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Stroke Patients Get a “Bionic” Leg Up for Healing
A computer-controlled device that fits around the leg of stroke victim is helping speed the physical rehabilitation of patients as they relearn how to...
How One Company is Bringing Halloween to Sick Children Nationwide
Spirit Halloween, the nation's largest Halloween retailer, launched "Spirit of Children" in 2006, a program created to bring Halloween to hospitals and rehabilitation centers...
Bumper Crop of Kemps Turtles is Encouraging, Relocation Efforts in Gulf a Success
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are considered the most endangered sea turtle in the world, and are exceedingly rare visitors on North Carolina beaches. Yet...
Woman Buys Cab Fare for Injured Squirrel
A woman whose cat caught a squirrel Wednesday was so worried for the animal that she called a cab to deliver it to the...
Exterminated 50 Years Ago, Cheetahs to Run Again in India
The cheetah is poised to sprint once again along India's grassland, nearly half a century after it was hunted to extinction. The fastest mammal...
Pets Improve a French Prison
The daily relationship between prisoners and their small pets is having a profound effect on a prison in Strasbourg, France. The Animal Affinity...
The People’s Priest
Catholic Father Greg Boyle started Homeboy Industries, a nationally recognized gang rehabilitation program during LA's “decade of death”. With people dying around...
Ending Child Labor in Handmade Rugs
To mark International Human Rights Day last Thursday, a nationally touring photography exhibit was unveiled at the World Bank in Washington DC that depicts...
Bad Boy Actor Nick Cage Steps into Real-Life Good Cop Role for UN Crime Office
Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Nicolas Cage, whose action roles have included both a contract killer and a federal anti-terrorist agent, stepped into the...
Prison-trained Puppies Help Troops — and Convicts
Prisoners are paired with puppies in a ground-breaking program to train service dogs for injured war veterans. The program, Puppies Behind Bars, develops...
UCLA Scientists Make Paralyzed Rats Walk Again After Spinal Cord Injury
UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run...
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...
Special Hospital Saves 1000 Sea Turtles (Video)
Most injured turtles are never spotted, and die at sea. The lucky ones are taken to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida...
Listening to Music Helps Stroke Patients – Especially Opera
Listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed. Rousing operatic...
Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River Thanks to Artificial Reef
For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed...
Missouri Reduces Prison Returns by Treating Juveniles With Lighter Hand
Missouri has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the country, thanks in part to its juvenile justice system, which emphasizes rehabilitation in small...
Art Therapy Helps Breast Cancer Patients
Women having radiation treatment for breast cancer experienced lasting improvements in mental and physical health and quality of life after participating in five sessions...
Help Animals Suffering in the Wake of Hurricane Ike
As Gulf Coast residents face the aftermath of the massive Hurricane Ike, animals face just as much bewilderment and peril as the humans they...
2008 American Government Innovation Awards
Sweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North...
Aid Reaches One Million Cyclone Victims in Myanmar
Relief efforts by aid agencies have reached around one million people in Myanmar, just over 40 percent of those affected by the cyclone, according...