Woman Turns in Bag Stuffed With $65,000
"A county garbage operations employee found a plastic bag on the road stuffed with $65,000 Thursday — and immediately turned it in to authorities." (AP)
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Iron Man Completes 13-Year Human-Powered World Trip
British adventurer Jason Lewis on Saturday arrived in Greenwich, south-east London, ending a 13-year round-the-world trip using only the power of the human body.
Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Donates Kidney to Would-Be Customer
A traveling salesman who tried to sell a Kirby vacuum to a family in Twin Falls, Idaho, ended up, instead, donating his kidney. He calls it "a miracle" that he feels so good.
10,000 Men For a Safer Philadelphia
Thousands of African-American men are heeding the call, signing up to patrol the streets of crime-infested southwest Philadelphia and serve as mentors. "We need love back in this community."
NY Subway Heroes Disappear After Saving Woman
A woman collapsed on a subway platform and fell onto the tracks. Two men pulled her to safety, but disappeared once she was ok.
Ex-Child Soldier Finds Healing and Purpose in Music
"As one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan, he has traveled a road of pain many people cannot imagine, survived against all odds and come back to become an artist, rapping about those experiences. Music has provided him an outlet to deal with his boyhood suffering and transform it." - cnn
Cirque du Soleil Founder Brings Water to Poor Nations
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte unveiled Monday a new foundation that will help the world's poorest countries gain access to precious clean water, funding the program with (Canadian) $100 million.
School Features Flat Screens in Bathrooms; Trips Overseas: Ron Clark to Make Leaders of Poor Kids
Ron Clark, a NY Times best-seller who was featured in a made-for-cable-TV movie, opened a private $3.5-million, state-of-the-art school in one of the poorest sections of Atlanta: "More than 350 students applied to the new Ron Clark Academy where flat-screen TVs are mounted in bathrooms, graffiti art fills the walls.
Americans Remember Their Debt to French Nobleman Lafayette, 250 Years After His Birth
Across the United States, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of a French nobleman to whom they still feel indebted, centuries after he helped them win independence
Finding Heroism in Forgiveness
Kim Crespi was honored as a Hero of Forgiveness." She has forgiven her husband for stabbing to death their 5-year-old twin daughters. She visits him in prison every week, where he's received medication for his bi-polar disorder
Bridge Collapse Hero is Offered Free Tuition
One of the heroes of the Minnesota bridge collapse has been offered a substantial reward -- full tuition at a technical college, which he had been attending but had to leave because of the cost.
Blueberries May Fend Off Alzheimer's: It's All About The Anthocyanins
The blueberry, already known to be a 'super fruit' for its power to potentially lower the risk of heart disease and cancer, also could be insurance for your brain against Alzheimer's disease. New research presented by scientists Sunday bolsters the idea that this fruit, loaded with healthful antioxidants, could help prevent the devastating effects of […]