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Color-bombs Fill India’s Beautiful Holi Festival of Spring
The major Holi festival of India was celebrated last week -- a riot of color and and gaiety marking the coming of Spring, the...
Fewer Youth Inmates in Canada and Australia Means Units Closing
The New South Wales Government has been forced to close a youth detention center because of a lack of inmates. The same positive trend...
Egyptian Superhero Comic Fights Sexual Harassment
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Super Makh! Reappearing this year in the popular Egyptian comic publication Tok-Tok is a superhero comic with a...
Pakistani Woman Makes History in Daring Run for Parliament
A Pakistani homemaker from the conservative tribal area will become the first woman to run for a seat in Parliament from that region of...
Pope Washes Feet of Inmates for Easter
The day before Good Friday, Pope Francis continued what has been a ritual for him, but something no other papal leader before has done....
Chinese Woman Goes From Sweatshop To Becoming Self-Made Billionaire
She is called the Steve Jobs of the architecture world because of her fluid, futuristic designs.
How did 47-year-old Zhang Xin go from working in...
Latina Sisters Aimed High, Defying Low Expectations
For the few Latino students living in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1960's, the school's expectations were low.
The high school counselor told Linda Hernandez and her...
10 Ways to Show Your Spouse Love and Make Yourself Happier Too
Chris Kline doesn't like to tell his wife of 17 years, Tara, that he loves her. He prefers to show her—by loading her favorite...
Smile! Crow’s Feet Make You Look Clever and More Attractive
Crow's feet – often regarded as an unwelcome sign of ageing – could actually be something to smile about.
People are judged more attractive and...
French, Mali Troops Retake Timbuktu From Extremists as City Cheers
Residents of the ancient city of Timbuktu erupted in joy as French and Malian troops drove in on Monday after Islamist rebels fled to...
After Fighting To Go To School, Young Pakistani Woman Builds Her Own
For three years, while she attended middle school in another part of Karachi, Humaira Bachal's father had no idea what his daughter was doing....
Inmates Find Health and Solace in Yoga
Three times a week, Robbie Norris, a lean, 50-year-old yoga teacher, hops into his 1992 Volvo and heads to his class in Richmond, Va....
Muslims And Catholics Come Together For Christmas Food Drive
In a partnership built on the true spirit of giving, members of the Muslim mosque in London, Ontario decided to help boost a Catholic...
Whole Foods’ Micro-Loans Help 1.3 Million People
Mission statements seldom come simpler than the one guiding the Whole Planet Foundation, which aims to alleviate poverty through microcredit — small loans extended...
Man Hitchhikes Across Canada in Only His Underwear Raising $30K for Testicular Cancer
People have bicycled, walked, even roller-bladed across Canada for charity. But Mark McIntyre is likely the only person who has ever hitch-hiked across Canada...
Google Gives $23 Million To 7 Charities for High Tech Innovations
Asserting that nonprofits now lag behind industry in technological innovation due to lack of funding, Google unveiled its remedy yesterday. It announced $23 million...
Alaska Inmates Find Identity in Orchestra
After serving a 14-year sentence for murder, no one would have expected Sarah Jane Coffman to go anywhere near the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center...
New Bandage That Doesn’t Hurt Inspired By Spiderwebs
Even the most pain-tolerant people cringe once in a while, ripping an adhesive bandage off sensitive skin.
But for babies, the removal process can break...
Entertainers and Fashion Icons Pitch in With Storm Relief Donations, Benefit Concerts, Auctions
Stars from Hollywood to Virginia are pitching in to help New York and New Jersey recover from Hurricane Sandy. A celebrity auction has even...
Female Iraq War Vet Who Lost Legs is Elected to U.S. Congress
Not only is she one of the historic class of 2012 women elected to the US Congress this week. Not only is she the...