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His Eco-Efficient Prowess Makes Farming in Palestine Possible

Farming in the Occupied Territories is not easy. Land confiscation aside, Palestinians face restricted access to water; sporadic land ownership; and overworked and polluted...

5 Nonprofit Restaurants Join Jon Bon Jovi in Giving Back to Communities

GNN fans will already know about Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen, a pay-what-you-want restaurant in Red Bank, NJ. It opened in 2011 with no...

Teachers Ensure Poor Kids are Fed on Snow Days With No Free School Lunch

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isSlim=1   When snowstorms canceled schools for a full week around Cincinnati, Ohio, it meant a week of empty stomachs for many low-income kids who rely...

From Multitude of Promising Ebola Drugs, Human Trials Start

While the American media continues ramping up fears about the Ebola outbreak, scientists around the world are moving swiftly to bring a multitude of...

Habitats Restored as World’s Largest Dam Removal Unleashes U.S. River

The second of two dams along the Elwha River in Washington State was demolished by crews Tuesday at Glines Canyon. The Elwha River now...

Cop Attends Wedding of Girl He Saved 2 Decades Ago

At a Chicago park on Saturday, the Hamideh and Salah families had everything: great food, games for the kids. Some relatives traveled from as...
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Indian Train Stops to Help Baby Elephant Stuck in Ditch

A baby elephant in India became trapped after slipping on a muddy railway embankment, but thanks to a passing train, the animal was pulled...
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Plans to Build Oil Platform in Whale Feeding Ground Suspended

An oil platform planned near the habitat of a critically endangered whale population has been postponed for at least five years. Concerns had been...
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Ten Most Generous Celebrities Selected by ‘Why I Give’

Giving is not about riches. Many people, who are wealthy with millions, if not billions, of dollars in bank accounts, use their money for...
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October Hatching of Endangered Turtle Delights Tennessee Aquarium

A tiny new face has herpetologists smiling as the Tennessee Aquarium celebrates its first successful hatching of an endangered keeled box turtle. Unlike other...
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Good Samaritan Buys Fare and Tickets for Disabled Boy to See Springsteen

Canadian public transportation workers might be off the job in Moncton this summer, but that doesn't mean a wheel-chair bound boy will have to...
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Army Depot Breaks Toys for Tots Record in Memory of Fallen Military Member

Military families at the Red River Army Depot joined together to help the children of Texarkana in a Toys For Tots drive that broke...
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Jon Bon Jovi Opens Charity Restaurant in New Jersey

Jon Bon Jovi opened his long-awaited Soul Kitchen yesterday, a pay-what-you-want restaurant in Red Bank, NJ with no prices on the menu. The  establishment...
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Thousands of “Hackers for Good” Build Applications for Humanity

Two years ago representatives from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard, NASA and the World Bank came together to form the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK)...
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Alaska Natives Throw Potlatch Celebration for Deploying Troops

Native-American Alaskans hosted a traditional potlatch on Tuesday for about 400 soldiers and officers getting ready to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. Donations of moose...
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Top 10 “Seriously Good News” From 2010

2010 was a year of disasters -- Haitian earthquake, Gulf oil spill and Pakistani flooding -- yet it was also a year of stunning...
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The Good News About Body Image

A Mental Health Minute by Cristina Frick One day I was in the library, working on my thesis and feeling tired. I made a stop...
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Some Bright Spots in Today’s Job Market

Don't assume that no one is hiring. There are some bright spots in today's economy: According to one Information Technology hiring index, 12...
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On Australia Day, Cities Celebrate Going Green

For some of Australia’s best-known cities, companies and organizations, this year’s Australia Day will be celebrated, not only with barbecues or beach parties, but...
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US Makes Progress in Finding Homes for Homeless People

On July 30 the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reported the number of chronically homeless people living in shelters and on the...