A woman whose home was destroyed by a fire last month won $80,000 in the Kentucky Lottery a few weeks later.
At first, she panicked, believing the ticket had been destroyed by the fire.
“I was ready to jump in car and go search through the rubble until it hit me that the ticket could be at my parent’s house,” she said.
(READ the story at liveleak)
Through its focus on the fuel supply that powers healthy brain function, a transformative study has uncovered both the key cause and an immediate treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers reported their discovery last week that brain cells in Parkinson’s patients shut down the energy-producing capacity of the mitochondria, resulting in a devastating shortage for cells that normally consume 20 percent of the body’s energy.
The findings indicate that boosting the mitochondria with current FDA approved drugs early on may prevent or delay the onset of Parkinson’s.
Through its focus on the fuel supply that powers healthy brain function, a transformative study has uncovered both the key cause and an immediate treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers reported their discovery last week that brain cells in Parkinson’s patients shut down the energy-producing capacity of the mitochondria, resulting in a devastating shortage for cells that normally consume 20 percent of the body’s energy.
The findings indicate that boosting the mitochondria with current FDA approved drugs early on may prevent or delay the onset of Parkinson’s.
One by one, rescuers in Chile are freeing 33 miners who have been trapped more than a half-kilometer underground since early August.
So far, 16 miners have been raised to freedom in the unprecedented and complex rescue operation in northern Chile.
The men are emerging from the rescue capsule to the cheers of the rescuers, officials and family members. Some quietly knelt in prayer before being taken away on gurneys for immediate medical examinations. They were trapped underground for 69 days — more than anyone on record.
Gardens have been named the hottest trend in restaurants this year as more chefs involved with the ‘eat local food’ movement decide to grow their own tomatoes, herbs and other produce.
A third of the 2,000 chefs surveyed by the National Restaurant Association named gardens the top trend. It costs restaurants less to grow their own produce than to buy it elsewhere and have it shipped. It also gives them more control over quality.
Equally positive trends like sustainable seafood, locally sourced foods, smaller portions and gluten-free options round out the top five interests for chefs this year.
(READ more from AP story, via WTOP and Slashfood.com)
Jeff Hart was drilling water wells for the U.S. Army’s forward operating bases in Afghanistan when he got the call to fly to Chile.
He spent the next 33 days on his feet, operating the drill that finally provided a way out Saturday for 33 trapped miners.
He describes what it was like to finally break through.
The miners are due to be lifted out, one by one, beginning tonight.
READ the AP story here,
Jeff Hart was drilling water wells for the U.S. Army’s forward operating bases in Afghanistan when he got the call to fly to Chile.
He spent the next 33 days on his feet, operating the drill that finally provided a way out Saturday for 33 trapped miners.
He describes what it was like to finally break through.
The miners are due to be lifted out, one by one, beginning tonight.
READ the AP story here, or WATCH interview below from ABC (with a 30-second ad)
We think that healthier food is always more expensive, but now we can drop that misconception and be free of excuses keeping us from a healthier diet.
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that switching to healthy foods can actually cut your grocery bill.
Start by swapping red meat for grains and beans. Beans are cheap and packed with folate, iron, and protein—and bonus!—they can drop your risk for cardiovascular disease by 25 percent if eaten in lieu of meat, says the study.
(READ the story at TakePart.com)
It’s beena tough week in the news for gay teens. Reports of relentless bullying and suicide have made many wonder what can be done.
Hollywood is stepping up to use the power of celebrity to tell kids who feel isolated and under siege that things really do get better.
Also, a surprising number of encouraging signs are also coming from the television industry that indicate gay teens are going to be okay.
When Becky Taylor gave her husband a cuddle she had no idea the loving gesture would end up saving his life.
For as the doctor from Sheffield pulled her partner Steve, 44, near to her she realised there was something wrong with his heartbeat.
(READ more at the Daily Mail)
Nearly 200 kinsmen, friends and others paid their respects as a 28-year-old soldier killed during World War II was finally buried in his native soil Sunday.
