In the scrub-brush desert town of Queen Creek, Ariz., high school bullies were throwing trash at sophomore Chy Johnson. Calling her stupid. Pushing her in the halls. Chy's mother wanted justice, so she called the captain of the football team, who knew the girl.
For many couples, Valentine's Day will be spent exchanging chocolates and going out to expensive, candlelit dinners. But the romantic holiday holds little appeal to George and Catherine Guiles, who have been married for 73 years. They have learned to see every day together as special.
The McDonald's in Crystal, Minnesota brings back golden memories to Steve Rydberg going clear back to the 1960s when he met his high school sweetheart while flipping burgers there. This week he celebrated a reunion with the girl for whom he was so smitten as a teen -- a reunion that led to love and marriage in his near-golden years. Hiding behind the McDonald's grill, he surprised his wife returning to the place they first met. (Video)
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After years of fruitless searching, Facebook -- along with a maiden name -- delivered the keys to a long-awaited meeting Tuesday at a restaurant in Florida. When Stephanie Phillips and her mother first saw each other, the two hugged with tears in their eyes for a long time, not letting go.
Racist protesters were shown the door in Melbourne, Australia, after 4000 residents showed up to support diversity.
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.
I am the man I am today because of you, he said at the start of a video. So I just want to thank you. For years, she worked every day, seven days a week, starting at 5 or 6 in the morning preparing food for her neighborhood market. And in 2002 she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent a painful fight. This is the first house I ever purchased and I wanted to give (it to) my mother, Michael Luangrath wrote on YouTube. She deserves it the most.
80-year-old Ruby Dunson has been raising abandoned children for 42 years. In all, she raised 10 successful children in her small brick home on Detroit's west side, eight of whom she agreed to take in after they were abandoned at birth or abused as kids.Read More
For Sharon Hart, the third day after her chemotherapy treatment for her leukemia is always the hardest. But this time, her 14-year-old son told her to look out the window of her Chicago hospital room. His giant message in the newly fallen snow made some of the pain go away.
An Illinois couple wrote a letter saying Hooray for ice storms after what they found while trying to protect their frozen pipes. Tara Catogge and her husband Ian found someone's diamond and sapphire wedding ring while trying to clear the pipes in their kitchen sink last week.
After almost 70 years, the letters written by a World War II sailor made the final leg of a mysterious journey. On Wednesday they were turned over to 85-year-old Dorothy Bartos Carlberg, the girl for whom the notes were penned.
A farm dog in the west African country of Ghana is being praised as a hero hound this week after saving the life of an abandoned two-week-old baby. he dog apparently found the baby under a bridge in the northern part of the country. Rather than abandon (or eat) the vulnerable tot, the dog curled up next to him for the night, refusing to leave his side.
An organization called One Simple Wish has granted the wishes of more than 3,000 foster children providing a small piece of comfort and joy to kids still in need of a permanent family. Some wishes are important, like music lessons, but some are small, asking for crayons, or backpacks, which gives people of all incomes the opportunity to bless a foster child, especially during the holidays. See the list and grant a wish on the website, www.onesimplewish.org.
Fara, a military explosives detection canine who helped keep our troops safe in Kuwait, returned home to a hero's welcome at Baltimore's BWI Airport, greeted by her adoptive handler, Military Working Dog Adoptions, and a cheering contingent from American Humane Association.
Sports Illustrated has named Conner and Cayden Long the 2012 SportsKids of the Year for their inspiring triathlon performances. Seven-year-old Cayden is unable to walk or talk on his own, but his nine-year-old brother Conner had an idea that would allow the two to participate in sports together. Conner pulls his brother with amazing determination letting him ride in a raft or cart, as the experience bringing them closer together with every race.
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The elderly woman in Christine Quinn's wedding photos is not just a family member. The 89-year-old grandmother was a glowing bridesmaid.
A stretch of farmland usually reserved for corn and beans is now home to four miles of saluting sunflowers, planted in memory of his wife who died of cancer.
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