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Rookie Cop Braves Raging Flames To Rescue Rooming House Residents
"A Toronto area police officer is being called a hero after racing into a burning rooming house and saving all those inside." (CityNews with...
Program Helps Kids Put a Stop to Bullying
Galesburg, Illinois 4th- and 5th-graders are benefitting from a new lesson plan by a former police officer that guides students through different situations they...
Bystanders Help Out When $15,000 From Armoured Car Hits the Road in New York
"Three bystanders helped pick up $15,000 in dollar bills that flitted across a Long Island road after falling out of an armoured car on...
Nike Designs Shoe for Native Americans, Donates Profit
Nike yesterday unveiled the Nike Air Native N7, a unique athletic performance shoe designed specifically for Native Americans. The N7 is the result of...
Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire Victim
A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents...
Historic Healing for Native Americans and Whites Near Wounded Knee
(Custer, South Dakota) While some South Dakota whites will always be bitter about the modern Wounded Knee standoff three decades ago, a Native American...
Teen Rescued After Dangling from Cliff
She went to retrieve a flip-flop about 20 feet below a ledge, with a "straight drop-off into the abyss below." "Not knowing how much...
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...
Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves
(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...
UN to Plant 9 Million Trees in Refugee Areas
The United Nations refugee agency has pledged to plant more than 9 million trees this year in areas of human displacement where refugees have...
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...
Where the US is Making Gains Against Terrorism
"Unless you solve the underlying root problems (of terrorism) like poverty and corruption, you've still got a witch's brew to create another generation...
US Soldiers Volunteer Helping Iraqi Families
U.S. soldiers help to create goodwill within the hearts of Iraqis by volunteering their spare time to help families in need who are faced...
Female Mutilation Declining in Africa
DAKAR - About 150 communities in Guinea collectively abandoned the practice of female genital cutting - a landmark declaration in a country where more...
Sharpshooter Frees Trapped Eagle with One Shot
Biologists who gathered on the shore with binoculars could see the reason for the eagle hanging from a tree and over a cliff. Its...
From Miner to Superhero, then a Cold Beer
An Australian man noticed a serving tractor-trailer truck on the other side of the road on his way to work. He turned his car...
Bono Joins Oprah, Armani, Apple and Gap Raising Millions for Africa
Bono announced today the U.S. launch of (RED), the inspiring initiative that allows Americans to help fight AIDS in Africa by doing what they...
Police Cheered in Rescue of Drowning Kitty
Racing against time and the elements, a Bridgeport, Connecticut, police officer plunged beneath the city streets Tuesday afternoon to save a bedraggled kitten...
Gaza Children Flown to Israeli Hospital
Larry Rich sheds some positive light on relations in the Middle East that are hidden from the world's media. Israeli technology, medical expertise, and...