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Brittle Bones Can’t Crack Woman’s Spirit
When Gail Rennetty was a baby, she cried every time her mother touched her. She had so many broken bones by the time she...
Four-Fingered Concert Pianist Overcomes Physical Barriers (Video)
A Korean concert pianist moves the audience to tears performing classical music with just two digits on each hand. Disfigured from birth, and with...
How to Get Closer to Your Dad (Book Review)
Like many people's relationship with their father, mine has never been very close. Yet, if he died today I would be very sorry I...
Low-Income Florida Homes Get Hurricane Help
Low-income residents in 12 Florida counties are getting a little extra help this hurricane season to protect their homes from storm damage.
Under the state-funded...
Philly Cops Honored for Compassion and Fairness
"Philadelphia Police Chief of Staff Kimberly Byrd has won the coveted George Fencl Award - named for the exemplary head of Civil Affairs during...
NPR Host and Media Critic, Geri Weis-Corbley?
EDITOR'S BLOG - I found out last night I was in the top seven percent in audience voting in the NPR Talent Quest...
Whale Pair Head Back to Open Ocean
A mother whale and her baby headed back towards open ocean last night after a rescue operation helped guide their 90-mile return down...
Smokies To Rid Areas Of Nonnative Plants
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park received special funding this year to remove nonnative plants from 11 wetlands, a Knoxville newspaper reported. If left...
Gates Foundation Gives $9.7 Million to Pediatric AIDS Research
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to give $9.7 million to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The grant will allow for clinical...
Iraqi Baby Admitted to Israel for Lifesaving Surgery
Israeli officials approved entry to Israel for a three-week-old Iraqi baby in need of lifesaving heart surgery, a complex procedure not available in neighboring...
Tortured Congolese Mom Wins America’s Hometown Hero Award and New Car
In 1998, Rose Mapendo was sitting on the concrete floor of a Congolese prison cell summoning up every ounce of courage, strength and intellect...
Ton of Pharmaceuticals Kept Out of Michigan Rivers (Earth Day Follow-Up)
Pharmaceuticals in the water supply likely are responsible for crises of sexual mutation in fish found in the Potomac River and deformed frogs in...
Miracle Baseball League Helps Disabled Kids Play the Game They Love
Thirteen-year-old Justin Clemens loves baseball. Though born premature and covered with bruises after complications at birth, he's more mature than most boys his age,...
Baby Crying Behind You on a Jet? Turn a Negative into a Positive
David Pollay has advice for anyone in need of rescue from a situation that is so distracting or irritating that you can't think of...
Housing Offered by Colleges to Single Moms
"To live independently, single mothers need an education. But to get one, they also need a place to live and child care — needs that...
Wiccans Win a Place in U.S. Military
The Bush administration will allow Wiccans to choose the pentacle, the symbol of their faith, for inscription on government-issued memorial markers for deceased veterans,...
Laser Therapy Spares the Scalpel and the Chemo
"Imagine you could treat cancer by taking a pill, then directing a laser light toward the location of the tumor. The growth would dissolve...
Templeton Prize Goes to Philosopher Who Says Barriers Between Science and Spirituality Fragment Us
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be...
Ga. Trucker Claims Half of $390 Million Lottery
A Georgia trucker who lives with his mother is $80 million richer (after taxes) now that he has won the lottery. Ed Nabors, 52,...
Blind Kid Uses Echo-Location to See, Live Active Life (Video)
Benjamin Underwood, 14, had cancer in his eyes that stole his sight at age two. But he doesn't "see" himself as blind. He plays...