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Petition to Have Jon Stewart Moderate a Presidential Debate Blows Past Goal
By Saturday morning, more than 214,000 people had signed an online petition calling for the former host of “The Daily Show” to moderate one...
California Restores Voting Rights for 60,000 Former Felons
A court settlement has just given 60,000 felony offenders the right to vote again in California.
They all committed low-level offenses and were released, placed...
Trophy-Hunted Lion’s Tragedy Leads to Animal Rights Triumphs
On July 2, Cecil, a 13-year-old male Southwest African lion, was killed in a hunting expedition in Zimbabwe.
A main attraction at the Hwange National Park, Cecil...
Police Hit the Dance Floor With City Youth to Find ‘Unity in Community’ (WATCH)
Last weekend, professional dancers in Greensboro, North Carolina, decided to turn National Dance Day into a show of unity between police officers and young...
Beaming Education From Space to World’s Poorest, Remote Places
A company wants to build virtual libraries in places the Internet doesn’t reach by blanketing the earth with data beamed from satellites.
More than four...
Oregon Students To Receive Two Years of Free College With Their Diplomas
High school seniors in Oregon are getting a graduation present from their state leaders that’s just too big to fit into an envelope.
Oregon is...
The House That Hemp Built: Moldproof, Fireproof and Eco-Friendly
These contractors are taking the term “going green” quite literally.
As part of an emerging trend here in the U.S., many buildings are incorporating the...
Regulators Crack Down on Annoying Telemarketers, Robocalls, Spam Texts
Americans officially have an ally when it comes to fighting off telemarketers in their homes and spammers on their cell phones.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate Named, Weaves English, Spanish into Poems
The son of migrant farmworkers, who fled the 1910 Mexican Revolution, has been named the first Latino Poet Laureate of the U.S.
As he announced...
At 81, The Man Behind Big Bird Sees ‘No Reason To Quit’
The new documentary, I Am Big Bird, profiles Caroll Spinney, the man who has been Sesame Street’s Big Bird for over 40 years.
He’s dined...
Thousands of Women Protest for Peace in Jerusalem Today
Thousands of women joined a grassroots organization called Women Wage Peace and marched on the Israeli Knesset today, chanting and carrying signs urging a...
Today is National Handwriting Day – A Lost Art?
The lost art of handwriting is one of the few ways we can uniquely express ourselves.
Today, January 23, is National Handwriting Day, honoring also...
US Senators Push for Tax Deduction for Teachers’ Expenses
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer launched a push Wendseday to reinstate an expired tax break that helps teachers deduct out-of-pocket classroom costs from their taxes....
Why This Week Is Historic for Cannabis Policy in the US
Federal hearings began this week on the constitutionality of cannabis’ continuing Schedule I classification in Sacramento, California.
There are many reasons why these historic hearings...
There’s More to Life Than Being Happy; Finding Meaning is the Key
Researchers are finding that meaning comes from the pursuit of more complex things than happiness.
In 1991, the Library of Congress named Man's Search for Meaning, by...
Good News in History, September 9
On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley appeared nationwide on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, performing Don't Be Cruel and Love...
21 Fish You Can Now Eat Guilt-Free in Dramatic Turnaround for Fisheries
Seafood Watch has upgraded 21 species from ‘avoid’ to ‘best choice’ or ‘good alternative,’ including crab, lobster, Pacific cod, grouper and several rockfish species.
The...
First Woman to Win ‘Nobel Prize of Math’
Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani made history this week by becoming the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the...
Photo of the Day – Happy Independence Day, USA
238 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress, led by John Adams, voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence.The colonists risked everything to...
Millions Paying Less Than $100 Per Month for Obamacare
Many Americans doubted whether the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress -- also known as Obamacare -- would be able to offer low prices...