“We can’t help but feel a little sad, considering how long it’s been – 66 years ago today – that Clayton gave his life for this country. We’re also delighted that his earthly remains are back in the United States of America and in this community.”
(READ the story at the Sun Herald)
Gardens that grow on top of city buses? That’s right.
Bus Roots started as the twinkle in the eye of NYU graduate student Marco Castro Cosio, as a way to “reclaim forgotten space, increase quality of life and grow the amount of green spaces” in New York City.
Casio calculates that a public transit bus has a surface of 340 square feet, and the MTA fleet has around 4,500 buses. If we grew a garden on the roof of every one of the 4,500 buses in the MTA bus fleet, we would have 35 acres of new rolling green space in the city. The equivalent to Four Bryant Parks.
(READ more in TreeHugger.com)
Since Friday afternoon, the Good News Network servers have been off-and-then-on — but mostly off. Apologies!
The GOOD news: The problems started when we moved the site to a new server, in order to allow pages to load faster. So, when it all gets sorted out, our website should be faster, and, I hope, less prone to these server problems.
Thank you for your patience. (Note to newcomers: I normally post four or more stories each day, but the most recent days do not reflect that due to long blocks when the site was inaccessible to editors.
With my fingers crossed and kissed… Geri
Thanks to a Food for Education program, the United States will donate 11,000 tons of rice, vegetable oil, yellow peas and lentils valued at more than $21 million for projects to help feed 390,000 children in Haiti and Afghanistan, it was announced Friday.
The food is being made available under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which supports education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries that are committed to universal education.
To date, the Food for Education Program has provided meals to more than 22 million children.
Thanks to a Food for Education program, the United States will donate 11,000 tons of rice, vegetable oil, yellow peas and lentils valued at more than $21 million for projects to help feed 390,000 children in Haiti and Afghanistan, it was announced Friday.
The food is being made available under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which supports education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries that are committed to universal education.
To date, the Food for Education Program has provided meals to more than 22 million children.
For Victor Perez, an unemployed construction worker, alertness paid off last week. Mr. Perez saw a news report about a girl kidnapped by someone in a red and white pickup truck Monday afternoon. When he left his home later that day, he saw a truck like the one in the news report and decided to follow it.
His improbable car chase resulted in the recovery of an 8-year-old girl abducted in Fresno, Calif. “This guy is a true action hero,” said California’s governor.
“I just took that chance to follow the truck and told my cousin to dial 911, while I gave chase, and just to make sure if it wasn’t him,” he told the CBS Morning News.
(READ the story in the CS Monitor)
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs over the past three years. While many have sent resumes, a growing number of displaced workers are striking out on their own, finding creative solutions not just to their own unemployment but to problems they believe can be fixed by creating new businesses.
“This is truly a remarkable time to become an entrepreneur,” said Darren Hardy, publisher of Success magazine.
Stephen Chen, for instance, took matters into his own hands and saw unemployment as an opportunity. He and two friends founded GreenSoul Shoes, a business that manufactures sandals from recycled tires. Chen and Iris Chau (pictured above) were laid off from their jobs at Wall Street Firms.
(READ more about entrepreneurial successes at ABC News)
Sean Penn’s charity efforts in Haiti have been given a boost former U.S. President Bill Clinton has donated $500,000 to the actor’s cause.
The “Milk” star founded the J/P HRO Haitian Relief Organization in the wake of the January earthquake and has spent months helping to rebuild the Caribbean nation.
(READ the story in Peace FM Online)
A big-hearted Queens cabbie saved the day for Swiss tourists who left a bag loaded with money, IDs, and valuable electronics in his cab last week.
The loss could have stripped the couple of their ability to return to Switzerland. Cabbie Kashmir Singh, 50, drove all the way back to their Bed and Breakfast with the bag.
“He’s our humble hero!” said Daniel Hasler, a Swiss software engineer on vacation with his wife in New York City.
“The mere fact that this man took it upon himself to personally return the purse showed great human spirit.”
(READ the story w/ photo in the NY Daily News)
