The 12-year-old from Lafayette is nearing the completion of a Little League season in which he helped pitch and hit his team to first place and was named to his league’s all-star squad. What’s especially remarkable about Hudson is that he did all that while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for a malignant brain tumor discovered long before his season started.

Whether one sees the glass as half full or empty, one thing seems to be for sure in Romania - half is the right amount.
Last month, the Romanian Senate unanimously voted a law proposal forcing media to distribute 50% of positive news.  According to its instigators, the law will help to fight against “the extraordinary [...]

If you’ve heard of The Hold Steady you probably saw them live given they tour over 300 days a year.  People that know them raise your had; those that don’t stand up and take notice. The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band that just released its latest album - Stay Positive.  This is the [...]

Over the past twenty-four years the Ron Burton Training Village has served over 2000 young men in their spiritual, physical and educational growth. More than 120 boys ages 11 to 17, most from tough neighborhoods and foster homes in and around Boston attend the camp.

Orrin Hudson of BeSomeone, Inc has blazed the trails throughout America teaching youth to “be someone.”  He has been a source of inspiration for many and has also used chess as a stimulus for children to believe in their own ideas and to learn from the decisions they make in life.  A chess champion, U.S. [...]

Meet Angela Hines, the once-struggling mother of five and public-housing resident from Queens who put herself through hell, and law school, while lavishing the kind of affection on her children that would make any loving parent proud.

A diver undergoes a final examination to see if he can apply skills in the real world.
Life or Death Exam

NEW YORK - The New York City health department has launched a MySpace campaign to help teenagers deal with depression, drugs and violence.

Josh Groban recently participated at the recent Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday concert. Groban joined legendary folk rock singer Joan Baez, and Jerry Dammers, one of the organisers of Artists Against Apartheid and whose song ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ became a banner for the 80’s anti-apartheid movement in UK, at the birthday concert which took place in [...]

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