A heartbroken 5-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy couldn't stop smiling on Thursday after her dog stolen two weeks ago was returned to her doorstep overnight. Her mother believes pressure from the Kansas media and the Reno County Sheriff's Department led whoever stole the dog to have a change of heart.
A hot air balloon pilot spotted an injured dog below. The dog appeared to be following the balloon, so when it landed, the pilot jumped out to find the limping dog.
An officer used her own money to buy fresh water and groceries for a 92-year-old woman after a power outage left her without any.
Naguib Sawiris is one step closer to creating a new homeland for refugees pouring into the EU, entering talks to buy a pair of private islands in Greece.
A California moving company has been donating its time and labor to help victims of domestic violence move safely and quickly.
An 86-year old man found a thoughtful way to pay tribute to his late wife and at the same time honor a fallen soldier and stranger.
Makenna Finnegan was on a pace to break her own personal record at a middle school cross-country meet, but was more interested in helping someone in pain.
Trista Hopkins, a U.S. Army veteran in Dallas who was raising two daughters in a dilapidated home with holes in the roof and no running water, now has a renovated home with new furnishings -- just in time for Thanksgiving.
Volunteers around the world are sewing and sending mittens to help koalas that suffered burns on their paws while trying to escape the catastrophic bush fires in South Australia and Victoria.
The group Friends For Life cares for elderly people who are living alone or in nursing homes without visitors, because everyone should have someone who cares.
This grandmother volunteers at the local animal shelter reading to dogs that-like her- miss their buddies.
A score of punk rock and hardcore bands are touring the country to raise awareness and much-needed cash for the teen suicide hotline, 1-800-Suicide and its parent organization, the Kristin Brooks Hope Center.
A new study from UCLA reports California has saved about $800 million over the last five years by sentencing non-violent drug offenders to community-based drug treatment programs rather than prison.
A recent poll found that 61 percent of pet owners say that in an emergency they would refuse to evacuate their home if they could not take their pets with them. On Friday President Bush signed the PETS Act to help ensure Americans will never have to confront the choice between personal safety and that of their animal companions
Nesting activity for the threatened Loggerhead Sea Turtle on Blackbeard Island in Georgia, has increased 22 percent over its 30-year average. Let's hope they survive a wildfire burning on the island since July 6.
This teen was washing windows at the fast food restaurant when he stopped to offer an elderly woman a "touch of heaven."
L.A. city leaders have declared homelessness a public emergency and are doubling spending over the next year to help people who are on the streets.
Three hundred volunteers spent a Tuesday building a new playground for kids living in a shelter because "play is essential for children."
The Deep Meadow Correctional Center houses 800 Virginia inmates. It is also home to 22 horses who like their handlers have often been cast aside. It gives you the sense of accomplishing something, said one of the eight inmate who was chosen to care for the retired race horses.
Near Bridgewater, Mass., a band of brothers from a football team heard about their fiercely-loved water boy getting teased. The small 6-year-old boy who has some speech impediments was being teased for wearing tweed suits with ties every day.
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