Saturday February 4 2012

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Ellen DeGeneres Helps Heroic Teacher Who Pledged to Work for Free

Friday, February 03, 2012

Last month, teachers in Chester, Pennsylvania were hailed as heroes when they pledged to work for free after their school district ran out of the funds to make payroll. The leader of the teacher movement, Sara Ferguson, sat in Michelle Obama's box at the State of the Union address,... (Read more)

 

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Film Review: "Big Miracle" Whale Tale is a Charmer

Friday, February 03, 2012

In this delightful family movie based on a true story, a family of gray whales, stranded beneath the ice near the northern-most Alaskan town of Barrow, brings togeth... (Read more)

 
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January Jobs Surge, Unemployment Drops to 8.3%

Friday, February 03, 2012

The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. The Labor Departm... (Read more)

   
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Maine Girl Bouncing Back After 6-organ Transplant

Friday, February 03, 2012

A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part... (Read more)

   

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  • Good News on this Day in History, February 3
    • The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to all citizens regardless of race (1870)
    • Norman Rockwell, the American illustrator, was born (1894)
    • History's first embryo transfer from one woman to another resulted in a live birth at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, thanks to Dr. John Buster and his research team (1984)
    • Mother Teresa was visited in her home for the sick and dying in Calcutta by the Pope who helped feed the patients; she called it "the happiest day of my life" (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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