Last month Kevin Kennedy experienced a musician's worst nightmare after his white acoustic Yamaha Dave Navarro edition guitar was stolen at a local club. He shared the news on Twitter and Facebook and offered a $1,000 reward for the instrument's safe return. Last week, a brand-new guitar arrived in the mail - from Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
A disabled dachshund, adopted by a family when no one else wanted him, alerted the household to the raging fire. The blind and deaf dog with only three legs earned his family's gratitude this week after their log home in Oklahoma was destroyed.
After his family casually used it for over a hundred years, the rarest type of Navajo blanket emerged from obscurity when it was brought to an auction house for appraisal by a disabled descendent who was teetering on bankruptcy. The appraiser shocked him with an assessment of $50,000 for his museum-quality treasure. But that's not the end of the story. Watch as the emotional scene unfolds…
A Sacramento homeowner is now $300,000 richer thanks to workers who unearthed a dozen jars of gold dust while installing heating and air conditioning under the floor. The workers turned over the gold dust to the homeowners, who had no idea it was beneath their feet all these years.Read More
To announce one of the biggest events of their lives, and surrounded by family and friends, Cindy and Mark Hill were introduced Friday as winners in this week's huge Powerball lottery — an extraordinary stroke of luck that gives them half of the $588 million jackpot.
A Chinese bowl that a New York family picked up for $3 at a garage sale turned out to be a 1,000-year-old ceramic treasure by a Chinese master. The bowl — 5 inches in diameter with a saw-tooth pattern etched around the outside — was sold at auction for $2.2 million at Sotheby's auction house in New York on Tuesday.
A seasoned skydiver in Northern California was attempting a complex stunt after jumping from about 8,000 feet when both of his parachutes failed and he went into a three-minute spin, hitting the ground but surviving with minor injuries.
To announce one of the biggest events of their lives, and surrounded by family and friends, Cindy and Mark Hill were introduced Friday as winners in this week's huge Powerball lottery — an extraordinary stroke of luck that gives them half of the $588 million jackpot.
You're broke, you struggle with bills, then out of nowhere you find $30,000 in cash which only you will ever know about because the money belongs to someone who is dead. What do you do? Carol Sutor of Bristol, Pa., was in that situation on Thursday and decided to return the money to the family of the woman who had spent years saving it.
A kayaker in California is being called a hero for helping to rescue a family after their SUV veered off the road and slammed into a concrete mile marker and tree before coming to rest in the middle of a river near Sacramento.
An elderly woman being interviewed by a television crew was literally counting her blessings after her beloved schnauzer peaked out from beneath the rubble in Moore, OK and was spotted by a producer. "Bless your little bitty heart!" cooed Barbara Garcia, who stooped down surrounded by the debris of her flattened neighborhood.
A pit bull named Smoke is currently on a more than 2,500-mile journey home to California after disappearing three years ago and being found in Florida. It has taken a nationwide, metaphorical village and a Seattle-based pet detective to bring Smoke closer and closer to his family.
A pair of fans on their way to see the Dave Matthews Band in concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania were late -- but right on time. Instead of rushing by a stranded cyclist whose tire had blown, they stopped to help. Guess who the rider turned out to be? Dave Matthews himself, taking a pre-concert ride in the country without a cell phone, needed a ride back to the show.
Paul Williams was rushing to catch a bus home after ending work at a California Wal-Mart when he made a startling discovery in the parking lot: a wallet containing $4,000 in cash and a $1,000 check - with no ID. Meanwhile, wallet owner Lynn Andries had discovered what she'd lost while shopping in a rush, and had no faith that it would ever be returned.
Dennis Komsa was 12 years old in 1963 when, while vacationing with family along the Jersey Shore, he wrote a note, put it in a glass jar and tossed it into the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn't until after Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast last October, that the Ball mason jar was found when Norman Stanton combed through storm debris in Seaside Heights, N.J.
A dreamed-up doughnut that melds together chocolate, caramel and pecans has earned its inventor $10,000. Andrew Shepherd was crowned the winner on Monday after beating out 63,000 entries in a Tim Hortons contest..
His spirit has been rejuvenated," said Sarah Darling, who accidentally dropped her engagement ring in Billy Ray Harris' donation cup in February. Harris returned the ring, and the story inspired donors around the world. Since the fateful day that Darling's ring landed in his cup, Harris' life has take a 180 degree turn.
A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires that had been buried for decades following a plane crash. When the honest young hiker realized the jewels -- estimated to be worth a quarter million dollars -- belonged to someone who died on the glacier, he turned in the haul to local police
Eight-year-old Nebraska football fan Jack Hoffman learned this week that his pediatric brain cancer is in remission. The boy captured hearts around the world after he ran a 69-yard touchdown during a spring college game that went viral.
The 2013 Atlantic storm season has proved one of the quietest in decades with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered 'major', according to insurance broker Willis Re.