Six-year-old Noah Pozner's family wanted letters from his friends and relatives buried with him, and now thanks to social media and the compassion displayed by one airline, their wish will be granted -- and some family members living far away will feel some closure.
A call for help from a homeless veteran turned into an outpouring of support as dozens of leather-wearing bikers stepped up with baby supplies just two weeks before the expected birth.
Prisoners working in a nearby park jumped into strong moving current to help save three boys floating downstream after their kayak overturned in a Washington state creek.
Chinese welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Snake with raucous celebrations on Saturday. Practitioners of the ancient art of feng shui say the year ahead will see financial markets slither higher as optimism grows.
At children's hospitals around the country, window washers are dressing up as super heroes and doing their part to help kids feel better.
The adorable kids in the fifth grade chorus of PS 22 in Staten Island talk about the importance of Valentine's Day and cheer up senior citizens with songs and cards.
Crow's feet – often regarded as an unwelcome sign of ageing – could actually be something to smile about. People are judged more attractive and more intelligent if their eyes wrinkle around the corners when they smile, research shows.
From a cursory glance, with the recession sending thousands of unemployed millennials back to mom and dad's house, it would seem that anyone born within the last 20-odd years is in bad shape. But according to the results of a new study (and contrary to the opinion of anyone claiming that "the good old days" have come and gone), each new generation is happier than ones that came before it. What the heck do they have to be so smiley about?
In what is a 'rags to riches' story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
20-something siblings Katie and Ryan Moi could really use $13,000 right now but they still decided to return the bag of cash they found on the street to its rightful owner. "Obviously, we couldn't keep it," Katie, 21, told the Register-Guard. "When I had my laptop stolen, that was the worst feeling. I would not do that to someone else." Good karma followed with unexpected rewards.
A lot of national attention has been showered on Billy Ray Harris, a panhandler in Missouri, after he returned a diamond engagement ring that accidentally dropped into his change cup when a woman was pouring in the contents of her change purse. The woman's husband, Bill Krejci, was so grateful for the honest man's efforts to return the ring, and so many friends asked how they could help, that a fundraising page was set up for Billy Ray on Feb. 14. As of this morning, Feb. 23, the Give Forward page just passed $100,000.
Hundreds came to the funeral of a Royal Marine who had no friends and no family after a clergyman posted a notice on Facebook to rally people for a proper send-off.
A struggling doe and fawn stranded on ice were rescued by employees at the Department of Natural Resources a few hours after receiving a call for help. A helicopter arrived and descended toward the deer while an onlooker recorded video of the amazing rescue.
Ali Abbas, who had lost his home and entire family during a botched US bombing raid in Iraq when he was 12, lost both his arms and suffered serious burns. But today, since being fitted with artificial arms in a British Hospital, the 21-year-old lives in prosperous south-west London, is attempting to set up a charity for limbless children, and has married a childhood friend.
An 11-year-old boy, who had died in his mother's back seat on the way to the hospital after an asthma attack, was revived on the side of the road after several minutes during which a hair transplant doctor did not give up on resuscitation efforts.
The Connecticut Parent Teacher Association reached out to fellow PTA members across the country, requesting handmade Snowflakes for Sandy Hook to create a winter wonderland at the new school the kids moved into. Now on day 25, and the entire lobby of the state association is stuffed floor to ceiling. The office is crammed end to end with boxes of every size.
Retired grandparents Jeanne and Burt Metz lost their home when Superstorm Sandy hit Breezy Point, New York. A volunteer organization told the couple that their floors and walls would be rebuilt – but little did the Metz family know that hundreds of people were working to resurrect their entire house.
Michael Lewis still vividly remembers the day in 2008 when his world came crashing down. Suddenly the phones stopped ringing at his electrical contracting company for four months. It was very scary." With expenses to pay and no money coming in, Michael decided to take a desperate gamble and took a loan of £25,000 to pay expenses and start up a new business.
A suicide-prevention group is generating smiles to the faces of commuters and pedestrians in Boston with their Happier Boston Campaign, which involves social interventions such as singing in elevators and asking everyone in the baseball stadium to give high-fives to everyone nearby.
Two families seated in neighboring booths at a Texas restaurant produced a situation ending with neighborly support for a special needs child. After the waiter took an emotional stand for one of the families, support is flowing in from all over, thanking the waiter and the restaurant called Laurenzo's near Houston.
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