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Non-Profit Restaurant? Pay What You Want at Panera Bakery

Panera Bread Co. is asking customers at a new restaurant to pay what they want. The national bakery and restaurant chain launched a...
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Schools Recycle More Than 48,000 Pounds of Beverage Cans to Win Awards

School kids demonstrated a "can-do" attitude in this season's Aluminum Can Recycling National School Challenge. 133 schools, representing more than 70,000 students, joined with...
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US to Invest $8 Billion in High Speed Rail

President Obama announced the dedication yesterday of $8 billion in federal stimulus investments to jump-start American high-speed rail and improve existing rail lines...
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Google Offering Free WiFi at 47 Airports This Holiday Season

When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight now through January...
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Good news: Cities See Burglaries Fall

Crime rates for homicide, robbery and rape have been dropping for several years, according to FBI statistics, but now, despite the recession, in...
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POW! One Comic Book Fetches $100,000 at Auction

Do you have a crate of old comic books stored in your mom's attic? One man, after rescuing his childhood collection, may...
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USDA to Fund Environmental Clean-up of Mississippi River

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin funded...
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Dog Licks Woman Helping her Find Brain Aneurysm

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that dogs and cats can sniff out cancer. What about blood clots? When a...

Optimist Opens Retail Business to Fight Recession

"You can't sit around grumpy, moping and feeling sorry for yourself in this recession," the retired 76-year-old said. "You've got to get off...
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Secret Santas in 3 States Spread Cheer, $100 Bills

A mother in suburban St. Louis was overcome by emotion when a woman approached her and handed her two $100 bills, that could help...

Immigrant Worker Turns in $7500 Found in Goodwill Shoebox

Honesty is paying off for a Bulgarian immigrant who was employed at the Glen Carbon, Ill., Goodwill store. When she found $7,500 in cash...
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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...
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EARTH DAY News From the States: IL, WA, and GA

For a happier Earth Day, read four stories from the states, where in Washington, Illinois and Georgia, beautiful areas of the United States are...

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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Students Rule at This New York School

Wonderful story from AP about one innovative school that operates on the principle that "children are naturally curious and learn best when they want...

The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006

This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
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Wonderful Life Tops 100 Most Inspiring Films List

Last night the American Film Institute presented the list of Top 100 Most Inspiring American Films in a three-hour television special on CBS. A...

Good News in History, March 27

76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...

Good News in History, March 18

100 years ago today, the classic silent film The Thief of Baghdad, written by and starring Douglas Fairbanks, debuted in cinemas. Freely adapted from...

Good News in History, March 17

124 years ago today, Isadora Duncan, the first modern dancer, made her debut as a solo interpretive dancer in London to crowds who marveled...