Hero is Saving Children from Cambodia's Trash Heap
CNN Heroes: Cambodian's poorest kids are going to go to school now that a woman quit her job and spent $30,000 of her own money to build a school for them...
CNN Heroes: Cambodian's poorest kids are going to go to school now that a woman quit her job and spent $30,000 of her own money to build a school for them...
40 wounded soldiers from veterans hospitals in Washington flew in a private jet to Las Vegas over the weekend for an all-expenses-paid getaway, thanks to the Sands hotel chairman Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, who said they wanted to eventually extend the offer to every vet who had been admitted to the two D.C.-area hospitals.
Civilians are offering to help the Pentagon handle the growing mental health needs of troops. Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.
Two grade-school friends who reconnected thanks to the social networking site, Facebook, after more than a decade are becoming more than bosom buddies. One is donating a kidney to his rediscovered pal.
It's taken nearly 60 years for Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble to become the first Sioux-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the nations highest, for heroic actions on the battlefield in Korea.
"A thrift store worker in Southern California found an envelope amidst a pile of donated clothing that contained $30,000 in cash. She didn't think twice about returning it -- and was rewarded for the good deed."
Maureen O'Haire gave birth to five children, adopted another four and cared for more than 50 foster kids. But now she's playing mother hen to an entire platoon of Marines.
Volvo yesterday announced the top three winning heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards: After a tragic farm accident involving her son, Marilyn Adams founded Farm Safety 4 Just Kids and set out on a mission to promote safe farm environments across the country. Matthew Sanford, paralyzed from the chest down, became a […]
"Saint John police are praising a 24-year-old university student for his attempts to rescue a man drowning in the frigid city harbour. Alex Scott had been trying to keep the other man's head above water for about 10 minutes."
Less than one week remains to vote for your favorite hometown heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards. The winner, "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" will receive a new Volvo car every three years for life.
"An 88-year-old Cambridgeshire man has starred in his first ballet after taking up dance at the age of 79."
A boy plays division 1 basketball, averaging 18.6 points per game, even though he was born with only one hand.