Students honor teacher
A secret that students in Mary Ward’s fourth-grade class have been holding in for over a month was finally revealed Wednesday. »
A secret that students in Mary Ward’s fourth-grade class have been holding in for over a month was finally revealed Wednesday. »
Doctors studying dementia have made a major breakthrough into understanding the causes of the condition which blights the lives of millions of elderly people, they said today. »
Bruno got to “say” thanks Thursday to the firefighter who plucked him from the swirling waters of the rain-swollen Los Angeles River and brought him to safety at the end of a cable tied to a helicopter. »
Scientists today described early results from research on the first new vaccine for tuberculosis in 80 years as “phenomenally exciting”. »
Even with all the hot dogs, ice cream, face painting, golfing, skating, walking and other activities at Lunken Playfield, it wasn’t difficult to miss what brought everyone together. »
A husband and wife duo of British police officers on a trip to New York were feted as heroes yesterday for tackling a man with a knife after a stabbing in a jewellery store. »
Eighteen Quad-City area community service standouts were honored at the 11th Annual Community Hero awards. »
Three people who helped rescue the occupants of a pickup truck when it crashed into a home and burst into flames have been termed heroes by Washington County Sheriff Brian Rahn. »
A team of researchers from the UK, the US and Spain have discovered a gene which, when mutated, causes Parkinson’s disease in some families, and which could open up new avenues of research into the disease. »
Four and a half million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease, and the problem will get worse as the population ages. »
Scientists have identified crucial elements necessary for repairing damaged DNA – the blueprint for all living cells. »
A breakthrough discovery by Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Michael Kutryk that harnesses the body’s own natural defenses to fight narrowing of the arteries has been recognized as “a glimpse into the future” and “potentially one of the biggest advances in cardiology to date”. »
Three rescued fishermen are touching down on land after a drama at sea off Cape Reinga. »
More than $300 000 worth of cash found in the garbage near Tokyo will be donated to victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked northern Japan at the weekend, an official said on Tuesday. »
A brief clearance in bad weather allowed for a dramatic air rescue of an injured Christchurch tramper from the slopes of Mt Owen where he had lain overnight after a 100m fall. »
A school which has only two pupils will be allowed to stay open, it was announced today. »
A 19-year-old African immigrant who camped out in front of the New York Stock Exchange two months ago in a desperate attempt to raise money for college will share her story with her longtime idol, Oprah Winfrey, on national television this week. »
Being in the wrong place at the right time saved a man’s life on the Gold Coast in Queensland yesterday. »
A Claremont researcher is leading a team that has made a world medical breakthrough that brings new hope for people with asthma. »
Charity: if you can, do. If you can’t do, give. If you can’t give, pray. »
Bare bone honesty. Simple, clean, achievable. »
Another word for Hero is Mensch – a true human being. Flawed, emotional, happy, enraged, sad, peaceful, hungry, in need for a shower, relaxing. “Just” human. »
Many who would have been hit or killed by either of this busses know they have been saved. »
Scientists are on the brink of trialling ground-breaking breast cancer research but need funding for it to go ahead. »
A man has had to swim 6.5 kilometres to raise the alarm after a boat with two other people on board capsized off Wollongong, south of Sydney. »
An endangered sea turtle, caught in a net by fishermen off the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, received a new lease of life on Saturday after local officials learned of its plight and arranged to have it freed. »
Rescuers who rushed to a flaming stand of trees along a muddy soybean field here could not save 13 people trapped in and around a shredded commuter plane – but found two passengers who almost inexplicably managed to save themselves. »
Four sisters from the Ukraine who were separated through adoption were reunited Wednesday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and they will now all live near each other in Willmar. »
A six-year-old boy has been cured of a rare blood disorder after receiving blood cells from a baby brother born to save him, it was revealed. »
A mobile phone that worked in the submerged cabin of a 46-foot catamaran may have saved the lives of three men after their sailboat flipped over on Little Traverse Bay. »