Decent News, May 2002

Some of the more decent news in the world: hopeful, courageous, funny, or just cool. A few are not pleasant, but are stories I think need to be heard. The following are all LINKS to external sites. Some links (e.g., many boston.com) stop working after a few days; some do not. URLs are added when appropriate (not necessarily daily).

  • Researchers find impressions of dino life CNN.com 5/31/02
  • Minneapolis agent who blew whistle is described as by-the-book lawyer Boston.com 5/31/02
  • Michigan graduates pull prank of kindness AP at Boston.com 5/30/02
  • Original Nancy Drew author dead at 96 CNN.com 5/29/02 ... what a lady!
  • Will work for change: In Rhode Island, West is fighting the good fight Boston Globe 5/29/02 ...
  • For Indians [Native Americans], new clout on media stereotypes Boston Globe 5/29/02
  • O'Neill, Bono visit aid projects in Uganda CNN.com 5/28/02 Traveling with a big star: Bono draws less attention than O'Neill in Africa CNN.com 5/22/02 "[Foreign aid] is the cheapest way to fight terrorism."
  • Do It for Love: The former Godfather star tells how he dropped out Time.com 5/27/02
  • Brain Savers: Want to stay mentally sharp as you get older? Here are steps you can take Time.com 5/27/02
  • Horse trainer, policeman among reported victims of Oklahoma bridge collapse AP at Boston.com 5/28/02 ... for us it's not good that they're gone, but the lives they led were fulfilling and bright.
  • Meet Buzz, carrion-eater and household pet CNN.com 5/28/02... well he's sorta cute.
  • Mars ice could flood planet news.bbc.co.uk 5/28/02
  • Agent fears for career after criticizing bosses USA Today story on news.yahoo.com 5/28/02 "some said they admired her courage for sending it" How the FBI Blew the Case Time Magazine.
  • Bionic eye sees clearer future: Invention seeks to follow success of bionic ear CNN.com 5/29/02
  • Normally I don't list legal cases, but ...Spitzer sues e-mail `spammers' Digitalmass.boston.com 5/28/02
  • Don't give yourself an ulcer -- eat broccoli (and possibly prevent stomach cancer too) CNN.com 5/27/02
  • Collectible PeopleCards promote celebrity for the masses Boston Globe 5/27/02
  • Career reboot: Dot-com bust leads to change insights Boston Globe 5/26/02
  • Like rescue workers, grappler operators do emotional job recovering remains at WTC site AP at Boston.com 5/26/02
  • Tiny miracle baby 'had the will to live' CNN.com 5/26/02
  • NYC Transit using more solar energy to reduce electric bill AP at Boston.com 5/25/02
  • University of California at Berkeley program wants to give peace a chance AP at Boston.com 5/22/02
  • 94-year-old visits McDonald's for first time AP at Boston.com 5/22/02 ... Cute.
  • Bono campaigns for Africa's poor CNN.com 5/21/02
  • Expressing themselves in song and dance: Youths take to the stage as a path to mental health Boston Globe 5/21/02
  • Ballparks making special effort to accommodate kids with food allergies with special sections AP at Boston.com 5/20/02
  • From WTC beams, a bell tower in New Mexico church CNN.com 5/18/02
  • Italian toddler able to take first steps thanks to rare surgery in New York AP at Boston.com 5/18/02
  • Baby's best friend: Alert pooch saves infant and how the owner saved the dog. CNN.com 5/17/02 A Life-Saving Bullet: Family dog alerts mom to baby in distress just in time at Newsday.com 5/16/02.
  • Former ambassador gets college degree 70 years after her first class AP at Boston.com 5/17/02
  • Teaching coexistence: Brandeis reaches abroad, wrestles with friction at home Boston Globe 5/17/02
  • Commencement set for last Columbine class to witness massacre AP at Boston.com 5/17/02
  • Hot-selling Honda Civic may stir interest in hybrids AP at Boston.com 5/14/02
  • China to spend billions on forests CNN.com 5/14/02
  • Bridging the divide Boston Globe 5/13/02 along with "Freud vs. C. S. Lewis"
  • Nicholi's believe it or not: For decades, a psychiatrist has asked Harvard students life's hardest questions Boston Globe 5/13/02
  • Study: Social-skills program for kids later lowered their risk of pregnancy AP at Boston.com 5/13/02
  • AP bits of decent news AP at Boston.com 5/13/02 includes Former ballpark hot dog vendor is now starting third baseman
  • Mother's Day rescue: Teens save 12 ducklings AP at CNN.com 5/13/02
  • Fostering hope: Proposal aims to help hard-to-adopt youths at Boston Globe 5/12/02 and the place the plan is based on: Generations of Hope at Hope Meadows
  • Faith, medical technology save a young mom CNN.com 5/10/02
  • Tea Builds Bone Density, Taiwanese Study Finds Reuters at news.yahoo.com 5/12/02 and Tea may reduce risk of death after heart attack at CNN.com 5/6/02
  • No student written off Boston Globe 5/12/02
  • A dead child's kidneys save her mother's life AP at Boston.com 5/11/02
  • Mother's Day is a time of reflection, not celebration, for Sept. 11 widows with newborns at Boston.com 5/11/02
  • New South confronts old lynching images CNN.com 5/10/02
  • Women climbers aim for top of the world at CNN.com 5/11/02
  • Medical students honor people who donated bodies CNN.com 5/9/02
  • Hubble picture slideshow at Yahoo.com 4/30/02
  • Link suggested between tea, survival from heart attack AP at Boston.com 05/06/02 (more good news about tea)
  • Parents go back to school with kids: Program helps immigrants learn English, adjust to culture CNN.com 5/5/02
  • The Barefoot Doctor: Part Three of a Series on the 'Pavement Dwellers' of Mumbai NPR.org 5/5/02
  • Two dioceses: opposite approaches to church abuse problem AP at Boston.com 5/4/02 and a link to Oakland Survivor's Network.
  • Tutu's visit provides epiphany to students: 'You are special,' says Nobel laureate Boston Globe 5/2/02
  • Musical fusion: At MIT, Pakistan's top rock group, Junoon, draws Pakistanis and Indians with a peaceful message Boston Globe, 5/2/02
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