market Crash

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Dow Jones industrial average, powered higher all year by optimism that the economic recovery is finally for real, crossed 13,000 today for the first time since M... (Read more)

   

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  • Good News on this day in History, February 22
    • Tennessee adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (1865)
    • Frank Woolworth opened the first of many 5- and 10-cent stores (1879)
    • Elvis Presley premiered on the music charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956)
    • Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman to win a U.S. thoroughbred horse race (1969)
    • China and the USA agreed to establish liason offices (1973)
    • Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines (1986)
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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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