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A Runner for Cancer Decides to Become Oncologist After Losing Father

Jenna Norton is not your typical medical school applicant. In fact, until two years ago, she had never considered a career in medicine. It took Jenna seven years to graduate with a degree in Theatre, while working as a waitress and acting on the side. The death of her father, Henry, who passed away after a brief battle with cancer, also delayed her graduation. But his death later propelled Jenna's future in a direction never imagined -- a tribute to the man who owned a hardware store and supported his daughter's passion for Shakespeare.

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Hero Air Controller Guides Couple to Safety After Pilot Passes Out

When one of the nation's 15,000 air traffic controllers does something wrong, you always hear about it. When one of them does something right, it's called a save. After just completing a class on recognizing the symptoms of oxygen-deprivation, a Denver-based controller averted disaster by talking to the wife of a pilot who had passed out from the condition.

By Jeanne Goddard

28 January 95 Views
Santa's Mailroom Helpers Moved by Letters to Help

Operation Santa Claus, hidden away in New York City's main Post Office, lets donors become elves fulfilling wishes expressed by needy children in their letters to Santa. Across the US, 75 Post Offices are helping, six times many as last year.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 December 155 Views

The Sailor who Single-Handedly Saved His Ship During the Pearl Harbor Attack

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a US Navy base, and a day that will live in infamy. It is augustly remembered by Roger Hare as the day his father survived, along with many of his shipmates aboard the badly torpedoed USS West Virginia, because of the quick-thinking actions of a single sailor named Sylvester Puccio. And Hare wants everyone to hear the story.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 December 90 Views

Gift Exchange Among Senators Could Bring Bipartisan Cheer

Scores of U.S. senators have signed on to an idea for a gift exchange, Secret Santa style, across party lines. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) came up with the idea: "We did Secret Santa when I was in grade school and I remember one year I picked this kid who used to intimidate me on the playground. Turns out after we got to know each other and we became friends.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 December 87 Views

Cash-Filled Purse Returned by Out-of-Work Atlanta Man

Hundreds of dollars in cash and credit cards stuffed in a woman's purse that was left in a subway station did not tempt an Atlanta man, even though it's been three years since his last job. The Good Samaritan, named Rod Garrett, tracked down the woman who left the purse, hoping for future blessings to come as a result.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 December 180 Views

Hawaii Parade Honors Japanese-American WWII Vets

Hundreds of Japanese-American veterans of World War II were honored Saturday with a parade in Honolulu—nearly 70 years after they volunteered to fight for their country even as the government branded them 'enemy aliens.' About 200 veterans rode in convertibles past a cheering crowd, celebrating the Congressional Gold Medals awarded to the veterans by President Obama last month.

By Jeanne Goddard

19 December 89 Views

Secret Santa Inspires Addict's Clean Up

Remember the businessman who this month traveled to Reading, Pa. to give away hundred dollar bills to strangers? One of the people that Secret Santa gave money to is 30-year-old Thomas Coates. Coates is a deadbeat by most accounts, including his own. But when the Secret Santa called him a good man, pushing hundreds of dollars into his hand even when he said he didn't deserve it, a prayer was answered.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 December 88 Views
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