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Farm Aid to Help Farmers Hurt by Ike, Gustav

Farm Aid today announced that initial grants would be made to southern farm and faith-based organizations to support family farmers hardest hit by Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

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Put the Doom Merchants on Notice: There is Good News!

For the past seven days, there has been no getting away from the incessant drum beat of bad news... "Everything is collapsing around our ears," so says the television reporter. But the journalists' world is not the only world. There are also rescues, innovations, breakthroughs and happy endings.

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The Lion Who Thought He was People

Christian the lion was bought as a cub in London and raised by two young men who gave him up when he outgrew the city. They released him in Africa to be raised in the wild and the video of their joyful reunion a year later has become a YouTube sensation.

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Chinook Rescues Helicopter

A Chinook has successfully airlifted a giant RAF Sea King helicopter which had broken down while on an operation to winch an injured hillwalker to safety. BBC NEWS features a video of the dramatic lift.

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From Motown to Growtown: Urban Gardens Revitalize City and Feed Poor

Taja Sevelle's Urban Farming program transformed hundreds of acres of vacant land in the city into 190 gardens blooming across the country and abroad, providing fresh produce to an estimated 50,000 people, some of whom desperately need it.

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New Way of Growing Rice Could Help Solve World Food Crisis

Professor Norman T. Uphoff of Cornell University is advocating a new way of growing rice in hopes of helping to solve the world food crisis.

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Happy in Horse Poop: The Entremanureal Journey

I didn't make a plan to save critters in need, but that is the path my life has taken. My passion for animals went all the way back to when I was four years old. For months, I stole rags from under Mom's kitchen sink. I made little beds for stray cats, injured rabbits and […]

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Community Pulls Together to Build Home for Cancer Patient

After a cancer patient's plea to Extreme Home Makeover to help her build a new house for her family of six, her community pulled together to grant the wish that the show couldn't.