It was about five months ago that I sat behind a table at our local high school recruiting kids to join the new Positive Charge club.
Video on msnbc.com: When Santa Barbara zookeepers noticed a limping penguin, they outfitted him with a high performance bootie. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Marsha Riley, an Australian indigenous woman, faced innumerable challenges and poverty growing up. Her struggle to overcome hardship inspires to help others in her community.
The city has been named the most contented place in Britain.
Losing your loved one is not the end of your life, with widows and widowers among the happiest people who have tied the knot, the surprise finding in a new survey reveals. The Happiness of New Zealand report, published by UMR Research, asked a group of 750 Kiwis on 35 separate occasions to rate their happiness levels on a scale from zero – being very unhappy – to 10.
Self-described Mega Pop makers XELLE have teamed up with GLSEN to launch 'Invincible' their anthem for LGBTQ youth.
Darla's story is one shared by thousands of chained dogs, only hers has a happy ending...
Reboot your Valentine's Day this year: “One day of sharing love with everyone, of being generous to everyone, to see how it feels and to practice saying Yes.”...
Healthy older adults reported less negative thinking compared to other age groups, leading to greater life satisfaction in seniors. The study examined the complex relationship between aging and factors leading to depression.
What do guys do when they can't write love poems...an animated version of the story by Brian Andreas - artist, writer & creator of StoryPeople...
The saga continues, and I figure I’m pretty lucky. By the time United gives up on our flights and sends about 375 of us off to hotels, we are pretty much...
People who choose a career in the arts are used to hearing advice about finding a job that pays real money and doing art on the side. But if no one leaps o...
Very touching music video with the upbeat message that peace and love are possible.
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If you want to discover a path for yourself as you approach the so-called "golden years," ask yourself the question: Why Am I Here?. Even better, take some time to contemplate the following pair of questions: Why Am I Here?
A big band was playing a lively tune at one of the last concerts of the Grampians Jazz Festival. We carried chairs to a shady spot away from the hot su...
Family nurses dying duck back to health and she becomes the apple of their eye. Matilda's story has a happy ending thanks to people who care.
WANT to learn to be happier? Take a few tips from some other cultures.
I saw my first echidna on the outskirts of Hall's Gap, a village at the foot of the Grampians in Australia. Jeannette, Robin's sister-in-law, spotted t...
Their hair is grey, but their music retains all the colours of the jazz palette. Each February they descend on Hall’s Gap for the annual Grampians Ja...
It’s an old saw, “If I’d known how much fun grandchildren would be, I’d have had them first.” In my case, things worked out that way. I’...
A Kansas City, Missouri student was tackling an assignment in science class manipulating molecular models when she made an accidental scientific breakthrough.
Being involved in a healthy, loving relationship is good for the heart, says a cardiologist.
With bated breath, the world’s markets recently waited for the announcement of the U.S. fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate – a potential bellwether for the global economy. It turned out to be 2.8 percent.
I’m writing from the Hilton near the Los Angeles airport. I should be just about touching down in Sydney now, wrestling my suitcase through customs, hopp...
The earthquake that shook Japan in March 2011, and the terrible tsunami that followed, destroyed or damaged over 270,000 buildings and left several hundred...
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