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Rent-a-Granny Creates Family Ties (Video)
A new "grannies-for-rent" service in Poland brings together elderly people without families, and people who miss having real grandparents. A local University for...
Facebook Friend Saves a Life Across the Ocean
A British teenager’s suicide note on Facebook sparked a transatlantic rescue mission which saved his life. The 16-year-old...
Prisoners Baby-Sit Toddler Found on Md. Highway
A prison work crew baby-sat a 2 1/2-year-old boy who was spotted Friday running along the center lines of a rural Maryland highway,...
Doing Chores for Families With Sick Children Began as Simple Kindness
Volunteers for Normal Moments, Inc. give parents of critically ill children relief from daily chores like housecleaning, lawn mowing, and meal preparation so they...
High School Wrestler Fulfills Dream Thanks to Teammates
Sometimes, the greatest moments happen when you least expect it. For Wisconsin senior Patrick Farrell, that moment arrived last Tuesday. That was...
Angelina Jolie Visits With Refugees in Thailand (w/ Video)
Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited Myanmar refugees in a Thai camp listening to them describe difficulties faced while living two decades...
Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill into Law
"Well, this is a wonderful day," said President Obama, before signing his first major piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay...
DVD Teaches Autistic Children About Smiles
A new DVD teaches autistic children how to recognize emotions like happiness, anger and sadness through the exploits of vehicles including a train, a...
Afgan Schools to Benefit From $24 Million Boost
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Kabul are set to benefit from a $24 million donation from Japan, under an agreement signed today with...
First British Baby Born Without Cancer Gene (Updated w/ Video)
On Friday, the first baby in Britain to be screened for a deadly breast cancer gene while still an embryo was born safely...
Boy Gets Specially Made Goalie Gloves by Puma
A boy from Gloucester, England got the perfect gift this Christmas. His parents presented him with a pair of gloves designed especially...
Wish Comes True for Boy With Cancer to Meet President Bush
A 12 year-old boy with brain cancer was granted his wish by the Make-a Wish foundation -- to meet with President Bush. He has...
Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother Helps Abused Kids at Christmas
My lawyer girlfriend asked, “Will you help with the holiday party for the abused kids?” “Sure, what do you want me to do?” I...
Crafting Our Shifting Moods
I was raised to be intolerant (this was an unconscious act of my ignorant but loveable parents). I was taught that everything...
HIV Diagnosis Inspires Life of Service
Anti-retroviral therapy re-energizes a Tanzanian woman living with HIV to give back to others who face the same challenges. She is a different woman...
988 Mile Walk, a Field of Dreams for Determined Cerebral Palsy Golfer
D.J. Gregory's parents were told he would never walk. But with their constant encouragement, D.J. became the master of his cerebral palsy, and last...
CNN to Give $100,000 to ‘Hero’ on Holiday Special
This year's Top 10 CNN Heroes were announced last week. Each will receive $25,000 and be honored during a televised All-Star Tribute airing on...
Nine Reasons to Love the United Nations
The Nations of the world can gather this week with pride on the occasion of the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the...
Doctors Join Together To Change Ethiopian’s Life
A new US citizen from Ethiopia, Marie Gebrewold, received life-changing surgery on her jaw at no cost thanks to Operation Smile and its volunteer...
The Miracle That is Dara Torres
Torres' winning 2 silver medals in the Olympics was for all of us fortysomethings with clouded minds and sagging bodies. It was for all...