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Couple Turns Their Home Design Blog into a Full-time Job
To the decorating-obsessed among us, John and Sherry Petersik have a gig we dream about: They fix up their home, blog about it and...
Cherry Blossom Festival Seeks Donations For Japan
Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. are urging people to donate to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts...
Universal Donates Treasure of 200,000 Master Recordings to Library of Congress
Vintage sound recordings, including never released and out-of-print masters featuring Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby were donated to the American public by...
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...
Ex-radio Engineer for Gaddafi Regime Uses Newfound Freedom to Transmit Messages of Hope & Change
When the Libyan city of Benghazi fell into the hands of the opposition a week ago, Saleh Zayani grabbed two sound mixers and a...
Hit Hard by Recession African Americans Still Big on Optimism
There is sharp optimism among African Americans in the wake of a dreadful recession according to the new the Washington Post-Kaiser-Harvard race and recession...
A New ‘National Civility Institute’ Will Try to Calm U.S. Political Rancor
Sparked by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a new National Institute for Civil Discourse has been established in Arizona by local leaders interested...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...
Deaf College Basketball Team Favored for NCAA Tournament Bid
Gallaudet University, located in Washington, D.C., is the premier school for deaf students. Its women's basketball team competes against mainstream — hearing — teams,...
Electrical Device Plugs Directly into Trees for Power
You've heard of solar power. How about tree power? Researchers following upon an MIT study last year that discovered a measurable current inside trees...
Meditation Class Helps Lower Violence at Alabama Prison
Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, former killers and robbers gather regularly in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit...
Teach For America Gets $100 Million Endowment
Four foundations have provided Teach for America with $100 million in endowments to coincide with the group's 20-year anniversary celebration this week. The fund...
Google Unveils New Virtual Tours of Top Art Galleries in the World
Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries, featuring paintings photographed with extreme high-resolution...
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...
Tribute to Sargent Shriver (1915-2011): A Life of Grace
It took only a walk with Sargent Shriver to learn how deeply loved and loving he was. Peace Corps volunteers from the the program...
Fashion Icon Donna Karan Honored for Haiti Relief Efforts
One year after a devastating earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti, thousands of families remain sheltered due in large part to efforts supported...
Good News for Haiti: Two New Factories
Haiti could use some good news, and so on the anniversary of the nation's ruinous earthquake, read about business and government leaders signing a...
Start a New Tradition with Dave Barry’s Hilarious 2010 Year in Review
Ever since our three teens became interested in current events, probably when they were in fourth or fifth grade, our family has maintained an...
A Kiss to Build a Year on – If Your Brain’s Chemistry Agrees
A kiss at midnight to ring in the new year. That's what Friday night should bring, right? And there's pressure to get it right.
There...
New FBI Data Shows Crime Rate Continues to Decline Across US
Violent crime and property crime rates continued to fall across the US, according to preliminary crime statistics from the Justice Department. Reports of violent...