A Maine man found a wallet stuffed with cash on the floor in a home improvement store. Two days later he discovered a money bag at the same store. He returned both discoveries.

The Kids’ Environmental Report Card is part of the Science Explorations program, a collaboration of Scholastic’s classroom magazines, SuperScience® (grades 3–6) and Science World®(grades 6–10), and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). In addition to sharing their views through the poll, kids can pose questions about the environment to be answered by scientists at [...]

The Carnegie Heroes Fund gave its fourth group of awards this year to 19 people who risked their own lives to save others. Some of the people died or were injured rescuing others who were drowning, being attacked or were trapped in fires.

The end of 2008 is near. We are in the darkest months of the year. It is easy to see only bad news on the horizon. In spite of the gloomy predictions for the globe, there is hope and goodness in abundance.

For weeks, Spencer Elementary students collected all cans. With the help of some local architects, they used the cans to create a tugboat. Later they donated all the canned goods to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation and the UAW-GM Foundation will celebrate the 10,000th wish granted on Thanksgiving Day. The recipient will ride in the Thanksgiving Day parade.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a bold plan to build out electric vehicle services in California. The first project will be the Bay Area.

he Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program will award $1 million in total grants for the 2008-2009 school year to aid teachers working in grades K-12 in underserved communities.

NFL Player Je’Rod Cherry is donating his SuperBowl Championship ring to raise money for children’s charities. After seeing a picture of a starving child in Africa, Cherry was moved to sacrifice a prized possession in the hopes of making a difference.

Holiday Mail For Heroes continues the Red Cross tradition of service to the armed forces, aims to deliver one million cards for the 2008 holiday season.