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Antifreeze Manufacturers Agree to Add Bitter Taste so Animals Won't Lick

Antifreeze and engine coolant manufacturers who sell products in the U.S. must now add a bitter flavor agent to prevent animals and children from being poisoned by the sweet-tasting liquid. Previously enacted in 17 states, the industry will now voluntarily add the bitter taste to all coolant products sold across 50 states.

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War Amputee Flashes New Limbs After Historic Double Arm Transplant

A quadruple-amputee GI proudly showed off his two newly transplanted arms last week by using them to push his wheelchair into a press conference — then vowed to drive a car again. "The arms feel great!" said beaming Iraq War vet Brendan Marrocco, as he displayed his new limbs at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he underwent the extraordinary double transplant Dec. 18.

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Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Billion For Vaccines in Developing Countries

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $10 billion over the next ten years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world's poorest countries.

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Lawyer Floats Own Middle East Peace Plan

A successful Encino lawyer, has created a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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NBC is Developing 'The Happiness Project' for TV

The book The Happiness Project is in development to become a new NBC TV show based on the best-selling memoir by Gretchen Rubin about her year-long quest to find ways to become happier person.

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Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman Unveil 'We Can Be Heroes' Campaign for Horn of Africa

DC Entertainment, home of some of the greatest super heroes, unleashed a giving campaign to help fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. A multi-million-dollar commitment over the next two years by partners Warner Bros. and Time Warner will feature the Justice League characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern issuing a call to action, with 100 percent of the donations matched dollar for dollar.

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A New Idea for U.S. Aid: Political Reform for Foreign Assistance

President Obama issued a directive for U.S. development policy that called for social and political reforms as a prerequisite for foreign assistance, along with more investment from the private sector. Just one year into the project, U.S. government executives at a Washington conference reported on genuine progress.

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India Hailed for its First Polio-Free Year

Today marks a milestone in the fight against polio as India marks one year since the last recorded case of new polio infection there. This success is the result of decades of work by Rotary International along with its partners, as well as the tens of millions of dollars donated to the cause by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.