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Public Choosees 5 Non-profits for $100,000 Grant From Tom’s of Maine
For the first time in its 40 year history of charitable giving, Tom's of Maine, the natural toothpaste company, opened up its funding process...
The Green Lining in Economic Bust is Land Preservation
The San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land recently rescued 595 acres of oak woodlands and 2 miles of river in the Sierra foothills...
Government Leads By Example Greening its Business
With little fanfare, President Obama signed in early October an executive order that will reduce the carbon footprint of the federal government. Federal agencies...
In New Orleans, New Home Floats To Withstand Floods
Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation will unveil a house today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood that was largely wiped...
American Girl Makes a Doll That is Homeless, With Benefits to Charity
American Girl dolls are expensive and extremely popular among girls from ages four and up.
In this year's collection a doll named Gwen was introduced,...
Street Papers are Good News for Homeless Across North America
Hawking a monthly newspaper written by homeless and formerly homeless may seem to offer an unlikely path to stability, but for Jerry Andreasen, and...
Good News on Home Prices
Home prices in major U.S. cities rose for the second straight month in June in the latest sign the housing market may be steadying...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
One of the Most Polluted Sites in US to Become Green Tech Community
A 140-year-old shipyard in San Francisco Bay, left for dead in the early 1970's as a radioactive wasteland contaminated by heavy metals, is to...
Homebuyer Credit Makes August Hot For Home Sales
Just like the "Cash for Clunkers" program that helped the auto industry, the homebuyer tax credit is helping turn around the housing market....
How is the Stimulus Working Out?
President Obama announced Wednesday that the stimulus is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of...
Plywood Mill Reopens After 8 Months
Workers at the Hoquiam Plywood mill in Washington state got back to work yesterday, eight months after the mill shut down due to...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
June New Home Sales Soar 11 Percent in US
New US home sales rose by the largest amount in more than eight years last month, in another sign the housing market is...
Bank of Canada says Recession Over, Growth Returning to Economy
The Bank of Canada is declaring the recession essentially over, saying Canada's economy will begin growing this summer and lead most of the...
Bright Spots in the Economy This Week
Highlight of some of the bright spots in the world's economies: Stocks are up around the world as China and US economies...
Crime in US Drops Significantly, Despite Economic Downturn
From Washington to Oregon, to Vermont, states across the country are tallying lower crime rates over the past few years. Even in 2009,...
Habitat for Humanity Gets $100 Million Gift
Habitat for Humanity has been given a $100 million gift from Atlanta developer J. Ronald Terwilliger, who said his work in the housing industry...
Homeless Couple Marry in Dream Wedding Thanks to Church
The two were homeless and met on the streets in Washington, D.C. nine years ago. They felt instant chemistry. ...
Stimulus in Action: “Beginning to Percolate Nationwide”
Building repairs are underway on public housing in Imboden, Ark., and Cumberland, Ill., states across the country are receiving money to weatherize the...