'Free Range' Kids Given the Okay to Roam Free By Maryland Officials
Child Protective Services cleared a Silver Spring couple of any wrongdoing for allowing their two young children to walk around their neighborhood alone.
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Houston Slashed its Homeless Rate in Half in Four Years
Houston, Texas, has gotten roughly 4,000 homeless people into housing and is on track to eliminate chronic homelessness by the end of 2015.
Inmates Grow Along With the Gardens They Tend Behind Bars
Prison gardens are a growing trend to rehabilitate inmates while providing fresh food to those in need.
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 to sell low-cost healthy groceries-and ready-made meals.
Today Only, Get Your Free Donuts Here! (And Find Out Why)
It's National Doughnut Day, but do you know where and why you can get free doughnuts today?
FCC Takes Aim at Annoying Telemarketing Calls in the U.S.
The government is doing something about those annoying automated phone calls that arrive day and night at your home or on your mobile.
Food Stamps Double Their Value at Michigan Farmers Markets
"Double Up Food Bucks" let families on food stamps take home twice the fresh produce, while small family farmers make more money.
Support Our Troops and Remember the Fallen: Thank You, Veterans
Here are some ways we can express our gratitude to the living veterans and remember the fallen.
New Railroad Rules Aim to Prevent Oil Tank Fires in Canada, US
New rules in Canada and the US will make freight rail transport safer for cities they travel through.
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 innovative ways to combat climate change."
Hungry Veteran With Cancer Dials 911, Gets Amazing Response
A veteran returning home from cancer treatment called 911 because he was hungry--the response he got is heartwarming.
Cops Decide Heroin Addicts Will Be Helped With Rehab, Not Arrested
The Gloucester Police Department has a new policy to benefit people addicted to drugs, and others who want lifesaving drugs to treat future overdoses.
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