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Houston Slashed its Homeless Rate in Half in Four Years
The number of homeless people in Houston, Texas, has been cut almost in half over the past four years, as the city’s homeless advocates...
Inmates Grow Along With the Gardens They Tend Behind Bars
When a correction officer set out a small garden at the prison where he worked, he may have planted the seeds of a brighter...
Trader Joe’s Exec Opens Nonprofit Grocery Store As a Low-Budget, Healthy Option
The former president of Trader Joe’s has opened the nation’s first not-for-profit grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts to give people a low-cost option for...
Today Only, Get Your Free Donuts Here! (And Find Out Why)
Hooray, it’s National Doughnut Day! Did you know this giveaway started during America’s Great Depression? Large national chains are joining mom-and-pop shops across America June...
FCC Takes Aim at Annoying Telemarketing Calls in the U.S.
The government is doing something about those annoying automated robo calls that arrive day and night at your home or on your mobile phone. The...
Food Stamps Double Their Value at Michigan Farmers Markets
Needy families are taking home more nutritious food while farmers are taking home more money thanks to a program that doubles the buying power...
Support Our Troops and Remember the Fallen: Thank You, Veterans
Although today is Memorial Day in the U.S., a time to remember the fallen soldiers, we chose today to post an article that also...
New Railroad Rules Aim to Prevent Oil Tank Fires in Canada, US
If you've ever seen a mile-long freight train and wondered how safe those tank cars were, know this: they are about to get a...
By Putting Housing First, Utah Reduces Homeless Population by 91%
Utah has slashed chronic homelessness by 91 percent in the last ten years with a simple solution — give the homeless a home. The turnaround...
From Gross to Green: Toxic Dump Will Become Solar Farm in San Fran
Local and federal officials announced plans to build a solar farm at a San Francisco area garbage dump to “serve as a model for...
Hungry Veteran With Cancer Dials 911, Gets Amazing Response
When an elderly veteran called 911 because he was hungry, operator Marilyn Hinson took out a pen and began to write him a grocery...
Cops Decide Heroin Addicts Will Be Helped With Rehab, Not Arrested
People who turn in their drugs to the Gloucester Police Department and ask for help won’t be arrested, they’ll be rehabilitated. Additionally, the department will...
NASA Device Finds 4 Buried Victims in Nepal by Detecting Heartbeats
Four men trapped under 10 feet of bricks, mud and other debris were rescued in Nepal thanks to a heartbeat detection device developed by...
Service Turns Your Social Media Posts into Handwritten Notes for Troops
Reconciling new-age social media with old-school tradition, a new service turns Tweets into snail mail for American Military service members around the world. Since smartphones are...
Solar Solution: MIT Creates Way to Make Salt Water Drinkable
The world is awash in seawater that we can’t drink or use for crops. To help people in drought-stricken areas from California to India,...
New York State to Turn Lights Out for Migrating Birds
The bright lights of New York attract millions of people to the big city, but they’ll be attracting fewer birds–which is a good thing...
Thousands of Volunteers Offer to Clean Up Baltimore After Riots
Armed with brooms and trash bags, volunteers have marched into the streets of Baltimore, turning out in force to clean up “Charm City” after...
Work With Texas Immigrants Earns Her 2015 Teacher of the Year Honor
Shana Peeples, who teaches advanced English at Amarillo’s Palo Duro High School, has done wonders for kids who might normally remain invisible, both inside...
Fatal Crashes for Teen Drivers Down 55 Percent in the US
The number of drivers between the ages of 16–19 involved in fatal automobile crashes in the United States has plummeted by 55% over the...
POWWOW Diverts 30 Million Pounds of Produce Annually From Landfill to Food Banks
About four billion dollars worth of produce is imported from Mexico every year at the border of Nogales, Arizona, for distribution around the U.S....
We Stumbled Upon a Lincoln Lovefest at Ford’s Theater 150 Years After His Death
The most fortuitous thing happened while I was entertaining an out-of-town friend in Washington, DC yesterday, driving her around to see the cherry blossoms...
Veterans Ensure Safe Passage for Chicago Kids Walking To School
U. S. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are keeping youngsters safe on their walk to and from school in Chicago. The successful program...
Man Lost 66 Days at Sea is Rescued From Capsized Boat, Angel
The crew aboard a passing German container ship rescued a sunburned and dehydrated South Carolina sailor Thursday, who had survivetsd at sea for 66...
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