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Homeless Man With Golden Voice Gets Radio Job and House After YouTube Sensation

The homeless man with a golden radio voice got a second chance at life, after a Cleveland reporter interviewed him and the video became a YouTube sensation with over 4.5 million hits. As soon as Ted Williams, who was panhandling along an Ohio roadside was seen on the Internet, a local radio show brought him on the air. People were so impressed by his voice, that the offers began pouring in -- including a dream job with the Cleveland Cavaliers and a free house.

Dolphins Help Save Tired Dog Stuck in Canal

Some persistent dolphins are being credited with saving a dog that had run away on Marco Island. The dog's owner said he had been missing for 15 hours -- and it would have been longer if the dolphins hadn't alerted the neighbors.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 February 29 Views

NHL Owner Gives $10 Million to Heroes and Community Groups

Jeff Vinik, chairman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and his wife, are donating more than $10 million for "deserving community heroes and charity partners in the Tampa Bay area.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 February 25 Views

Hero of the Year: Nepalese Woman Frees Children Who Live With Incarcerated Parents

Pushpa Basnet, a Nepalese woman who runs a home for children so they don't have to live behind bars with their incarcerated parents, was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night. She was in her twenties when she started a home in Kathmandu where children can receive education, food, medical care and a chance to live a more normal life.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 December 35 Views

"God Loves Caviar" Film Serves up a Hero in Greece's Hour of Need

The Greeks never used to have hero issues. But heroes have been in short supply in the country's hour of need, which could explain the rush to cinemas to spend time in the company of an 18th-century pirate turned caviar tycoon.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 November 31 Views

What Good News Means to Me - The Winning Essay

My 15-year internet career choice of focusing on good news has become a philosophy for the rest of my life. To mark the website's 15th anniversary, I launched a contest called What 'Good News' Means to Me. I now have my four winners to whom we will be delivering four fantastic prizes this week.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 October 29 Views

Critically Ill Maryland Teen Gets Classmate's Heart After Miraculous Match

Although a teen was killed in a hit-and-run crash, his heart is now giving his ailing friend a chance to live. When Kyle Wilkerson heard the good news, that doctors had a heart for the Maryland teenager, he had a suspicion. The 15-year-old looked up at the cardiologist and asked, Is it Skylar's heart?

By Jeanne Goddard

10 May 28 Views

Company Harvests Tons of Crops, Saving it from Waste to Give it Away

After hearing the shocking figure that up to 40 percent of produce goes to waste in the fields, Christy Porter founded Hidden Harvest an organization that employs the working poor to rescue farmers' leftover produce to feed the hungry.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 January 31 Views

Miracle Plant Could Solve Several of the World's Greatest Problems, Including Global Warming

A weed called Kenaf can sequester huge amounts of carbon permanently while lifting villagers out of poverty by providing both protein-rich food and super-insulated building materials. A retired building contractor is working with the fast-growing, carbon-sucking plant that can grow 14 feet in a single year.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 October 32 Views

Swimming Pool Built in the Sky - Transparent Bottom Looks Down 24 Stories to Street

The Holiday Inn Shanghai - Pudong Kangqiao features a cantilevered swimming pool that hangs over the building giving swimmers a bird's eye view onto the street more than 250 feet below. This gives guests a delirious sense of swimming in the sky -- they can see the street clearly down below while passers-by on Xiuyan Lu can see the swimmers way up above.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 August 30 Views

Student Loan Payoff is New Incentive to Move to Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the latest municipality to offer incentives for people to move there. And the city of 51,000 residents says even a small influx will make a big difference. Applicants who are chosen will get up to $7,000 to pay back student loans, if they move to downtown Niagara Falls for two years.

By Jeanne Goddard

05 July 30 Views

Simple Test For Babies Could Help Spot A Virus That Damages Hearing

About 1 in 150 babies are born infected with a common virus that can cause permanent hearing loss, but newborns aren't routinely tested to see if they have it. That could change because a new study found a simple saliva test can identify babies at risk.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 June 34 Views

US Wind Industry Adding Record Number of Turbines

2012 has been the strongest year yet for the U.S. wind energy. The success of the federal Production Tax Credit and wind energy's increased affordability are helping drive wind turbine installations to record levels in 2012, said the American Wind Energy Association.

By Jeanne Goddard

23 October 32 Views

Woman Who Escaped Marriage at 17 Returns as a Millionaire

In what is a 'rags to riches' story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 February 27 Views

How A Pharmaceutical Giant Is Battling Malnutrition On The Ground In Haiti

Sometimes, corporations actually bring their know-how and human capital to bear on a problem, instead of just giving money to a cause. The global pharmaceutical company Abbott is a shining example, working to combat severe malnutrition in Haiti by manufacturing a high-protein, high-calorie fortified peanut paste.

By Jeanne Goddard

30 August 30 Views

Ethiopian Child Mortality, Malnutrition Rates Slashed in Half

Ethiopia has more than halved its child mortality rates since 1990 through campaigns to increase the number of health workers and clinics throughout the country, government and aid officials said on Friday. The number of health posts has surged to more than 9,000 in 2011 from a handful in 2004 with priority shifted towards food-insecure areas, UNICEF said.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 November 35 Views

Olympic Heroes Join British Prime Minister for Hunger Talks

Britain's double Olympic gold hero Mo Farah on Sunday helped launch a hunger summit with other athletes aimed at tackling malnutrition worldwide, held at Prime Minister David Cameron's home.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 August 27 Views

"LandFill Harmonic" Orchestra Plays With Instruments Made of Trash

A youth orchestra in Paraguay whose players live in a town surrounded by a garbage landfill play instruments fashioned from scrap by the town elders. With the children inspired by a new passion and purpose, Beethoven never sounded so good.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 December 29 Views

Sierra Club Partners with Sungevity to Help Families Go Solar

The nation's largest environmental organization last week announced a new partnership with Sungevity to help families switch to solar easily and affordably. The win-win program will help consumers save money on electric bills and cut their carbon footprint with its Zero Down solar leasing program that gives $750 cash to both the homeowner and the Sierra Club.

By Jeanne Goddard

29 May 28 Views

Waldo Canyon: Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire Now Fully Contained

The Waldo Canyon Fire, the most destructive in Colorado history, is under full containment Tuesday night.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 July 29 Views