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Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives

A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.

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MIT Students Create Bicycle-Powered Washing Machine (w/ Video)

Thanks to some MIT students, many people living without electricity in developing countries may benefit from a new human-powered washing machine that could save them precious time and hard labor.

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More than 100 Million of the World's Poorest Have Received Microloan

More than 106 million of the world's poorest families received a microloan in 2007, surpassing a goal set ten years earlier, according to a report released last month by the Microcredit Summit Campaign. Microloans are used to help people living in extreme poverty start or expand a range of tiny businesses such as husking rice, selling tortillas, and delivering cell phone services to remote villages.

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Craigslist Hoax Turns Into 'Miracle at Wabash and Union'

What started as an online hoax culminated on Christmas day with dozens of people banding together to help those in need, in what's now being called "Miracle at Wabash and Union."

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10 Most Inspiring Stories for 2008

These are the top news stories from last year that really tugged at the heartstrings. They were some of the most popular stories of 2008 according to readers of the Good News Network. Grab a box of tissues, and enjoy the 10 Most Inspiring Stories of the year...

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Obama's Honored Guest for Inauguration (Video)

An American pilot from the first all-black flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II, will attend Barack Obama's inauguration as an honored guest. All 330 surviving members of the the Tuskegee Airmen have been invited to the Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony.

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Parents Strive to Save Others After Baby Gets Donor Match (Can You Help?)

After finding a bone marrow donor in New Hampshire that saved a baby named Giovanni, his parents have continued the drive to boost donor numbers to save the others on the fateful waiting list, like one beloved teacher in a local school, Brian Beeler.

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Miracle On The Hudson

The passengers of Flight 1549 were soaked and freezing, but they were also alive. "We had a miracle on 34th Street. I believe now we have had a miracle on the Hudson," Gov. David Paterson said. T