Forty-three years ago this month, a U.S. Army soldier vanished during a fierce battle at Lang Vei, South Vietnam. Now, his remains positively identified using DNA from five family members, the Green Beret medic is coming home. His sisters and brother are relieved, grateful, tearful.
A province in southern China has decided that GDP is not the only indicator of success for its citizens, and income, not the only definition of well-being. Happy Guangdong is the new slogan for the Five-Year Plan, launched by Wang Yang, secretary of the Communist Party in the wealthy Guangdong province.
ToysRUs yesterday announced the launch of its nine-week in-store fundraising campaign to benefit Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization.The company will collect donations in its stores through April 30 and provide a $400,000 grant to kick off its fifth annual campaign.
Middle-aged adults who are more optimistic about their future tend to have higher antioxidant levels than their less optimistic peers, according to new research out of Harvard.
Family, friends and even strangers are giving an Iowa City boy dozens of reasons to smile during a tough period of going through cancer treatments.
Where a string of robberies in local shops might have made Lexington, Kentucky a more sad place, one coffee shop has conjured up a few pay-it-forward Christmas miracles. After thieves broke into A Cup of Common Wealth, the coffee shop's owners were blown away by the outpouring of love and support. Reports of additional robberies inspired the owners to rally the community, and give a free beverage to whoever spends money in those affected businesses. They also started a Community Christmas Tree that is spreading gifts to any in need -- even the burglars.
In order to bring smiles to the faces of people in downtown Chicago, local philanthropist Richard Driehaus hired some performance artists to create displays of joy for unknowing pedestrians. Watch the video
It is a popular adage that good news doesn't sell for the mainstream media where the motto seems to be, if it bleeds, it leads. Why then, are we seeing some of their most popular stories trumpeting triumphs of the heart? In the cases of the Chilean miners and the man with the golden voice, happy feelings of success have trumped every other news story around.
This morning, the homeless man with the golden voice, whose story launched via YouTube struck a national chord and whose pipes landed him numerous job offers and a home in just a few days, spoke to the Today Show hosts about his whirlwind of blessings.
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has committed $2 million towards the N/a'an ku sê Mission in Namibia, a special gift to the land of one of their children's birthplace.
A few of the lost species thought to be extinct have made miraculous reappearances in 2010, like the Sierra Nevada Red Fox, an earthworm that smells like lillies when handled, a slender loris, and the short tailed albatross.
With the new Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative, that state may be the first in the US to successfully build a fueling infrastructure that will support thousands of hydrogen fuel cell cars. expected to come on the market in 2015.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greeted members of the military and their families during Christmas dinner at the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe, Hawaii. They are encouraging the public to support military communities, especially during the holidays when separation from family can be difficult.
Using only dryer lint, Laura Bell of Roscommon, Michigan created a 14-foot replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. She spent seven months doing 800 hours of laundry to get the lint she needed, buying towels of varying colors to supply the right tint.
Angelina Jolie is to blame, really. Because of something she said to me in India four years ago, I have quit my 13-year career as an entertainment journalist, have given away almost everything I own, and at 43, have joined the Peace Corps.
Using only dryer lint, Laura Bell of Roscommon, Michigan created a 14-foot replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. She spent seven months doing 800 hours of laundry to get the lint she needed, buying towels of varying colors to supply the right tint.
Researchers have a new tactic to save endangered whales tangled in fishing line: Get them to calm down with sedatives shot from a dart gun so they can pull closer and cut the potentially fatal gear away.
While Egyptians battle for their political future, social change is already sweeping the country. Amid the protesters, volunteers are sweeping the streets, picking up litter, and handing out food.
Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries, featuring paintings photographed with extremely high-resolution gigapixel technology.
Massive celebrations are underway in Egypt today after the 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down from his role as president of the largest Arab country in the world.