Instead of 'Million Dollars in Tickets' Cop Gives Helpful Advice, And His Cap

This young mother expected big fines for expired tags and more, but the cop told her how to fight the tickets, then made friends with her toddler.

By Jim Stout

25 February 63 Views

Nurse Turns Blizzard to Smiles, Brings Snow Inside for Hospitalized Kids

This nurse made several trips outside, into a winter storm, to bring in huge bowls of snow so hospitalized kids could make mini-snowmen with it.

By Jim Stout

02 February 58 Views

Family Saves Lost Piglet from Freezing in Blizzard (Photos)

A family stopped to rescue Wee Wee the piglet from a snow bank, right before a snowplow would have buried him.

By Jim Stout

25 January 64 Views

On Endangered List Since the 60s, Fox Squirrel Finally Jumps Off

Survival of the fittest couldn't claim these forest-dwellers. After decades of struggling through habitat loss and poaching, the fox squirrel is back.

By Tiffani Spengler

18 November 59 Views

82-year-old Vet Sends Thousands of Care Packages to Soldiers as "Spam Czar"

It means a lot when any soldier receives a package from the U.S. loaded with treats to remind him of home. 82 year-old Don Downer has sent more than 1,400 such packages to American troops deployed overseas and was honored in Maryland recently as Howard County's Volunteer of the Year.

By Jeanne Goddard

05 December 63 Views

Monthly Shot Brings New Hope, Cuts Cravings, for Recovering Addicts

A once-a-month shot dulls the euphoria from heroin and pharmaceutical opiates, helping addicts to stop their cravings.

By Jim Stout

23 August 60 Views

Cop, Skip, and Jump-WATCH This Officer's Amazing Double Dutch Skills

Maryland Policeman Alan Jones is an amazing Double Dutch rope jumping novice... Check out his moves.

By Jim Stout

02 September 79 Views

Retirement Home For Unwanted Senior Pets Offers Love In Final Years

If you're over the age of ten and you've got a tail to wag, then you've got a friend at House With A Heart Senior Animal Sanctuary.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 August 60 Views

Ice Bucket Challenge Leads to ALS Breakthrough, Researchers Announce

Johns Hopkins researchers announce breakthrough in fight against ALS, credit ALS Association funding after org's Ice Bucket Challenge went viral last year

By Dawn Nave

21 August 61 Views

American Swimmer Stuns World, First to Win All These Races in Single Meet

18-year-old US swimmer Katie Ledecky swept all individual freestyle events at the 2015 FINA World Championships, an unprecedented feat by man or woman.

By Dawn Nave

19 August 68 Views

8-Year-Old Deaf Basketball Champ Has Sights Set on NBA

Zeke Ortiz has his sights set on the NBA, so he left his team with only deaf players to join a more competitive league where he is the only one.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 June 76 Views

'Free Range' Kids Given the Okay to Roam Free By Maryland Officials

Child Protective Services cleared a Silver Spring couple of any wrongdoing for allowing their two young children to walk around their neighborhood alone.

By Sandy Kay Wright

23 June 78 Views

Inmates Grow Along With the Gardens They Tend Behind Bars

Prison gardens are a growing trend to rehabilitate inmates while providing fresh food to those in need.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 June 86 Views