Archive for the ‘Good news’ Category

Nelson Mandela turns 94: Bill Clinton and Alex Ferguson join celebrations

July 18 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags:

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The Power of Women – Dalai Lama

March 29 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags: ,

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‘Green’ Cars Could Be Made from Pineapples and Bananas

March 4 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags:

      Your next new car hopefully won’t be a lemon. But it could be a pineapple or a banana. That’s because scientists in Brazil have developed a more effective way to use fibers from these and other plants in a new generation of automotive plastics that are stronger, lighter, and more eco-friendly than plastics now in use. They described the work,... Read more

Cat Stevens – Peace Train (Live)

August 16 | Posted by admin | Good news, Music Tags:

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Americans Spent 8 Billion Hours Volunteering in 2010

August 14 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags:

  NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters Life!)- More than 60 million Americans volunteered 8.1 billion hours of their services in 2010 in work valued at nearly $173 billion, according to a new report. Whether it is tutoring and mentoring students, fundraising, job training or assisting during natural disasters, volunteers have contributed to their communities, the report by the Corporation for National and... Read more

Seven Loyola hospital employees donate kidneys to strangers

August 9 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags:

Loyola University Medical Center is a very giving place to work — so much so that within the past year, seven female employees donated their kidneys as part of the center’s Pay-It-Forward Kidney Transplant Program. The women, dubbed the “Seven Sisters” by Loyola, spoke to the media April 27 at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood. The Pay-It-Forward Kidney Transplant... Read more

Good News: Frat Rallies Behind Cancer Battle

August 7 | Posted by admin | Good news Tags:

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