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Sun-powered Device Converts CO2 into Fuel
A new device can take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into fuel, says Craig Grimes (right), a researcher at Pennsylvania...
Pittsburgh Steeler Terrible Towels, a Wonderful Legacy
Myron Cope, a longtime Pittsburgh broadcaster is credited with creating the Terrible Towel, a terrycloth battle flag and symbol for over 30 years of...
Grocery Chains Offer Free Antibiotics to Customers
If an antibiotic is just what the doctor orders for your infection this winter, you can get a free prescription at either Giant food...
Amish Gene Mutation Makes Them Immune to Heart Disease
After a dozen studies of the Amish over 15 years, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a novel gene...
Obama Campaign Donates Leftover Office Supplies to Needy Schools
It was like Christmas in November for needy school districts nationwide as the Obama campaign donated 100 percent of the leftover campaign supplies from...
CNN to Give $100,000 to ‘Hero’ on Holiday Special
This year's Top 10 CNN Heroes were announced last week. Each will receive $25,000 and be honored during a televised All-Star Tribute airing on...
Summer Vacation for Kids Includes Helping Neediest Communities in Dallas
As most teenagers spent their summer break at the beach, pool or working at summer jobs, some 240 junior high and high school-age kids...
Peacock Hitches Ride with Pair Along Pa. Roadway
Animal lover Jerry Dimick was driving with a friend in northeast Pennsylvania when he saw a beautiful peacock standing on the side of...
Top Tailpipe Polluters Clean Up Their Act
With current fuel prices high, alternative fuel use is surging among businesses and governments that depend on vehicle fleets to transport their products and...
Doctor Quits Practice and Sells Home to Open Clinic for Uninsured
A Pennsylvania doctor frustrated by insurance companies interfering with patient care vowed to do whatever she could to increase quality. She opened her own...
Be Positive Do Something Positive Day, March 1, Created Through Tragedy
After surviving three years of loss, trauma, and grief, Harold Cameron has transformed himself into the "The Chief of Helping People." His mission and...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2007!
Looking back and choosing the top good news stories of the year was a happy exercise and I've concluded that 2007 was a good...
Anonymous Santa Gives $100 Million to Struggling Town
In a beautiful story, an unnamed 'friend' gives $100 million to the struggling old industrial city of Erie, Pennsylvania, to be divided among its...
Blind Golfer Hears the Shot of Her Career
Sheila Drummond didn't need to see her hole-in-one. She heard it. Drummond, blinded by diabetes 26 years ago, experienced the highlight of her golfing...
Boomers Answer Call to Service, in Legislatures and Classrooms
In the last four years, a growing number of boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are showing up in the freshman class of...
Boy Gets Heart Transplant Thanks to Cell Phone
Hospital officials in Pennsylvania tried to contact a family awaiting a heart transplant. Their son's organ had arrived and he needed to get to...
Baby Crying Behind You on a Jet? Turn a Negative into a Positive
David Pollay has advice for anyone in need of rescue from a situation that is so distracting or irritating that you can't think of...
Homegrown Power a Fix for Energy Crunch and Global Warming
Homegrown electricity could be one ingredient used to combat the 21st century’s expected energy crunch, easing the load on electrical grids with a system...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...