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Rachel’s Legacy Inspires Other Kids to Give
Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise money for a clean-water charity by asking for donations instead of presents for her ninth birthday. Now, her death...
Blind Adventurer Regains Some Sight With Experimental Drug
Within days and without warning, adventure Mike Scholes lost most of the sight in his left eye, due to the onset of an inherited...
Twitter Founders Leave to Create Social Network Based on Encouragement
Evan Williams and Biz Stone recently left Twitter recently to work with their old buddy Jason Goldman at The Obvious Corporation, a startup incubator...
Teen Breaks Guinness World Record for His New Charity
At 17 years old, not only did Wilson Patton found a new, clever fundraising vehicle for charity, he also drove attention to the cause...
Marshmallow Peeps Star in 4th Annual Diorama Design Contest
Once again the creative genius of the Washington DC community is on display in the Easter candy parade of homemade art that is the...
Internet Comes Together to Celebrate Stranger on His 90th Birthday
An old man's photo was anonymously posted to an infamous internet site known for targeting people and pulling pranks. But sometimes, the hive mind...
Solar Power Now Cheaper than Nuclear
According to Energy Collective, a historic era is upon us because solar power has become affordable. More specifically, solar power has become cheaper than...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
Jews and Arabs Unite for World Record Hummus
50 Arab and Jewish chefs have served up a world record for cooking hummus in the name of Middle East peace. Cooks...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Reporters Track 24 Hours of Kindness
A team of Toronto Star reporters fanned out across the city to document a most wonderful human behavior: people being kind to each...
Boy Hears Back From Heaven After Writing Letter
There may or may not be a God, but there certainly are good people in the world.
Bailey, 11, tied a letter to God to...
Pixar to Release ‘Up’ Funniest Animated Film Yet (Video)
Catch a sneak peek of Pixar's latest animated sensation, 'Up', about a grouchy old man who tries finally to achieve his most...
Nearly Half Million U.S. Kids Get Free Dental Care on Single Day
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month – and dentists from across the country took part in a one day program to make sure...
Extra Cash? Turn in Your Techno-Junk for Money
As a hungry grad student, Brandon Mendelson can sum up his financial status in two painful words: “broke” and “desperate.” He needed quick cash...
Married Couples Who Play Together Stay Together
"Most couples know their marriages are happier when they make time to have fun. But fun can fall by the wayside in...
Kindness Tornado Rips Through Town
Without warning Biddeford, Maine experienced a tornado of kindness on Thursday. Residents were lifted up and spirits were tossed into unfamiliar territory as Michael...
Climate Change Conference Hails Australia Kyoto Signing
More than 10,000 scientists, bureaucrats and politicians from 186 countries gathered this week on the Indonesian island of Bali for what is perhaps the...
De-Stressing Stress
Recently, a coaching client of mine had an epiphany in the midst of a two-hour walk in nature. There, in the rare quiet of...
First Time in 50 Years, Peace Train Crosses Korea
For the first time in more than half a century, trains crossed from South to North Korea on Thursday through a sunny opening in...