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Both Winners: Police Officer Helps Injured Marathoner Get to Finish Line
This marathon runner thought a police officer deserved a medal for his actions, so he gave him his own.
Robert McCoy had just made the...
Boxing Champ Helps 4-yo “Get Back Up” After iPad is Snatched From His Little Hands
After a four-year-old lost his iPad to a thief, he soon discovered that he had a former boxing champion in his corner.
When Howard Davis, Jr....
Tribute to the Blues Legend B.B. King (1925-2015)
Born a sharecropper named Riley B. King in Itta Bena, Mississippi, B.B. King went on to become a millionaire, honored by presidents, who influenced...
First Woman to Win ‘Nobel Prize of Math’
Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani made history this week by becoming the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the...
Goodyear ‘Highway Hero’ Risked Life at Burning Tanker Wreck
A truck driver who rescued another trucker who had fallen from a burning tanker truck that was hanging over the side of a freeway...
Swimming Champ, 9, Gives Trophy to Hospitalized Rival
Before his swim meet on Dec. 7 had even started, Florida swimmer Josh Zuchowski, 9, decided he was not only going to compete in...
The Power of Selflessness: 6 Asians Who Lift the Lives of Millions
An Indonesian mountaineer who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers and a Bangladeshi lawyer who fought to keep old rusty ships from being...
New Ad Gives Olympic Moms (and Regular Moms) Their Due
When you think of Olympic heroes, you think of those gold-medal winning performances. That record-setting swim race. The lightning-fast relay. The winning gymnastic routine.
But...
Hero Award Recipient: ‘I Can’t Let This Baby Die’
Tom Porter says he doesn't think he's a hero, but he'll soon have a bronze medal that says he is.
The Texas resident was awarded...
Teen Wins $100K Intel Science Search for His Breast Cancer Research
A 17 year-old Michigan teen won the top award and $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search for his research on breast cancer, which...
US Delegation Remembers Holocaust Hero Wallenberg in Hungary
On a chilly day, a United States Congressional delegation and other officials laid a wreath at the Budapest monument to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg,...
Forest Policies in Rwanda, US and Gambia Win UN-backed Awards
Rwanda won a United Nations-backed gold award for its forest promotion policies, an event that former US track and field star Carl Lewis, a...
Rewards of Federal Service
Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year’s Samuel Heyman 'Service to America Medals'.
During a...
Reflecting On Heroes Never Grows Old
As Independence Day nears for Americans, let's reminisce on one Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the "Hero of Gettysburg."
During the war between the states, this English...
Gloria Estefan Buys Concert Tickets for Jobless
2,000 unemployed workers in Puerto Rico will be able to attend the Gloria Estefan concert and dance in the upper deck courtesy of...
Violinist Reunited with $4M Stradivarius Left In Back of NJ Cab
A Newark cabbie was honored yesterday by the mayor with a special medallion for reuniting a touring musician with his $4 million violin...
Disabled Man Breaks up Robbery with Knife, Awarded Carnegie Hero Award
The Carnegie Hero award is given to persons who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives...