Wichita State Welcomes Opponent's Lone Cheerleader to Join Them
When their opponents for a basketball tournament showed up with just one cheerleader, the Wichita State squad invited her to join them on center court for cheers.
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When a seven-year-old girl left chemotherapy for a Winnipeg Jets hockey game, she couldn't have known how a whole city was about to rally around her, particularly a generous boy named Keaton.
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Five years after a soldier was given a gift that raised his spirit during days of war, Jackson Smith paid back his best friend Brian.
In Money-tight Britain, Artists Decorate the Streets
Since 2009 street artist Christiaan Nagel has placed over a hundred giant mushrooms on derelict rooftops around the London's East End to be enjoyed and photographed by passers-by. Unauthorized art in public places is booming in austerity Britain, as public funding dries up
Israeli Peace Deal Signing Leads Way To Final Settlement Talks
President Clinton pushed for an agreement and finally got one between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat after nine days of sometimes all-night negotiations with Clinton and Jordon's King Hussein offering a final push at the secluded Wye River Plantation on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
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Most Valuable Find Ever for Antiques Roadshow in Oklahoma
Chinese rhinoceros horn cups brought to the Antiques Roadshow on Saturday in Tulsa became the highest-value appraisal ever made by the PBS television show in its 16 year history. The unidentified man, who started collecting the carved cups inexpensively and had no idea of their worth, was told they were valued at 1-1.5 million dollars.
Frigatebird Returns to Nest on Ascension for First Time Since Darwin
One of the world's rarest seabirds has returned to remote Ascension Island in the Atlantic 150 years after its colony was wiped out by feral cats. It is the first time the species has bred there since Charles Darwin visited the island in the early 19th century.
EU Adopts Historic Policy to Protect Marine Fisheries
In an outcome hailed by environmentalists, European Union lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to overhaul the region's troubled fisheries policy to end decades of overfishing. The European Parliament voted 502-to-137 to impose sustainable quotas by 2015 and end the wasteful practice of discarding unwanted fish at sea.
Microchips to Protect Rhino Horns in Kenya
Efforts to conserve Kenya's dwindling population of rhinos is set to get a significant boost when WWF-Kenya hands over 1,000 microchips and 5 scanners to the Kenya Wildlife Service today. The equipment valued at over KES 1.3 million will be instrumental in strengthening active rhino monitoring. Vital to outsmarting the poachers who are getting more sophisticated in their approach, the deployment of specialized rhino horn tracking systems will allow for 100% traceability of every rhino horn and live animal within Kenya
Steller Sea Lions Rebound Off Endangered List
A five year plan to shore up dwindling populations of eastern Steller sea lions, the threatened species that roams from Alaska to California has succeeded. NOAA Fisheries announced last week it will be delisting the animal as a threatened species, making it the first to achieve recovery since the North Pacific gray whale was taken off NOAA's endangered list in 1994.
500 Dogs Are Being Rescued and Flown to New Homes Today
One day, 500 animals, 14 private planes, 120 rescue organizations, 100's of volunteers, 30,000 air miles, 11 destinations -- and many, many happy tails. December 6 was the big day for Wings of Rescue, the non-profit that is making Christmas dreams come true for hundreds of dogs in high kill shelters, bringing them to live in new fur-ever homes in its 3rd Annual Holiday Airlift.