good news

Welcome to the 'good news' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'good news'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “good news”

• Doing Good Has Its Perks!

  
  Do Gooder Daily — Authority:
  Clearly, the Do Gooders of Pay It Backward Day love to do nice things - but who says they don’t like to win nice things too? Hence, the Pay It Backward Day Contest was born! As a way to say THANK YOU to all of our lovely Do Gooders out there, Daily Challenge offered any person who ‘took action’ on the Pay ...
  2 hours ago

• “Come gets these cheetahs from my land”

  
  Nature's Crusaders — Authority: 118
  In Namibia, Africa at the Cheetah Conservation Fund recently received another urgent call from a livestock farmer in the area. This might be the animal that has been taking his sheep. He has found an older female cheetah with two cubs, a male and female on his property. CCF went immediately to retrieve the cheetahs. ...
  9 hours ago

• Blue whales are reclaiming their old feeding grounds

  
  Fish and aquatic news — Authority: 124
  Now some happy news from the ocean: blue whales have been spotted in migratory routes and feeding grounds in the Pacific that has been void of blue-whales for over half a century. Sightings are also increasing in the Atlantic, and recent research suggests that the Antarctic blue whale population is growing at a ...
  9 hours ago

• You’re Teaching My Kid What? Exposing the Sex-Ed Biz

  
  Today is a good news day — Authority: 128
  "Are you squeamish when it comes to talking with your kids about sex? Well, you’d better get to them fast, before they’re exposed to sex educators in school. Dr. Miriam Grossman was lecturing at a Philadelphia college about sexual health. The students had invited her to talk about something they’d never ...
  11 hours ago

• Iron nails ran in

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  What the fuck is she talking about ? In addition to the suggestion that government officials would consider hastening the death of the infirm or handicapped, she began her remarks with a puzzling commentary on the design of newly minted dollar coins. Noting that there had been a lot of “change” of late, ...
  11 hours ago

• Happy hour open thread

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  A friend just emailed me a YouTube of “Lovely Day”; I was going go to with that and write “may the headwinds be always at your back”. But this is by far the finest Bill Withers video on the internets.
  12 hours ago

• Parochial issues

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  Once upon a time, the conventional wisdom was that “all politics is local.” Now, it’s conservative heterodoxy to, suggest, as Larison does, that defeating Crist will be a hollow victory so long as the movement conservative alternative to the Crists of the party seems increasingly pre-packaged and crafted ...
  14 hours ago

• Zombie lies

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  Al Gore said he invented the internet, the Clinton people trashed the White House before the Dubya moved in, etc. ( Krugman via Atrios ): There’s a persistent delusion, on the part of many pundits, to the effect that we’re actually having a rational political discussion in this country. But we aren’t. The ...
  18 hours ago

• Good News/Bad News: The Early Word: Dos Toros Taqueria

  
  Eater NY — Authority: 156
  Burger joints arent the only openings that are generating a lot of buzz these days. Although its only been open for a week and a half, Union Square taqueria Dos Toros has already gotten the full assessment from the burrito-crazed masses. If this amount of buzz seems a bit excessive for counter service taqueria, ...
  18 hours ago

• Afghan women progress through vocational training

  
  Canada Free Press — Authority: 164
  GHAZNI – For decades, many women were invisible and not expected to be anything more than housewives and caregivers. This year, Khawja Omari district women actively engage in educating themselves and learning new trades.
  19 hours ago

• Glen Beck has a doppelganger

  
  Kids Prefer Cheese — Authority: 584
  Jon Stewart shows some talent as a mimic.
  20 hours ago

• A 360 degree turn-around for the GOP

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  I love stuff like this, from TalkingPointsMemo : Today in fun word choice, from Politico: “Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back.” This from a Kaplan political chat cracked me up too: Silver Spring, Md .: I wonder if you could state the ...
  20 hours ago

• Good News Tuesday: Dr. Ethelene Crockett (1914-1978)

  
  Electronic Village — Authority: 566
  Dr. Ethelene Crockett (1914-1978) is a member of the Michigan Womens Hall of Fame. I thought the time was right to share some good news about Detroit. I also happen to think that Dr. Crockett is a remarkable role model for nubian sisters all over the world . Dr. Ethelene Crockett was a Detroit physician who ...
  22 hours ago

• Travolta Family Makes First Red Carpet Appearance Since Jetts Death

  
  Popeater — Authority: 786
  Filed under: Good News , Movie News , Photos On Monday, John Travolta made his first red carpet appearance since the death of his son Jett in January. Travolta showed up with wife Kelly Preston and their daughter, Ella Bleu, at the LA premiere of Old Dogs, Ellas first movie in which she ... Read more   ...
  1 day ago

• Programming round-up

  
  TV Tonight — Authority: 606
  A few people have emailled about upcoming shows, many of which I have noted in other posts, but let’s do a round-up as a friendly reminder… Survivor: Tocantins is now in double episodes on GO! on both  Tuesdays and Fridays. This is to wind up the show before Survivor: Samoa airs on Nine in December. Nine has ...
  1 day ago

• Nubs The Iraqi Dog Now All Over The Place

  
  Chicagoray's Views and News — Authority: 548
  You may have heard this I didnt until tonight as "Nubs" was on Conans show last night with Kelsey Grammer who was why I initially watched, has his own childrens book and is like a big hero back home in Ft Lauderdale via San Diego all the way from whack Iraq, along with his Army master Major Brian Dennis who saved his ...
  1 day ago

• GOOD THINGS

  
  ChocolateOrchid — Authority: 420
  Okay.. So Ive pretty much been negligent about posting my bloggers awards. From hence forth - these badges shall be worn with honor and graciousness on the right panel of my blog. Big thanks to CallaLily from BreaKINKnewground for sharing the Kreativ Blogger Award with me. Shes such a sweetie and talk about an ...
  1 day ago

• New Moons on Monday

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  The fact that this is a major media story says a lot : The Washington Times has announced major changes at the paper this morning, with three top executives gone in the process. [....] There’s also been speculation that changes at the Times could be associated with last month’s handover of power in the ...
  1 day ago

• Tagged.com Tagged For Deceptive Emails

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 591
  NEW YORK—The social networking site Tagged.com has been stopped from misappropriating the contacts lists and identities of its members and from sending out millions of deceptive and unsolicited promotional emails. Through an agreement with the state Attorney General’s the company must pay $500,000 in penalties ...
  1 day ago

• The birth of a new meme

  
  Balloon Juice — Authority: 152
  Remember the Whitey tape? And the bare arms? And then remember when Michelle Obama’s approval ratings were “higher than her husband’s”? Well, suck on this, Obamabots. Michelle Obama’s poll numbers slide This never happened with Laura Bush. And that’s why George W had the moral authority to ...
  1 day ago

Comments about good news