Student Born Without Hands Just Won Handwriting Competition
This little girl is showing the world that she not only handles all her daily chores without any help or hands... she excels at penmanship, too.
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Katy Perry Honors Inspiring Youth at BBC Teen Awards
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift joined inspirational young people on stage for the first BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards celebrating the achievements of British teenagers. Awards were handed to three 16-17-year-olds in front of an audience of thousands at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
Pregnant Woman Gives Man "Decent Dude" Award Statue For Giving Up Subway Seat
This mother had been carrying around an award for the first "decent dude" she would meet during her two pregnancies - and she only just found a winner
Woman Hailed for Inventing Foldable Paper Bicycle Helmet
This paper 'honeycomb' EcoHelmet can be manufactured, carried, recycled, and distributed as easily as it can protect the wearer from injury.
Watch Shocked Busload of Tourists Find Themselves on Academy Awards Show
These unsuspecting tourists had no idea they were about to be led into the Dolby Theater live during the Academy Awards broadcast.
Watch One Woman's Powerful Tribute to Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes
There was not a dry eye in the auditorium when this award-winning actress paid tribute to her friend and co-star Meryl Streep.
13-Year-old Receives Google Science Prize for Ingenious Medical Solution
This 7th grader has become the youngest person to ever receive the international award thanks to her remarkably simple invention.
Pug Receives 'Hometown Hero Award' for Saving Entire Family
Jaxon may be a little 11-year-old dog, but his quick reflexes won him a big honor in his hometown of Meridian, Idaho.
Watch Tom Hanks, Springsteen, Ellen, and De Niro Receive Medal of Freedom Awards
Check out some of the highlights from this year's Medal of Freedom Award ceremony featuring artists, actors, innovators, and athletes.
After 56 Years and 200 Films, Jackie Chan Finally Receives an Oscar (WATCH)
The beloved actor, director, producer, stuntman, and Hong Kong Kung fu hero finally won an Oscar during the Governor's Awards on Saturday.
UPDATE: Afghan Girls Twice Denied Visas Just Won Silver Medals
These Afghan girls never thought they were going to be allowed into the United States – then on Tuesday, they were given silver medals.
Janitor Had 'Given Up' Writing Until College Where She Cleans Gives Her Prestigious Literary Award
Caitriona Lally had been having a horrible Monday morning when she got a call saying that she had won the 2018 Rooney Prize for Literature.
Watch Her Break Glass Ceiling With Moves Worthy of First Female Breakdancer to Hold a World Title
After her performance on Sunday, Ami has just become the first woman to ever hold a world breakdancing championship title.
For the First Time Ever, a Woman is Awarded the Most Prestigious Mathematics Award in the World
Described as the "Nobel" of mathematics, the prize also comes with a $700,000 award, which will be presented by the King of Norway in May.
Hero Librarian to Receive Lemony Snicket Prize For Work During Riots
Librarian Scott Bonner, known as the "quiet hero," will receive the Lemony Snicket Prize for his during the riots last year in Ferguson, Missouri.
Extraordinary Midwife Named 2011 CNN Hero of the Year
Filipino-American Robin Lim, a midwife based in Indonesia, has won CNN's coveted Hero of the Year award for 2011. As founder of the Healthy Mother Earth Foundation health clinics in Indonesia, Lim has helped thousands of impoverish mothers in the country with free birthing services.
Boy's Amazing Gadget to Revolutionize The Way Blind People Get Around
For 6 years, 18-year-old Alex Deans has been working on a device known as the iAid, a navigation system that uses GPS to help the blind give up their canes.
Boy Who Gave Soldier $20 He Found Wins High Honor (WATCH)
The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation presented a special award to a 10-year-old boy who inspired a nation with a selfless gift to a soldier.
WS Names First Ever "Good News Ambassadors"
Two notable women were named 2012 Good News Ambassadors last week during a sunset award ceremony aboard a river cruise on the Potomac in Washington, DC. Caroline Adams Miller and Allison Silberberg were chosen got their strong positive voices in the fields of psychology, coaching, storytelling and advocacy.
Obama Beams as Bob Dylan, 12 Others, Awarded Medal of Freedom (w/ Video)
At the White House yesterday President Obama honored this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor. "I have to say, just looking around the room, this is a packed house, which is a testament to how cool this group is," chuckled the President, whose broadest grin came as he bestowed the medal upon the shoulders of Bob Dylan.
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