In an effort to mitigate their own carbon emissions from day-to-day operations of their 2006 tour, while raising the public's carbon consciousness, Pearl Jam will donate a total of $100,000 to nine organizations doing innovative work around climate change.
A man who lives under a San Diego bridge always lives by the Ten Commandments, too. James Pitcl, who collects recyclables and trades them in for cash, has proven that he always does the right thing, no matter how tempting the alternative.
The earthquake and tsunami that walloped Japan left much of its coastline ravaged, but left one thing intact: the Japanese reputation for honesty. In the five months since the disaster struck, people have turned in thousands of wallets found in the debris, containing $48 million in cash.
Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa found $300,000 of someone's poker winnings left in a paper bag in his taxi Monday, but made sure every penny was returned to the rightful owner. He was rewarded graciously by his company.
Akrit is an incredible boy, aged 12, living in India who performed his first sugery at 7. Now he works with 76 adults on his theoretical cure for cancer. He sees his duty as stoppin all the suffering in the world.
This group of basketball players is being praised for their show of compassion during a stranger's funeral in Louisiana.
When a polite, allegedly homeless, man insisted on using all his hard-earned money to pay for an expensive meal, the restaurant made him a 'special offer'
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Tornados hit La Plata, Maryland killing three people and ruining 400 homes. The entire town center was destroyed. After the devastation another force came to town: the Amish. A gang of volunteers came.
extremely low birth-weight infants attained similar levels of education, employment and independence as young adults compared to normal birth-weight infants, despite challenges including cerebral palsy, blindness, mental impairment and autism.
Jeremy Affeldt makes $6 million a year pitching for the San Francisco Giants, but he gave a half-million back after a clerical error was discovered, despite already receiving the money back in 2010. Affeldt got three opinions saying the contract was ironclad and he could keep the extra $500,000, but realized he couldn't keep it and still sleep well knowing it was wrong.
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Ten of the nation's major banks, such as Bank of America and Citibank, have agreed to pay $8.5 billion after an investigation into the abuse of homeowners during foreclosures on mortgages during the recent housing crisis. According to the Fed, $3.3 billion of the settlement will be direct payments to eligible borrowers and $5.2 billion will go toward other assistance, such as loan modifications and forgiveness of deficiency judgments.
In an act of sportsmanship following his competitor's disqualification, a New Jersey high school swimmer gave his first-place medal to "its rightful owner."
More environmentally friendly computer equipment will soon be available to large volume purchasers thanks to manufacturers like Dell, HP, and others that now have products approved as having reduced levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury to better protect human health, and are easier to upgrade and recycle, in addition to meeting the government's Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.
high school basketball coach in Rochester, NY, who, for the last game of the season, let somebody play who'd never even suited up before -- an autistic boy who'd helped with water, towels and practices. He absolutely caught fire on the court, launching 3-pointers through the net one after another.
Augusta, Georgia swim coaches were honored for returning their trophy after pointing out a scoring error that cost their team the championship. The two men were called champions of integrity, honesty and sportsmanship, amidst a standing ovation.
Thousands of Americans wrote to a small, but forward-thinking company to say ‘thanks' for inventing an arthritis treatment that works often when nothing else would: A treatment that is actually healthy for the body, unlike some pharmaceutical drugs with side effects like Vioxx (which was pulled from the market after studies found an increased risk […]
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