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Top 10 Good News Stories of the Week

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1. Mum Shares Multi-Million Lotto Win With Ethiopian Orphans A mom-of-five wanted to ease the plight of countless starving children in Ethiopia whom she'd seen on television. So when Jane won a £7.5 million jackpot, she immediately started planning her trip to a few special African orphanages. (Great photos in The Sun)

2. Dying Bulldog Saves Owner From Fire A man's decision not to end his terminally ill bulldog's life ended up saving his own. After learning of tumors and oncoming pain, Scott decided to keep his dog, Brittney at home. She awakened him with her barking some nights later in time for both of them to escape from his burning house. (AP)

3. Entire Fourth Grade Class Promised College Tuition I Have a Dream, the nationwide nonprofit organization that helps students pay for college, guaranteed tuition assistance to the entire fourth-grade class at Wallace Elementary if they graduated from high school. That was 9 years ago for 50 seniors. Katrina Hobbs praised the program and its volunteer mentors for helping her become the first high school graduate in her family. (Seattle Times)

4. Passenger Spots Leaky Jet Fuel, Averts Mid-Ocean Crash A passenger spotted a fuel leak during take-off and probably saved the lives of more than 300 airline passengers in route to Japan last week. The captain said they would have never made it to Japan if it wasn't for the passenger's insistence that an emergency situation was developing. (Japan Today)

5. U.S. Carbon Emissions Dropped in 2008 First Time in 30 Years The government reported Wednesday that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions declined by 2.8% last year compared to 2007, the largest annual drop in climate-changing greenhouse gas pollution in more than 30 years. (AP)

6. All-Electric, Zero-Emission Jet Ski Goes 50mph Emissions-free technology has come to water sports. The ECO Jet Ski, supposedly the world's first all-electric jet ski, travels at up to 50 mph and has a battery life of 3 hours, which may satisfy all but the most hardcore enthusiasts. Best of all it is nearly silent. (Fast Company)

7. Boy, 6, Takes Wheel After Dad Passes Out A 6-year-old boy grabbed the wheel of his family's pickup truck when his father passed out from low blood sugar, steering several blocks -- even turning -- to keep the vehicle from crashing, police said. The kindergartner leapt into his father's lap so he could steer and see out the windshield. (AP)

8. Largest Solar Array in Southeast Powers Up in Sunshine State The Sunshine State has begun to turn some of those Florida rays into energy with the unveiling last week of the largest rooftop solar installation in the southeastern US atop the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Solar panels spanning the length of five and a half football fields will generate power enough to offset the center's $12 million annual energy bill.

(Green Cities) 2 Stories from Good News Network

1. Top 10 New Species for 2008 How many new species would you guess are discovered by scientists in a given year? Would you believe, a tally of more than 18,000 species in 2007 alone? From among the more than 10,000 newly spotted species each year, scientists have named the top 10 new species -- the most colorful, weird and surprising of them all.

2. Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River, Thanks to Artificial Reef For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed last fall. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge announced Tuesday that the joint project between Canadians and Americans had succeeded in providing the perfect place for the threatened fish to lay eggs -- just 12 miles southwest of Detroit.

Video of the Week:

Former Gang Members Turn Lives Around Working Green Jobs Former gang members can now be found car pooling together every morning united to turn their lives and their communities around thanks to Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. From gang member to green collar, Homeboy gives ex-gang members green-tech job opportunities as solar installation technicians. (Homeboy Heroes) link on site ...

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