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Afghanistan Vets Are Trying To Cultivate Peace Through Saffron
A team of four U.S. veterans who are now in business school in Massachusetts have teamed up with farmers they met while serving in...
First Team to Ever Rescue a Whale Now Frees Species Worldwide 30 Years Later
On Thanksgiving Day 30 years ago, a whale in distress was freed from a heavy, dragging mass of fishing gear in the icy waters...
Actors Help Veterans to Vent Emotions Using Shakespeare
Milwaukee theater professionals have been working with local veterans through intensive weekend workshops that allow emotions to boil from the cauldron of conflict within,...
Inner City School Rebounds to #1 on Standardized Test
"Pulling itself up even further from the brink of failure it once faced, Lowell Community Charter Public School has reached the highest achievement level...
World Smile Day Today Honors Artist Behind the Smiley Face
The bright yellow smiley face is one of the most recognizable, iconic symbols across the globe. What many people don’t know is that the...
After Tragedy, Couple Gives Court Case Money Back to Community
Until a catastrophic car accident changed their lives, Massachusetts residents Marcia and Harold Rhodes didn’t realize how much they would come to need and...
Happy Fix Launching Kickstarter Campaign to Develop Positive Lifestyle Programs
APEX, N.C. -- North Carolina’s happiest startup, Happy Fix®, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of positive lifestyle programs to spread the...
Summer’s Brightest Supermoon Coming Tonight
Stargazers who missed the July 12 supermoon will have another chance to see the bright lunar phenomenon from all around the world tonight, Sunday,...
We’re Sending Birthday Cards to a Little Boy Battling Cancer!
A 5-year-old Massachusetts boy battling cancer said all he wants for his upcoming birthday is a box of birthday cards.
Danny Nickerson, of Foxboro, Massachusetts,...
Fog Catchers Pull Water From Air in Chile’s Dry Fields
Where the cold waters of the Humboldt current meet the dry hot air along northern Chile, a thick fog rises up off the Pacific and...
Cesspool No More, Connecticut River Returned to Former, Cleaner Self
"Nobody knows the Connecticut River better than Jim Dietz, a three-time Olympic rower and two-time Olympic coach who built the University of Massachusetts women's...
Police Officer Dives Deep to Save Dog Submerged in Car
On Saturday, a police officer in Carver, Massachusetts arrived on the scene to see a vehicle completely submerged in eight feet of water.
The driver,...
Climate Caring Northeast Cuts Emissions, Still Enjoys Growth
Some critics of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new requirements for power plants argue that forcing emissions reduction will curtail economic growth. But the recent...
Border Collies Help Reduce E. Coli on Beaches
A new study found that Border Collie patrols are an effective way to reduce the amount of E. coli bacteria at public beaches in...
Diabetic Health Risks Drop Sharply in the US
Startling progress was discovered by federal researchers in the numbers of American diabetics avoiding serious complications due to their disease over the 20 years from...
7-11 Clerk Fired for Giving Coffee to Homeless Man, Gets Better Offer
In a striking example of poetic justice, a Massachusetts teenager who says she was fired from 7-Eleven for giving a cup of coffee to...
The Idea That Turned Russian Warheads Into American Electricity
Last month the final shipment of uranium from Russia arrived in the United States marking the end of a program that turned the fuel...
Formerly Homeless Vets Return To Streets To Help Others In Need
David Dyer used to score crack cocaine by day and sleep in a train depot by night. Now, he has a family, a home...
A Minister’s Challenge: ‘Use This Gift For Good’
Reverend Nathan Detering, a minister at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, Massachusetts, tried an experiment last year with his congregation....
Little Girl Donates $1000 to Buy Bulletproof Vest for Police Dog
Instead of birthday presents on her tenth birthday, Allison Henry asked for donations to a special project. She wanted to raise a thousand dollars...