2012 will go into the record books as the safest year ever for airline travelers worldwide. 3 billion passengers flew in 2012 on more than 93,000 commercial flights each day, Yet, not a single fatality was recorded in the United States in more than four years.
Kickstarter, a website designed to fund creative projects through the support of small online donations, crowned its first millionaire this week: Casey Hopkins, an engineer based in Portland, Ore., who invented the world's best iPhone dock.
A 13-year-old Massai boy in Kenya has invented an ingenious system to scare off the lions that were killing his family's livestock. His light bulb moment came after one small observation. Turere devised and installed his successful solar power system by himself, without ever receiving any training in electronics or engineering.
Peyton's parents taught him that whenever he saw a problem, he could invent a solution to fix it. Recently the twelve-year-old Florida boy was named America's Top Young Scientist for 2013. Among his impressive inventions is one created after Superstorm Sandy. He created sandbags that better protect against flooding but are super lightweight, expand when wet, and shrink after drying.
California Police are praising a Target Store employee for helping bring a child's kidnapping ordeal to an end, before it even started. "When I first spotted him in the store, I thought he was going to shoplift," said 22-year-old Roxanna Ramirez, who followed him around, watched him on surveillance cameras, and even spoke to him.
Stories of Christian-Muslim solidarity in Egypt have not been widely reported, but they deserve to be. During the protests, Christians stood in a circle around Muslims during their Friday prayers to protect them from police. And last Monday, Muslims stood around Christians in Tahrir Square as they conducted mass.
In a partnership built on the true spirit of giving, members of the Muslim mosque in London, Ontario decided to help boost a Catholic church holiday food drive. "I wanted to get a megaphone and shout ‘Can we keep this going all year, people?', said one of the organizers.
Much as prognosticators claim to see green shoots in the nation's struggling economy, Kansas City's jazz scene demonstrated encouraging signs of renewed vigor after an extended period fraught with challenges.
A kiss at midnight to ring in the new year. That's what Friday night should bring, right? And there's pressure to get it right. No matter how painstakingly you set the scene, in the end chemistry trumps mood music. A kiss is a natural litmus test to help us identify a good partner. Start the first moments of 2011 with the right one, and you're beginning the year on a natural high.
There is a treasured hero in Rushville, Illinois: a doctor who has kept his fees the same as they were back in 1955 -- five bucks a visit -- and who has never taken a day off. Dr. Russell Dohner has been looking after his neighbors, going anywhere, at any time, to help those in need, often arriving before emergency crews.
The same TV news helicopter pilot who four years ago pushed a deer on an icy pond to safety using the wind from his rotors, has once again made national news saving a trapped calf -- pushing with the same big wind gust, after the animal lost all footing and was stuck on the ice.
The best story in sports, whether success is achieved through a solo performance, by a team, or a whole nation of fans, is that of the underdog. Looking back on 2010, we noted an inspiring trend among the top news this year: Underdogs who surged ahead, turning doubters into believers. These six stories are our favorites...
Good news for American households: No need to keep digging for one- and two-cent stamps after a postal rate hike. The US Postal Service has announced that all new first-class stamps will be Forever Stamps beginning next month
Instead of trying to lose twenty pounds for your New Year's resolution, what if you decided to give up eleven habits that keep you stuck in a place you don't want to be. We all have mindsets, habits and behaviors we'd like to change. Here are eleven of them to give up in 2011.
The homeless man with a golden radio voice got a second chance at life, after a Cleveland reporter interviewed him and the video became a YouTube sensation with over 4.5 million hits. As soon as Ted Williams, who was panhandling along an Ohio roadside was seen on the Internet, a local radio show brought him on the air. People were so impressed by his voice, that the offers began pouring in -- including a dream job with the Cleveland Cavaliers and a free house.
This morning, the homeless man with the golden voice, whose story launched via YouTube struck a national chord and whose pipes landed him numerous job offers and a home in just a few days, spoke to the Today Show hosts about his whirlwind of blessings.
Some persistent dolphins are being credited with saving a dog that had run away on Marco Island. The dog's owner said he had been missing for 15 hours -- and it would have been longer if the dolphins hadn't alerted the neighbors.
Hundreds of Magellanic penguins washed ashore in Argentina after an oil spill have been saved by volunteers. "Commando" Veterinarians built a field hospital to immediately remove the deadly oil and house the birds for the weeks of recovery.
Operation Noble Foster has provided more than 3,000 deployed servicemembers with individual foster homes for their cats until they return. "The best part is knowing that I'm able to take care of somebody's pet while they are serving our country."
Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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