"The Rock" is Proud of the "Better Men" Graduating from Prison Boot Camp

Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who often got arrested in his youth, attended graduation for inmates completing a 6-month boot camp, calling them "better men."

By Jim Stout

22 August 39 Views

Artist Turns Weapons of War Into Tools For Spreading Serenity (LOOK)

In Mexico's deadliest city, an artist traded gift certificates for guns, then melted down those 1,500 weapons to create shovels for planting trees.

By Jim Stout

21 August 34 Views

Trooper Lets Daughter Decide Dad's Fate on Speeding Ticket

An Indiana State Trooper let a man's daughter decide if he should get a speeding ticket or not and the girl followed the law. Sorry, Dad.

By Jim Stout

20 August 66 Views

UPDATE: City Police Have Brought 109 Addicts to Rehab, Instead of Jail

A police department has sent 109 people into drug treatment instead of arresting them for using–and other departments are beginning to follow their lead.

By Jim Stout

18 August 39 Views

Millions of "Shade Balls" Added to Calif Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation -Video

California is dumping millions of "shade balls" into its water, slowing evaporation and saving hundreds of millions of gallons of water during the drought.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 August 41 Views

Toronto Hospital Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the First Successful Lung Transplant

In 1983, Tom Hall was the 45th patient in the world to receive a lung transplant, but the first to live more than a few days or weeks afterward. Hall, then 58, lived more than six years after receiving the organ. Grateful family members were reunited with the surgeon last week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the historic operation in Toronto.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 November 40 Views

Uncanny Rescue: Cops Struggle to Free Groundhog From Tin Can on His Head (WATCH)

Onlookers cheer as campus police rescue a groundhog whose head was wedged inside a discarded food can.

By Jim Stout

15 August 34 Views

Barber Gives Free Haircuts to Kids If They Read Stories to Him

An Iowa barber encouraged reading by kids when he offered free haircuts if they would read him a story while they sat in his chair.

By Jim Stout

14 August 40 Views

Sign Up This Ball Girl Who Made Amazing Catch During Game (WATCH)

The best play of this game Major League Baseball game was by the ball girl who snatched a screaming foul ball out of the sky before it hit the stands.

By Jim Stout

13 August 54 Views

Stranger Pays Parking Ticket for Mother Staying with Baby at Hospital

A mother checked her 9-week-old baby out of the hospital to find a parking ticket on her car and a note from a stranger who said she'd paid it.

By Jim Stout

12 August 48 Views

Arizona City Mandates All Dogs Sold in Pet Stores Will Come From Shelters

A federal judge upheld a Phoenix law that requires pet stores to sell shelter dogs, rather than importing them from "puppy mills".

By Jim Stout

10 August 41 Views

4 Year-old Advertises to be Flower Girl and Lands a Wedding at Courthouse

When a little girl made a wish to be in a wedding, her mother came up with a plan that was nothing short of brilliant to make that wish come true.

By Jim Stout

10 August 45 Views

UPS Cuts Greenhouse Gases with 46Mil Gallons of Renewable Diesel

UPS will keep 51,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air by using 46 million gallons of renewable diesel made from waste oils and fat.

By Jim Stout

05 August 48 Views

Police Hit the Dance Floor With City Youth to Find 'Unity in Community' (WATCH)

Professional dancers in North Carolina turned this year's National Dance Day into an opportunity to bring together police officers and youth.

By Dawn Nave

03 August 45 Views

Ebola Vaccine Trial Proves 100% Successful in Guinea

A vaccine against Ebola has been shown to be 100% successful in trials conducted during the outbreak in Guinea and is likely to bring the west African epidemic to an end, the Guardian reported.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 August 40 Views