Collecting and distributing 900,000 pairs of used shoes over the past decade has changed Mona Purdy's life. She is now the executive director of Share Your Soles, a charity which has no religious or government affiliation but has helped the needy in at least 29 countries and several U.S. states.
A journalist and CNN corporate sales executive quit her job to pursue a Masters thesis that would help Malawi farmers use video to teach neighboring villages about ways they have learned to adapt to climate change and preserve their livelihoods in the wake of new flooding.
Her generosity in life was legendary: Ruth Lilly, the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly, died Wednesday night at 94. ... Over the course of her life, Ms. Lilly gave away the bulk of her inheritance, an estimated $800 million.
A Harvard-educated man who moved to Braddock, Pa. in 2001 to work on an AmeriCorps project and ended up running for mayor four years later, strives to revive a town that once boasted 25 shoe stores, 14 jewelers, 51 barbers and 53 restaurants, but today has none.
The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post. Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also hailed a young Army nutritionist who helped wounded victims. Both women heroically intervened despite being shot.
Four men have received a flurry of attention since Wednesday when word got out how the four inmates came to the rescue of Deputy Kenneth Moon, who was being strangled by another inmate.
Tommy, a volunteer firefighter was driving down route 81 in Virginia when he saw a Subaru strike the guard rail and go up in flames. He said, "At that point after seeing exactly what happened, I didn't feel that there was gonna be any survivors."
How miraculous that Kathy Stein found herself caring about a young man who tried to rob and kill her. She'd started down a "tumultuous journey on a path less chosen â€" one toward forgiveness instead of rage..."
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Norman Borlaug, 95, who died Saturday night in Dallas, is credited with saving 1 billion lives from famine. His work creating high-yield crop varieties and improving agriculture in the Third World earned him a Nobel Prize. "Many experts credit the green revolution with averting global famine during the second half of the 20th century." (Read […]
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
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