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US Olympic Skier Makes Plans to Adopt Stray Sochi Puppies
A day before making his Olympic debut, 22-year-old free-skier Gus Kenworthy found some stray puppies in the Russian city of Sochi and fell in...
Injured Skier Lindsey Vonn Adopts Shelter Dog With a Bum Knee
One day after announcing she was withdrawing from the Sochi Winter Olympics because of a bum knee, Lindsey Vonn adopted a shelter dog. When...
Unsung Community Heroes Year in Review
One news station looks back at the community members who demonstrated an unselfish attitude to help others in 2013. Like, Matthew Williams, who...
Moscow Gives Free Subway Ride to Anyone Who Can Do 30 Squats (WATCH!)
To promote the February Sochi Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee has added a machine in the Moscow subway that gives a free ticket if...
International Space Crew Returns Olympic Torch to Earth
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried three astronauts and the Olympic torch back to Earth on Monday after the torch was taken on its first...
Teen Produces “Miss Amazing” Pageants for Girls With Disabilities
Jordan Somer has been a believer in beauty pageants since she was 7 years old, when they began teaching her how to be confident...
Meet a Superhero With a Soft Touch
31-year-old Jonathan Stoklosa, who has Down syndrome, is a young man with incredible power - both to lift the spirits of shoppers at his...
In Their 20’s Pro Soccer Players Housed in Retirement Village Find Joy
When two teammates on the Washington Spirit women's pro soccer team, learned where they would live this summer, they thought someone was playing a...
Saudi Arabia To Allow Women’s Sports Clubs
Saudi Arabia is to license women's sports clubs for the first time, al-Watan daily reported, in a major step for an ultra-religious country where...
Britain Hails Hero Andy Murray’s Historic US Open Victory
"Hail, Murray!" called leaders, tennis pros and fans on Tuesday after the gritty Scot Andy Murray became the first British man to win a...
Navy Lieutenant Swims To Gold In London Paralympics, Months After Injury
Less than one year after being blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, U.S. swimmer Bradley Snyder has won a gold medal in the men's...
Boy Garners National Attention for Heartwarming Gesture, Sends Medal to Failed Olympian
A Newfoundland boy who sent a letter and his soccer medal to the Canadian men’s 4X100 relay team says he simply wanted to boost...
Another Last Place But Inspiring Olympic Finish as Competitor Hails Injured Runner (Video)
Track star Liu Xiang of China, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics, but fell during his race in London Tuesday, was...
Not All Olympic Champions Stand on the Podium — Some Finish Last
Tahmina Kohistani’s Olympics lasted just 14 seconds. The 23-year-old student from Kabul University in Afghanistan is the only female athlete from that nation to...
Our Public Employees Are American Heroes
Forget about going all the way to the London Olympics for heroes. This weekend, we saw real heroes right here in America. First, look...
British Hometown Fave Andy Murray Routs Federer to Win Olympic Gold at Wimbledon
Four weeks to the day after Roger Federer downed him on the same patch of grass at the Wimbledon finals, Britain’s Murray dispatched the...
US Swimmer Overcomes Heart Problems and Injuries to Break World Record, Win Gold
Four years ago, Dana Vollmer, devastated and dispirited by injuries, considered walking away from the sport she loved, but instead, with the help of...
London Raises Bar on Greening the Games
A new Olympic Park arose in a once derelict and contaminated industrial area of east London turning neglected waterways into wildlife havens.
Almost 500 acres...
Good News From Greece Fills New Positive Website
With all the disheartening news bombarding the Greek people over the past year, a new website has been launched to offer some relief. Good...
The Greening of London’s Olympic Park Includes Clean-up of Toxic Site
London is using its plans for the 2012 Olympic games to revitalize neighborhoods, clean up a polluted industrial site and generate a large urban...