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NYC Cabbie Returns Bag of Diamond Rings
A New York City cab driver from Bangladesh spent hours laboring to track down a rider so he could return a bag of diamond...
Gratitude: Becoming Grateful Enough to Miss the Negative
Most of us live in a part of the world blessed with abundance on every level – food, water, shelter, life's frills, employment opportunities,...
Live As If You Only Had a Month: Gratitude Part 4
In our continuing series, GNN-i looks at Gratitude and how it is essential for creating the life you want. Harry Tucker uses the letters...
Development Averted by Purchase of Forest Near NYC
Instead of a planned new golf course and 100 luxury homes, an expanse of rolling hills, wetlands and scenic waters have been preserved as...
Glamorous Public Toilets Open in Times Square
Today Charmin unveils the first ever, fully-staffed, deluxe public restrooms in New York City's Times Square just in time for the holiday season. The...
Canstruction Makes Creations Out of Cans and Donates the Food
Designers and architects showcase their ingenious talents while feeding the hungry during annual "Canstruction" competitions where design firms test their mettle to see who...
The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
NYC Courtesy Tops the World, Survey Says
Readers Digest conducted a survey in big cities to see if courtesy was dead. Are people really more rude than they were 20 years...
Homeless Choir Inspires Audiences Worldwide
They were homeless in Montreal, yet the singers of Accueil Bonneau Choir (also known as the Montreal Homeless Choir) captivated audiences worldwide -- and...
Underwater Windmills Supply Environmentally Friendly Power to NYC
Experimental underwater windmills will be installed in New York City's East River during the next weeks to begin generating power utilizing the non-stop action...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Fat Man Walking: Losing Pounds and Gaining Peace
Steve Vaught is an unlikely celebrity:
"...A morbidly obese man who has captured the heart of America by walking alone across the country on a...
Muslim Saves Jewish Temple From Arson’s Torching
A Muslim gas station attendant in New York City saved a Jewish synagogue from arson with his phone call to 911.
Syed Ali, a Pakistani...
Diet Linked to Hyper Kids
A revolution has turned around Central Alternative High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and its ‘problem kids’, sent there from twelve area schools. Respect, achievement,...
First International Positive Psychology Summit: Psychologists Herald ways to Live Happily Ever After
A group of upstart scientists, scholars and researchers in the field of psychology have decided that it is more important to focus on what...
She Invested $60,000 and Seven Years of Her Life to Free a Stranger From Prison
A 68-year old New Jersey widow was so convinced of a young man’s innocence after reading a news account of his murder conviction that...
Chefs Give Swordfish a Break
Chefs across the country are taking swordfish off the menu. The chefs have nothing against swordfish, always a popular restaurant entree. Rather, by voluntarily...
Today’s Students Choose Social Causes Over Surfboards During Spring Break
Spring break may mean beaches, bikinis and beer for some, but students participating in Break Away, a national nonprofit group that steers people to...
Which Cities Will Likely Have Clear Skies as Total Solar Eclipse Moves Across the US in Monday’s Spectacle
As Americans prepare for the wondrous celestial spectacle of a total solar eclipse on April 8, cloudy skies or thunderstorms have been forecast for...
Experts Find a 1,000-Year-old Ice Skate Made of Animal Bone in Czech Republic
From the Czech Republic comes a fascinating archaeological find—a 1,000-year-old ice skate blade made of a horse's shinbone.
Located during excavations of a cellar in...