Chinese Man Catches Falling Baby
Dramatic video of a Chinese man catching a young child after he fell from a second story window were released on Friday by Chinese state media.
Dramatic video of a Chinese man catching a young child after he fell from a second story window were released on Friday by Chinese state media.
An 11-year-old saved his grandfather's life thanks to skills he learned playing Grand Theft Auto.
Firefighters from FDNY Rescue 1 were practicing water rescues in Central Park Saturday afternoon when a man appeared in the middle of the lake, fell through the ice, and disappeared.
A tattered vintage sweater from West Point bought at a Goodwill outlet store for fifty-eight cents could fetch more than $20,000 at auction. The sweater belonged to legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who had served as an assistant coach at the school just before landing his role with the champion Green Bay Packers.
Too good to be true? Experts always tell you there is no such deal. Don't believe them. BMW New Zealand yesterday ran an April Fool's ad in the Auckland Herald saying the first person to walk into the dealership and ask for "Tom" could swap their old car for a new Beemer.
Onlookers cheered rescuers as they pulled a 101-year-old man from beneath the ruins of his house where he was buried for a week after the Nepal earthquake.
The crew aboard a passing German container ship rescued a sunburned and dehydrated South Carolina sailor Thursday, who had survived at sea for 66 days atop his capsized boat, called Angel.
Ever wonder how people get so lucky? It turns out that it's all about having the proper mindset to prepare... be there... express... and say yes!
Aidan Dwyer is just 13 years old but is already a patented inventor of solar panel arrangements. He noticed a pattern one day in the tangled mess of branches above him and began to investigate whether there is a secret formula in tree design and whether the purpose of the spiral pattern is to collect sunlight better.
A farm dog in the west African country of Ghana is being praised as a hero hound this week after saving the life of an abandoned two-week-old baby. he dog apparently found the baby under a bridge in the northern part of the country. Rather than abandon (or eat) the vulnerable tot, the dog curled up next to him for the night, refusing to leave his side.
A recently adopted dog saved a nine-month old infant who had stopped breathing last Sunday. The dog, named Duke, jumped into bed to wake them after sensing the daughter not breathing in her crib.
With the stroke of a pen today, President Bush will designate three new areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments to create the largest area of ocean protection in the world, measuring 195,000 square miles. The act bans commercial fishing in the coral reef ecosystems within 50 nautical miles around the islands and protects them from oil and gas extraction.
In one of nature's best comeback stories, endangered green sea turtles have multiplied in Florida during the past two decades and are now thriving in protected waters. Reported nests have increased more than sixfold since 1990.
Harbor porpoises, which had been eliminated for many decades from portions of Puget Sound, are making a big comeback.
A tiny minnow that lives only in Oregon backwaters is set to become the first fish ever taken off U.S. Endangered Species Act protection because it is no longer threatened with extinction.
20 years ago oysters had nearly disappeared from the Chesapeake bay. Today, the mollusk's reintroduction is playing a vital role in the health of world's third largest estuary.
Ecover, the green cleaning brand, said on Thursday it will use plastic waste retrieved from the sea to create an entirely new type of sustainable and recyclable plastic bottle. The Belgian company is working with plastic manufacturer Logoplaste to combine plastic trawled from the sea with a plastic made from sugar cane ('Plant-astic') and recycled plastic, in what it is calling a world-first for packaging.
Residents on the Italian island of Giglio cheered along with engineers and worker when the Costa Concordia cruise ship was finally pulled upright Tuesday morning after 20 months lying vacant on its side. Salvage crews took 19 hours to successfully complete the painstakingly complex procedure.
A Saharan tribesman was offered one million euros to drive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Libyan border, where he would escape into exile. Instead, the villager drove the dictator's brutal son into a trap and now is being feted as a hero.
When a 17-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., girl did a good deed by taking a shelter dog for a walk, she didn't think the pup would return the favor. But Mabeline, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, did -- when a registered sexual predator attacked the girl.