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French Resistance Hero Raymond Aubrac Hailed Upon his Death at 97
France is celebrating the life of Raymond Aubrac, one of its last great heroes of the resistance, whose bravery and exploits with his wife...
9 Doctor Groups Rally to Reduce Overused Medical Tests
According to estimates, one-third of all money spent on US health care is devoted to unnecessary tests and procedures. In a proactive effort to...
Basketball Phenom Jeremy Lin is “Lin-spiration”
All his life they told him he wasn't big enough for basketball. Now, the Asian economics major from Harvard, having been cut by two...
Rewire Your Brain for Love
Valentine’s Day can be the bane of any person's year. It can fling daggers of loneliness, rather than gentle arrows from Cupid. Instead of...
New Film Chronicles How ‘A Small Act’ Changes Lives
A woman in Sweden started sending money to a children's charity in Africa and little did she know that because of her small payments...
A Runner for Cancer Decides to Become Oncologist After Losing Father
Jenna Norton is not your typical medical school applicant. In fact, until two years ago, she had never considered a career in medicine. It...
Inner City Black Kids Dominate Rich Man’s Sport, Win Polo Championship
Polo is expensive, exclusive and played mostly by wealthy white men. But that didn't matter to Lezlie Hiner. In 1996, she started the first-ever...
The (Surprisingly Upbeat) State of the World: Trends are Strikingly Positive
Regular readers of the Good News Network know about these four major areas where global progress is heartening: War is on the decline, poverty...
UC Berkeley’s Gift to Middle-Class Families: a Cap on College Costs
The University of California at Berkeley is sending an early holiday gift to middle-class families struggling to send their offspring to America’s top-ranked public...
Growth After Disaster: Going Beyond Resilience
It seems whenever we turn on the TV these days we witness disastrous scenes of flooding, fires, and typhoons forcing people from their homes...
40% off Subscriptions in Celebration of 15th Year of Good News!
Check out the celebration going on here at the Good News Network, as we start our 15th year delivering News to Enthuse. Every day,...
8 Ways to Buy More Happiness
What is the reason that money doesn't always correlate with happiness? New research shows that most people make lousy spending choices. A trio of...
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download,...
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
Soccer Ball Creates Usable Energy With Every Kick
25 percent of the world's population, more than 1.5 billion people, live in areas with no access to electricity. After considering this problem, four female Harvard...
She Wants Students to Take a Year Off to Do Good in the World
Volunteering abroad between high school and college helps students to learn teamwork and build leadership skills, says Abigail Falik who has launched a non-profit...
Hit Hard by Recession African Americans Still Big on Optimism
There is sharp optimism among African Americans in the wake of a dreadful recession according to the new the Washington Post-Kaiser-Harvard race and recession...
A New ‘National Civility Institute’ Will Try to Calm U.S. Political Rancor
Sparked by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a new National Institute for Civil Discourse has been established in Arizona by local leaders interested...
The Real Housewives of D.C.’s Stacie Turner Creates Extra-Ordinary Life for Foster Girls
You may know the Harvard Grad and mom, Stacie Turner, from her season on The Real Housewives of D.C., but one of her most...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...