An American pilot from the first all-black flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II, will attend Barack Obama's inauguration as an honored guest. All 330 surviving members of the the Tuskegee Airmen have been invited to the Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony.
After finding a bone marrow donor in New Hampshire that saved a baby named Giovanni, his parents have continued the drive to boost donor numbers to save the others on the fateful waiting list, like one beloved teacher in a local school, Brian Beeler.
If you have any doubt you can achieve anything you set your mind to, ask 79-year-old Randy Wilt about his latest achievement. Wilt passed the high school equivalency test after 6 years of studying and a multitude of failures. Steve Hartman has the inspiring story of a man who hates the word, "can't". And, he […]
The pilot who safely landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River was given a hero's homecoming in the San Francisco suburb he calls home.
After two weeks sitting by his wife's bedside hoping she would wake from a coma, Andrew Ray was at his wits' end. Doctors had told him Emma could become a real-life sleeping beauty when she failed to regain consciousness after a heart attack.
Every Monday afternoon, Rev. Bob Book transforms his Atlanta church into a spa for the homeless, washing and scrubing the feet of the city's homeless.
In his first formal interview as president, Barack Obama sat down with an Arab television station to offer a welcoming message to the Muslim world. He first expressed his interest in reaching out to Muslims as president, and pursuing a different approach to foreign policy than his predecessors, in his inaugural address - the only inaugural speech ever to mention the subject.
In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? The emerging field of positive psychology is bursting with new findings about how things like money, attitude, culture, memory, health, altruism, and our day-to-day habits affect our well-being. Here are 10 scientifically proven strategies for getting happy.
Canada, Germany and Australia are topping the list of friendliest countries toward Americans who move abroad, says a new study
One woman is running in marathons around the world to raise awareness for drug treatment after her troubled daughter had become a homeless, methamphetamine addict. Her efforts has raised a quarter of a million dollars so far.
A group of Iraqi soldiers stepped up to help California residents victimized by recent wildfires raging throughout the state. "We want to send a message to the American president and the American people," Abbas said. "We feel that we are a family."
Joe Miller, a Colorado farmer wondered if there were any way he could save his leftover potatos and onions from going to waste in the fields. He decided to open his fields to the public on Saturday and thought he might see 5,000 people show up, but 40,000 arrived for the gleaning.