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Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire Victim
A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents...
Firefighters Save Donkey from Well
Firefighters in a Minnesota community rescued a donkey that had fallen down an old dry well, working hours on the complicated procedure. ...
Web Sites Provide Big Savings on College Textbooks
Because the average first-year college student today spends over $900 on textbooks, Web sites have sprung up offering price-comparison tools that help save 50...
Bridge Collapse Hero is Offered Free Tuition
"One of the heroes of the Minnesota bridge collapse has been offered a substantial reward -- full tuition at a technical college, which he...
Field of Dreams for Children with Disabilities (Video)
For children with special needs the opportunities to play baseball are slim, but that's about to change thanks to the Miracle League of Minnesota....
Kids Against Hunger Stems Starvation for 20 Million
Kids who volunteer with Kids Against Hunger learn that no matter how young they may be, they can make a difference. They help to...
Major League Star Helps Return Baseball to Inner Cities
(Minneapolis) Twins outfielder Torii Hunter worries there will be no African-Americans playing baseball in the next 10 years because black kids aren't playing it....
Miracle Baseball League Helps Disabled Kids Play the Game They Love
Thirteen-year-old Justin Clemens loves baseball. Though born premature and covered with bruises after complications at birth, he's more mature than most boys his age,...
Earth’s Air Pressure Propels Clean Energy Plant
In a sci-fi approach to providing clean energy, a consortium of Iowa power companies is planning to fill a big underground hole with pressurized...
Snow Globe Repairman Resurrects Memories
Dick Heibel repairs broken snow globes, bringing joy to those who connect to distant memories through these nostalgic trinkets. Seventy-seven-year-old Heibel lives in Northfield,...
Teen Buys Grocery Market to Save Small Town
With help from a nonprofit agency and $10,000 he saved from doing odd jobs, a 17-year-old boy from Truman, Minnesota, is stocking the empty...
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...
4 Contest Winners from GNN!
We surged past the 1,000 mark for registered users and now announce our four winners. I welcome all who joined the network and urge...
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...
Congress Gets First Muslim Lawmaker
Minnesota voters elected the nation's first Muslim member of Congress. The winner, Keith Ellison, said, "We tried to pull people together on things we...
New Power Plants To Run On Chicken Droppings
Power plants that burn chicken droppings and turkey leftovers are sure to be welcome in areas like Maryland's Eastern Shore and North Carolina where...
Affordable Housing Built by Inmates Teaches Construction Skills
Community groups in Minnesota concerned with affordable housing are teaming up with groups of prison inmates who want to learn constuction skills while behind...
One Thing You Can do About Global Warming: Sign Up for Wind Power
Has anyone seen Gore's movie....An Inconvenient Truth? If not, then please do so. It's powerful. And, after watching it, come back and tell us...
Expanding Coverage to More Pregnant Women in Texas
From the Student Operated Press comes this good news for low-income pregnant women. A U.S. program expands access to prenatal health care in nine...
Staying Healthy (Naturally) is Smart Science
Thousands of Americans wrote to a small, but forward-thinking company to say 'thanks’ for inventing an arthritis treatment that works often when nothing else...