The Original OKRA Charity Saloon in downtown Houston operates a lot like other taverns. Booze is purchased and poured, bartenders get paid and take home tips. But the owners give all their profits away. Proceeds from OKRA's are donated to a different Houston-based organization each month. With every drink purchased, bar patrons vote on which charity is chosen from among four new nominees each month.
The House of Representatives last week managed a landslide victory for the little guy passing the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act by a vote of 407-18. The bill would allow entrepreneurs to crowdfund. That means they could raise money over the Internet through relatively small donations from people they don't know.
A UCSD grad student has traded in his lab coat for an apron and sunglasses, disguising his identity and keeping his new cookie service a secret, to avoid criticism from friends and family. Now, the passionate cookie-maker is seeing his dream pay off -- and the secret cookie service is not so secret anymore.
This July, after an Oregon couple walk down the aisle, they will hit the open road on a unique journey from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine, taking a leap of faith with dozens of people they've never met. The leap? The new bride and groom will sit down to breakfast with strangers across America and select 50 of those breakfasts to highlight in a book, Breakfast with Strangers: 50 Meals across America.
Lady Gaga, criticized recently for gaining weight, launched a new Body Revolution project on her LittleMonsters website, hoping to help build confidence in people with body-image issues. The pop star revealed she has suffered from bulimia and anorexia since she was 15.
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announced the winners of their first Cell Phone Photo Contest. The call for entries attracted intimate family portraits, spontaneous street shots, and avant-garde imaginary that demonstrated the creativity of artists from 42 countries.
After decades of declining numbers, the world's fastest creature is populating Britain's cities once again. The peregrine falcon, which can travel at speeds of 200mph, is returning to Britain's cities in droves, with the highest number recorded in the capital for hundreds of years.
A police inspector who banned his officers from hanging around their station during shifts was hailed as a 'bit of a hero' who proved it was possible 'to do more with less' in the face of budget cuts. The tough approach has led to a 67 percent percent reduction in crime between June and December 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
London is using its plans for the 2012 Olympic games to revitalize neighborhoods, clean up a polluted industrial site and generate a large urban park with wetlands that will attract birds, otters and other wildlife, while leaving a legacy of sustainability for East Londoners.
London's homicide rate has fallen steadily over the last decade, dropping 47 percent since 2003. Figures from the Metropolitan Police showed 117 murders recorded in the capital last year, down from 222 in the year 2011.
Wake Up London is becoming well-known for organizing meditation flash mobs in Central London. Celebrating their Buddhist teacher's return to London this week, hundreds will join them for a 'Sit In Peace' meditation led by Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen master, author, and human rights activist on the open grounds of Trafalgar Square on Saturday March 31.
In the UK, the world's second oldest animal welfare organization said it was shocked by the scale of organized badger persecution it has uncovered in Northern Ireland. But now, operatives working for the USPCA are using an aerial drone with a camera onboard to film gangs, and chase them away, as they prepare to attack badgers.
Donations to an inspirational runner who collapsed and died during the London Marathon have passed £670,000 on her fundraising website, and are continuing to be sent in.
Injured troops and cancer patients were given a massive boost this week after receiving a surprise visit from David Beckham.
More than a century ago this estuary was teeming with wildlife. Expansive beds of shellfish and huge shoals of herring and salmon fed all the surrounding communities. After more than a century of pollution, the River Forth is making a comeback.
A survey of 6,500 children aged between 11 and 15 showed the numbers taking drugs, smoking and drinking alcohol had all fallen over the past decade.
The first child in history to receive a trachea fashioned by his own stem cells has shown remarkable progress since the initial transplant two years ago, marking a new record for the novel procedure, which prevents risk from organ transplant rejection.
A mosque has been praised for serving tea and biscuits to English Defense League supporters after the far-right group arranged a demonstration there. About six people turned up to protest at the mosque in Bull Lane, York, on Sunday and were invited inside to play football with Muslim worshippers.
The Norfolk area of Broadland has been named the most peaceful area of the UK. The tranquil district, which has a population of about 125,000, had only eight violent crimes reported in 2012 -- about a third of the national average.
The UK is becoming a more peaceful place with rates of violent crime and murder falling more rapidly in the past decade any other Western European country, researchers say. Violent crime overall was down by a quarter in the decade ending in 2012, and murders were cut in half.
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