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Entire School Given Free Bikes for Proving Poverty No Match for a Great Principal
Tom Shadyac, the director of blockbuster comedies like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, became famous for giving up his riches in favor of a...
“LandFillHarmonic” Orchestra Plays With Instruments Made of Trash
In Paraguay there is a town essentially built atop a landfill where adults pick through the latest heaps of trash for sellable goods and...
Tribute to Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck died Wednesday -- a day before his ninety-second birthday. He was best known for his 1959 album "Time...
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...
Catholic Bishop Builds Peace Between Jews and Arabs in Israel
In contrast to what the news media portrays as a hopeless situation in the Middle East, there is an Arab village in northern Israel,...
From Dog Fighting to Prison Pup to Famous Therapy Dog
As Michele Pich took hold of the dog’s leash, the prisoner handed it to her but with one request. “Please, just promise me that...
Young People Cheating Less These Days, Report Finds
Cheating, lying and stealing among American students are all less prevalent nowadays, according to a new report.
The 2012 "Report Card on the Ethics of...
Teacher Brings Yoga to Juveniles Behind Bars
Leslie Booker began her career in the fashion industry but exchanged the runway for a juvenile detention center in the Bronx. As a dedicated...
Alec Baldwin Helps Neighbors, Lifts Spirits of NYU Dorm Evacuees
New York Universtiy alum Alec Baldwin, whose home in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood also lost power on Tuesday, walked room-to-room visiting students who had...
Extinct in the Wild, Toad Makes a Comeback
The thumbnail-sized golden colored Kihansi Spray Toad, only discovered by scientists in 1996, was officially declared Extinct in the Wild by the International Union...
Girl, 14, is America’s Top Young Scientist: Her Solar-Powered Jug Cleans Water
A 14-year-old New York student was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for inventing a solar-powered water jug that changes dirty water into purified drinking...
US Teen Drinking and Driving Rate Cut in Half Over Last Two Decades
The percentage of US high school students who drink and drive has dropped by more than half in two decades, according to the latest...
(Not McDonald’s) One Billion Meals Served by India Charity in Schools
For the past 12 years, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has served cooked food to nearly 1.4 million children in government schools across the India....
School Behind Bars Elevates Juveniles Who Need Hope
There is a school at one Virginia county juvenile detention center where troubled youths work toward high school diplomas and credit their teachers with...
The 13-year-old Who Has the World Planting Trees
Finding himself besieged by a gaggle of young female devotees, Felix Finkbeiner is an environmental superstar and author of the book Tree by Tree......
Mars Rover Plays First Song Transmitted From Another Planet (WATCH)
For the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed back to Earth from another planet. Will.i.am's new composition, "Reach for the Stars,"...
Bullied Bus Driver Donates Funds to Fight Bullying
After receiving more than $700,000 in donations following the release of a viral video of her being viciously taunted by a group of middle...
Prisoners Given Rare Assignment to Save Endangered Butterfly
At the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, inmates are helping to save the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Under the supervision...
Auto Body Shop Stands up for Bullied Gay Teen, Restores Vandalized Car
A Radford University student has a newly restored car and added security system thanks to Virginia businesses that took a firm stand against bullying....
Nice is Trending on Twitter: School’s Football Captain Beats Cyber Bullies With Kindness Tweets
When he saw classmates taunted on Twitter, 17-year-old Kevin Curwick, a high school football captain, decided that online bullying should not be a spectator...