It's a miracle for a couple whose cat bolted out the door six months ago after Hurricane Sandy forced the family to flee their New Jersey home. No one can detail the cat's amazing journey, but the feline somehow managed to travel eight miles to find his Toms River home.
A family of five lost everything in their Oklahoma home in a fire Tuesday but they survived and escaped with just minutes to spare thanks to an old pit bull named Baby. The dog would not stop barking and pouncing until the woman woke up to see the danger getting closer. Not only did Baby save the family, she went back into the house to gather up the other five dogs still inside, dragging them out one by one.
While Arizona resident Bonnie Dodson was watching TV, her lab mix, Chips, started crying and crying. He was crying because the man next door had fallen on hot stones and was calling for help when he could not get up.
Jon Byler Dan, survived the devastating tornado that struck Washington, Ill., by hunkering down in the basement clutching his four children – ages 8, 5, 2½ and 1½. But an important member of the family was still in harm's way. Before the storm, as debris started to hit his house, he tried to coax the family dog, Maggie, downstairs but the skittish animal refused to leave her kennel. In the devastation that followed Maggie was gone and presumed dead.
A hero guide dog and his blind owner who survived being run over by a New York City subway train drew enough private donations on Wednesday to keep the two together despite the dog's impending retirement.
Jason Witten, the Cowboy tight end superstar, is seeking to break the cycle of family violence by encouraging male mentors to volunteer, and through his SCORE Foundation that actively supports domestic violence shelters.
Remember Aaron's Last Wish, the video showing his family giving a waitress five hundred dollars, as a last remembrance of their brother? Well, that cash was raised online from friends and family to fulfill Aaron's request to leave an awesome tip… like $500 on a pizza. Yesterday NPR reported, Three weeks later, the family has collected nearly $50,000 and three lucky servers have been surprised with $500 gratuities. The Collins family members are posting videos as they spread the good cheer. Here is the latest.
Two of the final events of the 4-day UK celebration marking The Queen's 60-year reign were staged for 10,000 UK citizens chosen in a public lottery. The day began with a picnic in the palace gardens where guests collected hampers of food prepared by palace chefs. It ended with an evening concert spectacular featuring Paul McCartney, Elton John and an amazing lighting and fireworks display using the Palace as a stage prop. (Videos)
Spirits were high among hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic spectators flocking to Washington for Monday's inauguration, where they braved chilly temperatures and heavy security to witness the ceremonial start of President Obama's second term.
The state's sportsmen were outraged when the conservation-minded founder of Burt's Bees bought up more than 120,000 acres of Maine's fabled North Woods, but fter initiating a face-to-face dialogue with some of her biggest critics, Ms. Quimby wants to set aside 30,000 acres to be managed like a state park, with hunting and snowmobiling allowed.
A San Diego woman first formed a bond with a Chinese goose at Miramar Lake 20 years ago. After a 10-year break, she went back to the lake to see if he was still there. As soon as she pulled up in the car she said she recognized 'Blanco'. She got out of the car and said, Blanco? His telescoping neck shot up in the air and it was like they'd never been apart.
Three girls whose lemonade stand was shut down by the police in Midway, Georgia, for not having a business license and food permit, were offered a prime location to reopen in the tourist-rich state park of Jekyll Island. Officials even built the girls a new lemonade stand.
An encouraging new survey has found that mothers are regarded as the top female role models in the lives of six in 10 Canadian girls. Furthermore, most of these young people, aged 10 to 17, were unlikely to identify other types of women they hoped to emulate — pop stars or others.
Twitter and the kindness of strangers brought home an Irish mom with dementia, after her daughter decided to post her photo when she'd gone missing.
Fifteen years after a motocross accident, Aaron Baker lives a life that medical professionals never believed possible. The professional racer deemed a complete quadriplegic after a training accident in 1999, Baker is now fully independent, walking with just a cane, and accomplishing feats of endurance, from riding a tandem bicycle across the country, to independently walking 20 miles across Death Valley.
Israel on Sunday began tearing down a section of its contentious West Bank separation, marking a major victory for village residents in Bilin. The dismantling of the section comes four years after Israel's Supreme Court ordered it torn down, rejecting the military's argument that the route was necessary for security.
Organizers of an online Mideast peace movement say they are launching the Internet's first online university for Israelis and Arabs across the Middle East.
As a Muslim woman who teaches classes about the Holocaust at a Catholic college, I am constantly frustrated by the negative media coverage of the Middle East. A documentary recently aired on Al Jazeera was an extremely heartening exception to the rule. The film, Jerusalem SOS, told the stories of Jews and Muslims saving each other's lives.
Israeli Defense Force reservists treated families of Palestinian children diagnosed with cancer to a fun day on snowy Mount Hermon recently. The project was partly funded by the Civil Administration, an Israeli body responsible for administering and coordinating civilian and humanitarian needs in the West Bank.
Nine patients received new kidneys from nine living donors in a record-setting, 36-hour transplant session in San Francisco using two hospitals.
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