# Inspiring

Librarians Assemble to Read the Qur'an on Steps of Chicago Building

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.

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Israel Gives Citizenship to Nanny who Saved Boy in Mumbai Attacks

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.

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Post-Katrina, Innovative Charter School in New Orleans Sets Example for Nation

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.

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Thousands of Butterflies Released Bringing Hope to Kids With Cancer

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.

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Five Winners Announced in Google's $10 Million Contest to Change the World

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.

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White Descendants of First Black Physician Buy Tombstone for Unmarked Grave

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.

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$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses - No Strings Attached

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.

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Pakistan Thanks World for Opening Wallets

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.