At the age of 66, Walter Lange was setting out to prove great luxury watches do not have to be Swiss. In a remote corner of what was East Germany, Lange aimed to rebuild a venerable watchmaking business whose history reads like a chronicle of 20th century Europe.
Not many folks change their own oil anymore. But, it would be nearly impossible to find another woman on the planet who continues to change her own oil at age 102.
Her granddaughter turned up the volume on an old rock and roll favorite as her grandmother was coming out of the house to meet her in the car. The dancing began small, but once this 88-year-old Nana gets grooving, she can't stop.
When you're in the cockpit on final approach and suddenly have to abort your landing and try again, it's called a "go-around." It can be a little scary at first, but with a little planning and some patience, it is painless. The same is true for your career after age 50. You're all set to glide into retirement when from out of nowhere, you're forced to change course professionally. I know the feeling better than most people because it happened to me.
James Gray has been "completely overwhelmed" by the huge response to his call for somebody to spend Christmas with after spending the past nine years alone. The 85-year-old turned to The Irish Post in desperation earlier this month, placing an advert in the hope of finding someone to spend December 25 with.
Sixty-four-year-old Glory Rigsby felt her life was missing a meaningful achievement, so she decided to do something about it. Tonight , the Gulfport woman will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at the Coast Coliseum to celebrate earning her GED.
84-year-old Dolores "Dolly" Jefferson was getting a cup of coffee, when she heard a "commotion" in her Illinois backyard. When she looked outside she saw a one-hundred-pound coyote nose to nose with her neighbor's small dog, Roxie
Jack Nicklaus sank a hole-in-one at Augusta Country Club during a Masters Par-3 tournament, and he even predicted it in a pre-match interview.
A Sarasota, Florida golfer, 103-year-old Gus Andreone, made history last month as the oldest person ever recorded to hit a hole-in-one.
This 92-year-old female pilot who flew in WWII feels young again, taking to the sky in an iconic Spitfire fighter plane for the 70th V-E Day.
At 87, Edna is the oldest EMT in Maine, a volunteer ambulance driver in Liberty, Maine, for 37 years. See her in action...
A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief. The nonprofit Nippon Foundation owned the 1721 violin, which was rarely played, and decided it could be put to better use: The needs of our fellow Japanese people after the March 11 tragedy have proven that we all need to help, in any way we can.
Nick Ruth has been playing the Lottery for about a year, and last week he won $250,000. In remission from leukemia for seven years, he said: "As a cancer survivor, it is really important for me to give back. I want to ‘pay forward' what some wonderful local organizations did for me.
Just 510 Chevy Corvettes painted in the the Royal Turquoise hue were manufactured in 1958 and it was Dan Akerson's childhood dream to own one. Today Akerson is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors -- which owns Chevrolet, still the maker of the Corvette. On Friday the CEO placed his beloved mint 1958 turquoise convertible on the auction block so he could give all the proceeds to Detroit's Habitat for Humanity.
An 8-year-old Texas boy had been saving for months to buy a new PlayStation 4, but after seeing the TV news report of a devastating fire where a mother and child were killed, he changed his mind.
A Texas man who found gold, emeralds, diamonds, and more in a dresser he purchased at an estate sale is tracking down the owner so he can return them.
After being abandoned by his owner just over a year ago, a young mutt was finding it hard to fit in. The energetic hound-boxer mix would not stop jumping up on people. It took a trainer from a police K-9 group to spot the dog's real potential.
High School seniors Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao want to continue pursuing a solution for how to make plastic decompose using natural bacteria already evolving on the planet. The two were finalists for Canada's top student biotechnology award, the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, where their project was judged to have the greatest commercial potential of any project entry, valued at $10 million. Now they are bringing their ideas to the TED stage.
Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago.
U.S. scientists have designed a process to create a material capable of strongly repelling oils, one they said could have applications in hazardous waste cleanup.