Katie Couric has a way of making anything sound upbeat and inspirational. Her @KatieCouric page at CBS news is home to one on one wed interviews between Couric and newsmakers. In this interview, she talks with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone about the rise of the popular social-networking service, Twitter. And also about Twitter’s new (controversial) advertising platform. The…

High school teens in St. Charles, Missouri put together their annual special needs prom. The special needs prom first began 14 years ago when a sponsor of the high school Renaissance Club had a child with Down syndrome. The prom is still put together by the Renaissance Club, dedicated to doing good things, and invitations are mailed each year to all…

Jan Shepherd has a powerful blog entry in the Huffington Post this week that will inspire anyone who knows about negative self image and yo-yo dieting. In a post titled “My Relationship with Food: A Reflection of Self,” she talks about how she gave up self-hatred for being fat, got off the dieting treadmill and found inspiration for living a richer life. “Instead of…

The 16th president of America will always be known for altering our nation’s history forever when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to abolish slavery.   As the Civil War ended, Lincoln helped pass the 13th Amendment which legally ended slavery in the United States. Affectionately known as Honest Abe, Lincoln was known for being tought but fair.  He was…

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