We've seen the studies showing that people who are optimistic are less likely to get heart disease, enjoy better lung function and are happier. But a new study provides evidence that optimism also helps when looking for a job.
Mark Boyle has turned his life into a radical experiment and pledged to live without cash, credit cards, loans or any other form of finance. The British economics graduate was inspired by Gandhi's call to be the change you want to see in the world.
The American Library Association and librarians across the country have moved the Qur'an to the top of their list for titles celebrated during their upcoming Banned Books Week, September 25 - October 2, 2010, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.
Indian nanny Sandra Samuels, who risked her life to save an Israeli toddler from the clutches of terrorists during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been granted an honorary citizenship by the Israeli government for her act of bravery.
Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Ninth Ward, one New Orleans charter school promised a college prep environment to incoming freshman, most of which entered the new school reading at only a fourth grade level. Now, the Sci Academy students are bound for any college of their choice.
2000 people gathered this month in Massachusetts to release almost two thousand butterflies in honor an 8-year-old who died of cancer. The event raised money for the children's charity founded by Lucy Grogan months before she died, in hopes of bestow the benefits of holistic alternative therapies on other kids with cancer.
Google has announced the five winners of Project 10x100, a contest of ideas for changing the world by helping as many people as possible. The five inspiring organizations will receive a total of $10 million to work on their solutions to some of the biggest global challenges.
White descendants of the nation's first professionally trained African-American doctor gathered in a cemetery on Sunday to dedicate a tombstone at the unmarked grave where he was buried in 1865. Antoinette Martignoni, the 91-year-old great-granddaughter of James McCune Smith, learned recently of the family connection.
The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school physics teacher, a marble sculptor, and a scientist working to save the world's honey bees. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.
PPakistan thanked the world Friday for opening its wallets and said more than 20 million flood victims now know that nations and people around the globe are standing with them during the worst disaster the country has ever faced.
Years after the tortured grieving over the death of both her parents, Lynn Hughes started a summer camp for bereaving kids. The non-profit Comfort Zone Camp is designed to bring healing during the beginning of the grieving process. The camp now operates in five states and has served 2,900 children, ages 7-17.
Five years his Army vehicle ran over a buried explosive in Afghanistan, he and two other former soldiers, three men with one leg between them, came down from summiting 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. You read correctly: Three soldiers, one leg. Mountain success. (READ the story in the Wash Post) From a […]
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