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Vatican To Host Stem Cell Research Conference
Vatican officials, looking for the best way to make a positive impact on society, decided that adult stem cells, which hold the promise of...
Artists Raise $104,000 With Sketchbook That Traveled Round the World
A blank sketchbook was sent to 71 exceptional artists around the world who each illustrated a page. After four and a half years of...
For More Happiness: Explore the Four Purposes of Life
Viktor Frankl asserted in his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, that the fundamental need for purpose and direction in our lives may be as...
How Awesome is Your State?
Every state is the best at something. Wyoming has the cleanest air, California is safest for workers, and Colorado has the lowest obesity rate....
Free 30-Minute Dog Rentals for Stressed-Out Yale Law Students
Yale Law School, renowned for competitiveness and its Supreme Court justices, is embarking on a pilot program next week in which students can check...
New Ben Franklin Letters Discovered in London
A professor with his nose deep in a library archive in London has stumbled upon 47 previously unknown letters from, to and about Benjamin...
50 Years Ago Today: JFK’s Words ‘Ask Not…’ Inspire a New Generation
50 years ago today, as the youngest president in history took the stage and the oath of office, John F. Kennedy declared that he...
Stem Cell Transplant Accidentally ‘Cures’ HIV
A US cancer patient who received a stem cell transplant has been cured of HIV, said a team of German doctors whose research was...
Protesting Chicago Moms Prove Love’s Power to Win Justice
A scrappy group of moms and their grade school kids in Chicago have shown the nation what determined activism powered by love can do.
Families...
Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World (Review)
Have you ever asked yourself the question, "In a time of environmental crisis, how do I live my life right now?" Martin Keogh, a...
Ex-Sitcom Star Tony Danza Teaches High School English With Passion
One of the most striking reality shows this fall features Tony Danza -- the actor from Taxi and Who's the Boss -- teaching 10th...
Five Winners Announced in Google’s $10 Million Contest to Change the World
Google yesterday announced the five winners of Project 10^100, a contest of ideas for changing the world by helping as many people as possible.
150,000...
Librarians Assemble to Read the Qur’an on Steps of Chicago Building
The American Library Association and librarians across the country have moved the Qur’an to the top of their list for titles celebrated during their...
Mosque Plan at Ground Zero Overcomes Major Obstacle with Landmarks Vote
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to deny landmark status to the building at 45-47 Park Place located two blocks from...
Ten Hero Kids Voted Most Huggable, Each Awarded $10,000
Ten youth judged as this year's Huggable Heroes were honored today for their volunteer efforts at making the world a better place -- in...
Secret Millionaire Leaves $4.5 Million to Her Hometown
Feisty and frugal, 98-year-old Verna Oller never bought new clothes or went to the hairdresser. But, she was a savvy investor, reading the Wall...
McCartney Honored With Gershwin Prize at White House Concert
Paul McCartney landed in Washington, DC this week where he will be honored by fellow artists and awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song...
Oprah Educates Girls in Africa Despite Struggles to “Get It Right”
Nothing in Oprah Winfrey’s life has made her prouder than creating her school for girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. And nothing, she says, has...
Teaching Kids to Read From the Back of a Donkey (Video)
A man toting 120 books while riding a stubborn donkey is a thrilling sight for hundreds of children in the rural villages of Colombia....
Instructor to the World! Math and Science Whiz Shares Lessons via YouTube
Salman Khan is a math and science whiz kid, and a natural-born teacher, who is now devoting his life to tutoring people around the...