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Woman Loses 276 Pounds With Simple Plan Instead of Surgery

Theresa Borawski primarily relied on an electric wheelchair to get around. She hadn't even walked to the mailbox in two years. That was March 2011, when Borawski weighed 428 pounds. It took a decisive moment and some will power but she changed her eating habits and lost 276 pounds, and became a participant in life once again.

In Rural Iowa Town, a Lifeline of Friendship for Islam

Amid an expanse of undulating Iowa farmland and Catholic and Lutheran churches, the town of Elkader bears the name of a Muslim hero. Abd el-Kader was renowned in the 19th century for leading Algeria's fight for independence and protecting non-Muslims from persecution. Even Abraham Lincoln extolled him. This weekend, for the fifth year in a row, Elkader will welcome a delegation of Arab dignitaries to celebrate this rare lifeline of tolerance.

Standing Ovation: Wheelchair-bound University Student Walks Across Stage at Graduation

The University of Portland gave a standing ovation this month to one of their own, Sam Bridgman, a finance major who was forced into a wheelchair by a condition known as Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a rare, degenerative disorder that causes progressive loss of muscle strength. It was graduation day and Sam was determined to walk across the stage to get his diploma. When he did, the entire arena lifted him up with prolonged cheers.

Laws of Physics Can't Trump the Bonds of Love

A high school physics teach became well known in Louisville, Ky., for his exploding antics in the classroom. But Jeffrey Wright's most influential lecture is delivered annually teaching the life-lessons learned via Mr. Wright's son, who has a developmental disorder.

Third Grade Teacher's Small Act Still Inspires Baseball Legend Jim Abbott

Jim Abbott was born with only one hand. Despite the impairment, he won an Olympic gold medal, played professional baseball, pitched a no-hitter, wrote a bestselling memoir and has impacted the lives of thousands of people through his inspirational talks. But he still enthusiastically recounts how one of his greatest inspirations came from his third grade teacher.

Six Photos That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity - and Cops

This photo taken by a tourist in Times Square, shows a 25 year-old police officer stooping on his knee against the cold sidewalk to talk to a homeless man with bare feet. He asked his shoe size, went into the Skechers store and bought all-weather boots. Here are 6 photos posted in November on social media that serve to inspire and will restore your faith in humanity.

Man Plants Heart-shaped Tribute to Late Wife Using 6000 Oak Trees

A bereaved husband painstakingly planted a tribute to his late wife, Janet using 6,000 oak trees to imprint a giant heart-shaped meadow in the middle of his 112-acre farm in South Gloucestershire, England. In a sudden flash of inspiration to mark her legacy, Winston Howe hired a gardener and spent weeks planning and setting out each oak, carefully creating an acre-long heart, which points in the direction of Janet's childhood hometown.

Self-Taught Boy Genius From Sierra Leone Impresses MIT

15-year-old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz kid in Sierra Leone who has invented or manufactured his own batteries, generators and transmitters for radio broadcasting using spare parts he gathered from trash bins. Completely self-taught, the boy was invited by MIT to visit America recently to expand his horizons.

Twelve Amazing Teens Changing the World

After received nearly 1,500 nominations for its 2006 Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes program, twelve inspiring kids have been recognized for their outstanding efforts to change the world. Welland Burnside, 18, starting Suitcases for Kids, so that children moving from one foster home to another wouldn't have to carry their belongings in black garbage bags.