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CNN Heroes: New Orleans Kids Plant 'Roots Of Music'

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

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After Hurricane Katrina, many schools stopped offering music programs due to budget cuts. New Orleans native Derrick Tabb keeps students off the stree...

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CNN's Top Ten Heroes Of 2009. Who's Your Favorite? (VIDEOS, POLL)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

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CNN's Anderson Cooper revealed the network's top ten CNN Heroes of 2009 on October 1. You can now vote for the CNN Hero of the Year, to be announced b...

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Small Good News: Heroes Outnumber Villains By A Big Margin, And CNN Has Their Stories

Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

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Anyone who's awake can rattle off the bad guys, by name, by category, by the extreme price they've had to pay - the auctioning off of an extra house...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, CNN Heroes, Poverty, Food Banks, Politics News
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A dark cloud hung over this Thanksgiving week. The protracted horrors of Mumbai dominated the headlines. Getting less attention was the growing pain here at home, as food banks and charitable organizations across the country reported having to turn away thousands in need of a meal. A ray of hope amidst the gloom could be found watching CNN's Heroes, honoring everyday people accomplishing extraordinary things in their communities and beyond (watch it again tonight at 8 pm ET). How great to salute them in the same way we do Oscar winners (and reward them with much-needed cash). We'll need millions of heroes like those spotlighted on the show to deal with the lean years ahead. There isn't a stimulus package big enough to address the crisis without Americans making service an essential part of our lives.

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Danny Shea

CNN Heroes: Bigger Is Better

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

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Saturday evening, on the stage where Academy Awards are given out and the American Idol winner is crowned, CNN bestowed one of its highest honors on ...

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CNN's Top 10 Heroes Of 2008

CNN | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

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For Liz McCartney, selection as one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2008 could not have come at a better time. "With the recent storms in Texas and sout...

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Pedals For Progress: How A Mountain Bike Changed My Life

CNN | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

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Story Highlights :: CNN Hero's nonprofit Pedals for Progress gives new life to used bicycles :: Dave Schweidenback saw transformative effects of bikes...

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CNN Disses One Of Its "Heroes"

New York Post/Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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CNN isn't very enthusiastic about one of the six "heroes" honored last week on its show, "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador w...

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