94-yo Hockey Player Dominates On Ice Like Man Half His Age -Video
A 94-year-old hockey player still dominates on skates 3-4 times a week in a Minnesota ice rink.
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VH1 Saves School Music Programs
Concerned with the growing number of public schools that have canceled music programs, cable channel VH1 initiated a rescue mission called Save the Music.
Help Others.org
Web site shares stories of kindness and generosity. Two of our favorites are featured here.
Ballet Dancer, 88, Makes Debut
"An 88-year-old Cambridgeshire man has starred in his first ballet after taking up dance at the age of 79."
Feds Will Not Block State Marijuana Laws
The Obama administration said Thursday that it would not challenge laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington state as long as those states strongly restrict sales to minors, prevent exports to other states and keep it off of federal lands.
JK Rowling Gives Signed Potter Books to Teen's Fundraiser in Honor of Fan's Lost Friend
Harry Potter fan Shona Macleod, 15, decided to contact JK Rowling in her effort to raise £950 for a park bench where she could talk to her pal Kieran Goulding since his death in a car crash. The teen was absolutely amazed to receive a full set of signed Harry Potter books along with a handwritten letter.
New Harry Potter Book Friendly to Forests
The printing for the final Harry Potter book will not only be the biggest, but also the greenest. 65 percent of the paper will come from forestlands that are managed in a socially and environmentally responsible way.
Paralyzed Montana Man Makes Fly Rods That Are One With the Universe
A man named Tom Morgan is making some of the most expensive and sought-after fly fishing rods in the world, which he does despite having been paralyzed from the neck down for the past 17 years. He's revered for what he calls thought rods, where the instrument functions as an extension of the mind, delivering the fly where you imagine it will go, not where a series of clumsy physical muscle movements try to direct it.
Portugal Bike Paths Decorated with Poetry (Video)
A new set of bike paths placed along the Tejo river in Lisbon, are filled with phrases from a famous Portuguese poem by Fernando Pessoa, the well known lines inspired by that very river.
Paris Gets its Own Beach for Summer
For Parisians who cannot make it to the beach, the city is bringing the beach to them. For the eighth year in a row, "Paris Plage" (Paris Beach) has imported sandy shores, chaise longues and a decidedly more relaxed feel to the banks of the Seine river.
N.Y. Philharmonic Performs Historic Concert in North Korea (UPDATED w/ Video)
The New York Philharmonic played an historic concert in Pyongyang on Tuesday, opening with both countries' national anthems, emphasizing the goal of improving ties between the US and communist North Korea.
Winner of Moscow Millions Donates Prize Money to Orphans
Tony G. of Melbourne is keeping the gold bracelet, and the title of "Russia's National Poker Champion", but his cash winnings of $205,000 he has already donated to Russian orphanages.
Miami Heat Star Scores Off Court
Miami Heat basketball star, Dwyane Wade, who is the leading NBA scorer, heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home—and ruined all the family's possessions... So he helped the family move into a new home, just in time for Christmas, giving Dawn Smith the keys to a new house on Wednesday,
Malawi Windmill Boy Talks of Worldwide Fame in New Book
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
L.A. Dance Program Gets $20 Million Donation
In one of the largest gifts ever to a dance organization, philanthropist Glorya Kaufman is donating $20 million to the Dance at the Music Center program and its 11-acre campus in downtown Los Angeles.
Navy Lieutenant Swims To Gold In London Paralympics, Months After Injury
Less than one year after being blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, U.S. swimmer Bradley Snyder has won a gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle at the 2012 Paralympics. His fast time would have put Snyder in first place in one of the early men's 100m freestyle heats at the London Olympics.
Lebanese Kids TV Series Aims to Heal Societal Rifts
Kilna Bil Hayy (All of Us in the Neighbourhood) was created in the hope of enlightening young viewers to the commonalities shared between Lebanon's different communities. Finding understanding and common ground between 6 different communities is the idea behind the television series for kids that premiered this month.
Arts and Chess Part of Plan to Boost School Scores
Two poorly performing Kentucky schools in downtown Lexington will receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art instruction in an effort to boost student achievement.
Jolie and Pitt Give Two Million Dollars to Fight Disease in Ethiopia
Superstar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated two million dollars to help children affected by AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia, announced the nonprofit group Global Health Committee (GHC) announced Monday.
Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants
22 migrants were rescued this week, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea, by the crew of a cruise ship from the Holland America Line.
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