Esperanza had been badly injured when she was hit by a car, but the young dog -- a shepherd-cross with thick white coat -- was still managing to care for her newborn puppies — plus a stray kitten. It's amazing when you think about it. You have this dog who is just so giving of herself, caring for these newborn puppies and the kitten, making sure they were cared for even though she was obviously in a lot of pain.
The Coast Guard rescued an Alaska fisherman who survived on frigid ocean waters floating in a four-foot-square plastic fish crate after his boat sank. Ryan Harris, 19, told the local newspaper in Sitka, Alaska, that he sang songs like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" to keep himself awake through the night. […]
Mike and Angie Gagnon, their disabled daughter and two young grandkids were thrilled with the renovations and editions on their home provided by 150 businesses in an Extreme Makeover project organized by Cornerstone Seventh Day Adventist Church. Although it was one of the church's biggest projects yet - working at least 18 hour days for 10 days straight - "it's totally worth it," said Pastor Steven Mirkovich.
An unemployed man down on his luck was browsing at his local thrift store for items he could restore and resell when he spotted a Picasso poster with the word Exposition written across the front, some French words, and the image of a warped round face. He handed over $14.14 for what he saw as a nice commercial print.
Now-67-years-old, a German woman finally got to thank in person an 88-year-old American woman for her middle-class family's generosity toward 'the enemy' after World War II.
Last weekend, folks in Nova Scotia hauled their giant pumpkins from the pumpkin patch into the water, carving them into boats for the annual Pumpkin Regatta competition.
Generally, you wouldn't want to hear that an NFL player went out on date with an eighth-grader. But that's not the case with this story out of Morgantown, W.Va. That's where Chicago Bears rookie J.T. Thomas stepped in and took the girl, who suffers from spina bifida, to her prom.
While her husband waited for her to arrive at the hospital, Canadian mom Carolyn Murdoch was in the middle of a dramatic delivery at 4:33 a.m. Sunday in the back seat of her Honda Accord.
Looking out of the windows of Seattle Children's hospital, patients eagerly search for new names painted on steel beams by union workers constructing a 7-story building across the street. It all started a few weeks ago when one of the ironworkers painted a beam in tribute to a teenager who had died at the hospital. Then, It went viral.
Some people give back to their community. Then there's Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who's giving up $800,000 — his own salary for the next three years — in hopes his act of generosity will help restore faith in the government he once taught students to respect.
A prominent Canadian doctor has begun to recycle unused prescription drugs to homeless people in Ottawa because he says they could not afford them otherwise, a practice that is is controversial but one way to ensure that homeless people get the medication they desperately need. (CBC News)
An announcement by WestJet on Sunday seemed too good to be true, especially for parents traveling with little kids. And considering it was made on April 1, it was. On April Fools Day, the airline issued a statement saying it would start introducing child-free cabins on certain flights with an exciting VIP area for kids beneath the plane called, Kargo Kids.