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CA Transportation Officials Protect Falcons Nesting on Job Site
Amidst major renovation work on the Dumbarton Bridge spanning San Francisco Bay, officials with the California Department of Transportation are taking every precaution not...
Inspiring Homeless Man Seeks Accidental Donor of Diamond Ring
A homeless man in southeast Michigan says a woman accidentally gave him a gold ring laced with diamonds when she handed him a handful...
Good News on Unemployment, Small Businesses and New Hiring
More than a few articles reached my news desk this week reminding me that Americans need not declare, "There's no one is hiring!" Here...
Baseball Perfection Popping Up More Often: 2nd Perfect Game in a Month
Through Saturday, almost 400,000 games were played in Major League Baseball's 135-year history. Twenty of them were pitched perfectly. But what had...
Woman Stands by Pledge, Pays College Tuition for Entire Class
23 years ago, a woman who was a real estate agent issued a challenge to a first grade class of underprivileged students in Oakland....
Thousands of American Nurses Answer Call for Volunteers to Go to Haiti
The nation's largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, issued an urgent appeal for volunteer RNs to go to Haiti, and more...
NFL’s $45 million Man Helps Skid Row Teen With College Dream
Even as a teen while Kenneth lived in a homeless shelter on the destitute streets of Skid Row, he dreamed of attending Harvard to...
Rainfall Across Much of California Encouraging
Rain and snowfall over the past few days has made a significant dent in the water deficit around the Bay Area and California;...
Woman Brings Real Hope to End Stage Cancer Patients
One upstart nonprofit is giving hope to "end stage" patients by providing assistance to defray the costs associated with the patient's participation in FDA...
Good Idea! Doggies Get the Pool for Final Day of Season
The dog days of summer ended last night with the second annual Pooch Plunge. The Albert Oakland Pool opened solely for dogs....
Company Gives More Than Half Its Profits to Charity
What’s in a name? When it comes to the California-based office products firm, Give Something Back, almost everything. GSB gives back more than half...
Healthiest Cities in US: Lincoln, Nebraska is #1
The top four healthiest cities for 2007 according to the US Centers for Disease Control are: Lincoln, Nebraska; Fargo, North Dakota; Boulder, Colorado; and...
Injured Football Star Offers Therapy to Abused Shelter Animals (Video)
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Raiders football player Jarrod Cooper had to give up the season with a knee injury, but he won't give up spending his hours...
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...
Alpha Achievers Celebrate Decade of Success for Young Black Men
Alpha Achievers are celebrating 10 years of encouraging academic excellence among ethnic minority male high school students in Howard County, Maryland. The program was...
Ex-Homeless Man Among Eco Heroes
James Burgett started as a homeless Dumpster-diver.
He'd build computers out of the parts he'd salvaged and sell them to feed his drug habit....
Michigan CEO Splits $128Mil Among Employees
Workers in Belleville, Michigan will never forget hometown businessman Bob Thompson, who sold his successful asphalt paving business for $422 million.
He paid the taxes...