When 12-year-old Courtney Terrier found out her middle school cross country coach, Joyce Olsen was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, she said she knew she wanted to do something to show her support. Courtney had been growing her hair since the third grade, and wanted to cut it eventually, and donate it to Locks of Love, so she figured this was her perfect opportunity. »
Olympian Susan Palmer-Komar often cycles up Highway 99 past Queen’s Rangers School in Copetown on her three to five hour training rides. »
The New Year Honours list is crammed with household names from Olympic athletes to showbusiness celebrities and business high flyers. »
Tiny magnetic particles can be used to track cancer far more accurately than present techniques and reduce the need for surgery, scientists have found. »
A Hadassah University Medical Center research team has developed a vaccine that significantly strengthens the body’s immune system against the autoimmune sequela of HIV infection, a breakthrough that could dramatically make an impact in the treatment of AIDS patients. »
After surviving almost three days lost in the Atlantic aboard a broken-down fishing boat with two of his buddies and no food, Daniel Gibb vowed that his first fishing tale would be his last. »
A man was rescued today after being trapped 100ft up a cliff for more than 24 hours. »
Two years ago, Andrew Smith received a heart transplant at UCLA Medical Center. »
About two years ago Todd Gookins and his wife Kathleen decided their friendly pit bull Tasha would be better off with another family. »
Rescue workers rushed to Nottingham Lake in Avon Monday evening, after a “screaming female” alerted authorites to a man who had fallen into the open water at the center of the otherwise frozen lake. »
State forest rangers rescued a New Jersey teen who injured his leg in a fall while hiking in the Adirondacks. »
A paralyzed dog in Raeford can get around on her own again. »
More than 3,000 children, many of them toddlers, got an armful of Christmas toys, a free hot dog and a little love from a not-so-secret Santa yesterday. »
Merry Christmas. Or if you prefer, happy Holy Day, which is the original version of the secularized holiday. This is the day most people living in the United States celebrate the Lord’s birth. I am among the believers. »
The quick actions of a neighbor and several passersby likely saved an older couple whose home burned Sunday afternoon. Those rescuers were recognized by the Indianapolis Fire Department Monday. »
Hamden is the home to a local hero. Kenneth Blazo has saved 303 lives over the past 43 years and will continue to do so for as long as he can. »
A victorian woman was rescued by a neighbour today as she lay on the floor of her burning house. »
In June this year, Bernie Banton said his ultimate objective was to see “James Hardie morally and legally facing up to their responsibilities”. »
Dr. Henry Heimlich will be honored as the Lifetime Health Care Hero at the Courier’s eighth annual Health Care Heroes Awards program. [..] »
A vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes is to be tested on humans for the first time, raising the prospect that a cure could be widely available in less than a decade. »
Australians are donating billions of dollars to charities and non-profit organisations each year. »
Rescuers plucked 16 sailors off a remote coral atoll in the South Pacific early today, two days after their Spanish-registered ship hit a reef. »
When she came bouncing into the Chics–N–Guys salon early Saturday afternoon, Lily For–seen’s wavy light brown locks spilled down her back to below her waist. »
With her injured father bleeding beside her, Bethany Blackwell, 12, grabbed his cell phone, called 911 and followed the dispatcher’s directions. »
In the 250th anniversary year of the Yorkshire Post, it was fitting that a staggering £250,000 was raised for charity at the Yorkshire Post Business Awards yesterday. »
A mother and her one-year-old baby are OK Friday morning after they were rescued from their burning apartment in downtown Las Vegas. »
Rescuers Thursday saved a woman and three children who had been buried under rubble for 10 days following a mudslide in the Philippines that killed 840. »
An Amarillo resident caught the same burglar twice after the man fled and then returned to retrieve his car. »
Two Tuesdays in a row, angels undercover were sent to help me out. I’ve been very busy lately, and apparently a bit flaky and forgetful, too. On Nov. 16, I left my notebook on a chair in a classroom at ICC. It had very important notes in it for an assignment that was coming due quickly. Someone was kind enough to turn it in to lost and found and I retrieved it a few days later, just in time to finish my assignment. »
A TRADER and his step-grandson have been praised by fire chiefs for helping rescue two brothers from a fire. »