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Culinary Foundation Crowns 10 Sustainable Food Pioneers

Culinary Foundation Crowns 10 Sustainable Food Pioneers

Joe Satran  08.10.2011
This morning, the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its first-ever Leadership Awards. The new award category recognizes people...
Giving U.S. Military Veterans A Voice

Giving U.S. Military Veterans A Voice

Curtis M. Wong  08.09.2011
He may be an army veteran with three tours of duty and seven years of active service duty in Iraq and Afghanistan to his credit, but Patrick...
Social Networks Help London To Organize Cleanup After Riots

Social Networks Help London To Organize Cleanup After Riots

08.09.2011
LONDON -- They came to restore their city's good name, armed with brooms. The morning after devastating riots swept across London, hundreds...
Cure For A Lost Voice? Synthetic Gel Could Restore Vocal Cords

Cure For A Lost Voice? Synthetic Gel Could Restore Vocal Cords

Amanda L. Chan  08.09.2011
We've got bionic glasses that can help those with impaired vision to see, and a hearing aid that transmits sound via the teeth to help...
LeBron James Opens Clubhouse For Kids In Ohio Hometown

LeBron James Opens Clubhouse For Kids In Ohio Hometown

08.09.2011
AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James sat in a gym inside a community center he and his friends were afraid to visit as kids, reflecting on his past...
Schizophrenia Treatment Gains Progress

Schizophrenia Treatment Gains Progress

08.09.2011
For years, there has been little in the way of treatment for schizophrenia, other than medication, which often comes with devastating side...
Hiker Survived Forest After 50-Foot Fall By Eating Bugs, Using Moss For Warmth

Hiker Survived Forest After 50-Foot Fall By Eating Bugs, Using Moss For Warmth

08.09.2011
PORTLAND, Ore. (Associated Press)-- An Oregon hiker who survived a 50-foot fall, broken bones and three nights in a national forest says...
PHOTOS: Michael Jackson's Art Has A New Home

PHOTOS: Michael Jackson's Art Has A New Home

Anna Almendrala  08.08.2011
LOS ANGELES -- Sketches by Michael Jackson as well as a signed portrait of the entertainer will decorate the walls of Children's Hospital...
PHOTOS: A Sea Lion Miracle!

PHOTOS: A Sea Lion Miracle!

Carly Schwartz  08.08.2011
By Jason Dearen, Associated Press POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) -- Two juvenile California sea lions paused for a moment...
Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller To Co-Host Haiti Benefit

Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller To Co-Host Haiti Benefit

08.08.2011
NEW YORK -- Former President Bill Clinton will be co-hosting a New York City gala to benefit The Stiller Foundation that's building schools...
Fighting Human Trafficking & Helping Refugees

Fighting Human Trafficking & Helping Refugees

Kia Makarechi  08.08.2011
When An Phong Vo was nine years old, her family fled Vietnam and was resettled in Texas. The year was 1992. Nineteen years later, she's...
PHOTOS: Never Underestimate The Power Of Needle And Thread

PHOTOS: Never Underestimate The Power Of Needle And Thread

08.08.2011
Never underestimate the power of needle and thread. For over six years Turning Heads has been helping San Francisco's young women of color...
WATCH: Women, Children-Only Rehab Centers Help Heal Pakistan Flood Victims

WATCH: Women, Children-Only Rehab Centers Help Heal Pakistan Flood Victims

Eleanor Goldberg  08.08.2011
Still reeling from the worst flooding disaster that’s ever hit Pakistan, the country’s women and children are looking to newly erected...
9/11 First Responders Create Documentary, Book As Tribute

9/11 First Responders Create Documentary, Book As Tribute

08.07.2011
ISLANDIA, N.Y. -- Anthony Yacapino was sitting at home, watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon in 2004 when he felt the first signs of post-traumatic...
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