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  NoiseTube Phone Application Maps Noise Pollution

  By David Bois | Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:24 PM ET

  strictly limited to citizens of EU states: a cursory scan of user data published to the NoiseTube Web site indicates participation in New York and Boston. Photo courtesy of NoiseTube used wit Read More

  More like this in: Google, New York, Europe, Pollution, Paris, European Union, Mental Health, Maps, Noise Pollution, Noise
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  5 Stupid Things I've Never Done While Drunk

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:50 PM ET

  about this for your next big night. Because if you think you've had too much to drink, chances are my friend, you probably had too much to drink about an hour before you though Read More

  More like this in: New York, iPhone, Beer, iPhone app, Texting, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink, Relationships
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  Walmart Gives Back

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:06 PM ET

  by sending a convoy of 35 refrigerated trucks loaded up with $3 million in food to Feeding America food banks in Miami, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Boston, Memphis and 30 other places, according to a Walmart press release.The food will arrive in time to feed scores of hungry people thi Read More

  More like this in: Feeding America, Wal-Mart, Salvation Army, Charity, Economy, Family, New Orleans, Thanksgiving, Miami, Hunger, Walmart
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  MIT Students Get People-Savvy

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:08 PM ET

  and fall on their faces because they don't know how to work within a company," Tanya Goldhaber, a senior mechanical engineering major, told The Boston Globe. "They expect their bosses to be impressed by their creativity, but they don't deliver the product on time.'' Goldhaber participates i Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Business, College, Entrepreneur, The Boston Globe, MIT Students, US, Business, Education, Good Ideas
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  Red Sox Fan Saves Life of Young Yankee Fan

  By Sarah Parsons | Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:15 PM ET

  Though the Welling family were die-hard Yankees fans, they found the bone marrow Matthew needed from an unlikely source: Staunch Red Sox fan and Boston native Steve Karas.Karas' stem cells were ultimately rejected by Matthew's body, but the transplant bought the youngster the time he needed t Read More

  More like this in: Health, New York, New York Daily News, Kindness, Activism, Sports, Friendship, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, AFLAC Inc.
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  Boston Loves Its Blind Chihuahua

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM ET

  the skull. His head was filled with fluid,'' Brian Adams, spokesman for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, told The Boston Globe. "The pressure meant he would've certainly died without the surgery."Without money for the pricey surgery, the MSPCA set up a site fo Read More

  More like this in: Chihuahua, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Kindness, Animals & Pets
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  The Carters Cause A Kerfluffle

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:29 PM ET

  appreciate music outside of our culture. Its a stereotype if you assume I only listen to hip-hop and rap. I can tell you right now, I've got Boston and Talking Heads on heavy rotation for no good reason other than the fact is, I simply LOVE music. I have purchased tickets to Passion Pi Read More

  More like this in: Jay-Z, Music, Twitter, Hollywood, mtv, Beyonce, Entertainment, Celebrity, Music
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  Not Your Parents’ Charity

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Oct 7, 2009 12:02 AM ET

  just so they can get those new skinny jeans from Forever 21, you’d be wrong.According to Reuters, who recently held a wealth management summit in Boston, giving patterns are changing – and many kids are responsible for the trend. Teens are increasingly pressing parents to look beyon Read More

  More like this in: Philanthropy, Reuters, Business, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Stocks & Investing, Personal Finance, Giving, Culture, Family
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  Message From Above

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM ET

  village when they noticed a bottle bobbing along the shore. They scooped it up and carefully read the note inside, which said, according to the Boston Globe, "Ann Hernandez is a lighthouse keeper on Thacher Island - Cape Ann Light Station and had a birthday there October 10, 2003. Drop her Read More

  More like this in: The Boston Globe, US, World, Kindness, Europe
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  Bostonians Show Heart

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 2, 2009 3:27 PM ET

  his home)."All this little boy is asking for is access to society," restaurateur Wioletta Zywina, who raised $1,600 for little Mohamed, told the Boston Herald. "He's asking for so little."He's asking for so little -- but amazingly getting so much! Turns out one generous dude, philanthropis Read More

  More like this in: Charity, Money, Good Samaritan, US, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Giving