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Paraplegic Skier Walks Again, Helps Others do the Same
After surviving a storm of slings and arrows over the course of her life, Amanda Boxtel could never have imagined that a paralyzing skiing...
Mother of Amish Shooter Cares for Son’s Victims
Five years ago, her 32-year-old son Charlie Roberts shot 10 Amish schoolgirls before turning the gun on himself. "Not only was my son not...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Five Economic Lessons from Sweden, the Rock Star of the Recovery
Almost every developed nation in the world was hit by the financial crisis. Their economies became paralyzed. And then there’s Sweden.
The Scandinavian nation has...
Dog Honored as Hero for Saving Owner After a Bike Accident
A golden retriever that saved the life of its owner after the man fell from his mountain bike and became paralyzed, was honored Tuesday...
Disabled Man Gives Free Wheelchairs, New Lives to Rural Mexicans
According to Richard St. Denis, an estimated 75,000 wheelchairs are thrown away in the U.S. every year. For people with disabilities in Mexico --...
7-year-old Teaching Mom to Speak After Stroke
Three years ago, a stroke left Angie paralyzed on her right side and without the ability to speak. She has undergone speech therapy over...
Obama Honors 13 Citizens for Their Good Deeds
This week, President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 Citizens Medal to 13 outstanding Americans who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country...
Volunteers Help Injured Baby Raccoon to Recover
Veterinarians and rehabbers give their time to a baby raccoon, orphaned and paralyzed shortly after birth. One brain scan and spinal operation later, and...
Kick Polio Out of Africa Campaign at Victorious End
Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month, with a football signed by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond...
Skydiving Hero Saves Woman’s Life – Now He Needs Help
After jumping out of the airplane, strapped together in tandem, a skydiving instructor and his student feared the worst when their parachutes failed to...
Paraplegic Finds Love With Online Dating Site
It was always the first thing Dan Powell wrote in e-mails to prospective dates -- that he was in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the...
Polio Patient Lived Amazing Life Inside an Iron Lung
Polio paralyzed Martha Mason from the neck down in 1948, and she spent the rest of her days inside an iron lung, an...
Top Ten Innovations From 2008
Any list of the top achievements in science and energy is a list that glows with promise and hope. During the year 2008 we...
Little Boy and Prayer Group Help Heal Deacon’s Broken Neck?
"George Bell was faced with the possibility of being paralyzed for the rest of his life after falling from a deck. But, Bell, a...
Volvo Unveils Sixth Annual Hometown Hero Award Winners
Volvo yesterday announced the top three winning heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards: After a tragic farm accident involving her son,...
Monkey Brains In U.S. Make Robot Walk In Japan
New research allows rhesus monkeys in North Carolina - just by thinking - to control robotic arms & legs all the way in Japan....
After a Stroke, Left-Handed Piano
Izumi Tateno rebuilt his career as a one-handed piano player after suffering a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. (Video) ...
The VA Tech Shootings and the Need for Good News
EDITOR'S BLOG — What is one to say after the worst school shooting in history? And on the very same day, the worst bombings...
Shooting Victim Tells How to Stop the Violence (Video)
"Before Virginia Tech, before Columbine, there was Paducah, Kentucky. A 1997 school shooting there left Missy Jenkins Smith paralyzed, but not without hope." ......