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The Best Television for Uplifting Your Life (Review)

An inspiring trio of television shows are broadcasting on PBS affiliates during pledge drives this month. Through these shows, American public television viewers have...
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Tax Facts For Freelancers (Part 1)

GNN will begin a weekly series to help you with your taxes — especially beneficial to folks like me who haven't done them yet! Today,...

Jennifer Hudson Grateful for Loss on American Idol

On the Barbara Walters Oscar special last Sunday, Jennifer Hudson said she was grateful for her loss on American Idol. Without that loss, she...

Cinema With Soul: DVD Club Features Only Inspiring Movies

Have you heard about the mysteriously titled documentary, The Secret? It was featured on Oprah this week and on a Larry King episode promoted...
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Home is a Haven for Guinea Pigs

"I immediately fell in love with her," Karen said about Abby. "She was absolutely gorgeous and she just started snuggling and kissing my ear...

Improvisation Boosts Reading in Poor Inner City School

Rachel Farmer is a fourth-grade teacher in Brooklyn who defies the stereotype of the exhausted teacher, run down by poor inner-city schools. Instead of...
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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...

The True Angel of Africa

Sonia Waters has "a salutary lesson for anyone who has felt helpless in the face of extreme poverty and deprivation, who feels the problem...
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Happy New Year! Top 10 Good News of 2006

If you missed our Top Ten Good News of the Year, posted last week, you might want to take a look back at some...
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Zambian Tailor Wins AIDS Award for Providing Orphans with Free School Uniforms

Six years after a teenage Zambian tailor started using his only sewing machine to make free school uniforms for AIDS orphans, the organization he...
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Beyond Positive Thinking: Larry King and The Secret

Thursday on CNN's Larry King LIve, Larry hosts the second of a two-part series entitled "Beyond Positive Thinking". His guests will explore The Law...
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Macs Join the Maasai Tribe

Retired tech executive Patrick O'Sullivan, moved by the plight of a Maasai tribe that needed three years to complete a school for their children,...

Being Nice Makes You More Successful

One hugely successful New York advertising agency was built on kindness, said the founders Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in their new book,...
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Good News From Iraq

There's some good news from Iraq this month as the U.S. military celebrated the opening of remodeled schools in Kirkuk, new healthcare facilities in...
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Google Launches Literacy Project with UN

Google along with the United Nations have launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. "The Literacy Project enables teachers, organisations, and...
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New Orleans is Back

When the New Orleans Saints kicked off against the Atlanta Falcons before a nationwide audience Monday night, the moment signaled more than just the...
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Schools Replace Gangs in Haiti’s Worst Slum

Books are replacing bullets as the primary focus for children in some of Haiti’s worst slums, where, for years, gunmen have ruled the streets...
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Inspiration Point: Teen Years are Some of the Best to Parents

I am the director of The Natural Child Project , a psychologist, and author of The Natural Child: Parenting From the Heart. I envision...
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One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Peace One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson is an anti-terrorism warrior in the Islamic strongholds of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his main weapon is schools... "Americans are now learning...
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Inspiration Point: Coping With Disappointment

Unity Minister Eric Butterworth inspired thousands with his belief that positive attitudes create personal renewal. A theologian, lecturer, and author of 16 books, his...