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Pink Glove Dance Video Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness

More than 200 hospital staff volunteered to wear the pink gloves in a YouTube video, set to Jay Sean's song, "Down," which has gone viral. The manufacturer of the gloves will donate a portion of the profits from them to fund mammograms for women who otherwise would not get them.  » Full Story

Key to Afghan crisis: tea and education

Greg Mortenson doesn't need to rely on think tanks or arcane policy documents to find the road to a better Afghanistan. The author of 'Three Cups of Tea,' Mortenson says success lies in building trust and schools in rural Afghanistan.
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For the Homeless, Music That Fills a Void

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, a professional violinist, has been playing in shelters for five years. "I like sharing music with people, and they have zero access to it,” she said of her homeless audiences. “It’s very moving to me that I can find people in a place perhaps when they have a greater need for, and a heightened sensitivity to, beauty.” » Full Story

Pilot moonlights as father to 47

At Roslin Orphanage, children giggle through deep concentration as they try to master the 'Chicken Dance'. "They are cheerful-looking and photogenic, but close to all have a very sad story," said Budi Soehardi, founder of the West Timor orphanage, where he and his wife, Peggy, look after 47 children. » Full Story

The Man Who Opened the Gate

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the columnist Roger Cohen describes how a former East German border guard kept that fateful night peaceful, rather than filled with bloodshed. » Full Story

People making a difference: Sheema Kermani

KARACHI, Pakistan  In Pakistan, women's rights activist Sheema Kermani stages plays that stir controversy – and thought. Kermani's troupe makes an important argument for change at a time when militants are cracking down on Pakistan's cultural heritage.  » Full Story

Footballer tackling racism in Greece

A quarter of a million migrant children are to be granted Greek citizenship as part of the new socialist government's initiative to tackle discrimination. The country's football stars have also joined the effort to ease tensions. » Full Story

Hungry to learn across the world

At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He's a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family's backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village. » Full Story

Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy's Life

Olly Neal tells his daughter that as a young student he sneaked books out of the library because he didn't want his friends to give him a hard time about his reading. The wise librarian chose a unique way to deal with this, which paid off in spades.  » Full Story

Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None

Across the nation, an antigarbage strategy known as “zero waste” is moving from the fringes to the mainstream, taking hold in school cafeterias, national parks, restaurants, stadiums and corporations. Americans are still the undisputed champions of trash, but some communities are mandating recycling and proving that waste going to landfills can be drastically reduced. » Full Story