Miracle baby is on the mend
Miracle baby Jordan Trimarchi’s parents got to look into his eyes yesterday for the first time since his lifesaving heart transplant. »
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005
Beacon saves stranded kayaker
A personal beacon led rescuers to a man who clung to his upturned sea kayak for four hours off Tasmania’s north-east coast. »
Dog Reunited With Family After Tumble Down Cliff
‘Cliff’ Ran Away After Spotting Elk. »
Heroes among us: Brave New Zealanders fight forces of nature
As the riverbed’s shingle tightened its grip, 14-year-old Marek Staats cried out to the man trying to save him that he was going to die. »
Giant miracle for tiny infant
Baby Jordan gets new heart, chance for life. »
British tourists donate bus to charity organisation
British tourists on a visit to South Africa have donated their double-decker bus to a charity organisation in Pretoria. The men travelled from London through 22 countries to South Africa. »
Plastic bag campaigner declared local hero
A Tasmanian is Australia’s Local Hero for 2005. Coles Bay man Ben Kearney has been recognised for his commitment to the environment, with his campaign to rid his town of plastic bags. »
Boy Called Hero For Alerting Family To Fire
Fourth-Grader Receives Plaque At School. »
UK scientists make breakthrough in battle to reverse eye disease
A team of British scientists has opened the way to a potential cure for impaired vision after they discovered how to make cells sensitive to light. »
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005
Ice climbers rescued
Two ice climbers were rescued this morning after spending a frigid night on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. »
Scouts rescued from mountainous state park
A North Carolina Boy Scout troop had to be rescued from a mountain in southwest Virginia after some of the boys began suffering frostbite in blizzard-like conditions. »
Nurse Reunited with her Baby
A British nurse has flown back to New Zealand and been re-united with her baby daughter for the first time in more than two weeks, in emerged today. »
Missing puppy returned to owner
A tip based on a lost-and-found ad helped a Richland breeder recover one of three missing English bulldog puppies Monday night, and Pulaski County deputies assisted with identifying the puppy and determining the rightful owner. »
Missing girl spotted by motorist, returned safe
A 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing since Thursday evening was found safe Monday afternoon in Vancouver. »
Collierville teenager returns home
The search for a missing Collierville teenager is over this morning. »
19 of 20 computers left in taxis returned to owners
An estimated 11,300 laptop computers, 31,400 handheld computers and 200,000 mobile telephones were left in taxis around the world during the last six months, a survey found on Monday. »
Monday, Jan. 24, 2005
Son reunited with mother after 13 years
Ten years after he was kidnapped by his father from a Lynn apartment and taken to Brazil, 13-year-old David Alexander Ohlson was reunited with his mother Elisa Fernandes in Boston on Thursday. »
‘Grace is our little miracle’
A baby girl who was born with a rare defect and suffered a heart attack just a day after her birth has defied the odds to celebrate her first birthday. »
Pair rescued by tanker after four days adrift in ocean
A british woman and her friend drifted for four days in the Caribbean after their catamaran capsized, before being rescued by a passing oil tanker. »
Cat rescued from triplex unit fire
A cat was rescued from a Peterborough triplex unit after a kitchen fire Tuesday afternoon. »
Man rescued from high, frigid water
An 82-year-old Cincinnati man was rescued Tuesday evening after he drove his car into high water on Kellogg Avenue and it stalled, leaving him in frigid water for 40 minutes. »
Worker rescued from tower
A worker who passed out while climbing a communications tower dangled nearly 500 feet above the ground on a rope for two hours before he was rescued. »
Spray On Solar Cell Breakthrough
Always running out of battery power with your cell phone? Thanks to a new invention by researchers at the University of Toronto that may be a problem of the past. Scientists there have invented a flexible plastic solar cell that turns the sun’s invisible, infrared rays into a power supply - no matter what the weather. »
Race for Cure awards organizers to help say thanks
With more than 17,000 people expected to walk or run Saturday morning in the 2005 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure, the South Florida affiliate will have a lot of people to thank. »
Four rescued from sinking houseboat
Four people have been rescued from a sinking houseboat in an estuary at Mandurah, south of Perth. »
Mail order ‘brides’ rescued
An alleged mail-order bride syndicate was busted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Sunday. Arrested were six Koreans and five Filipinos. »
Scientists claim breakthrough in malaria vaccine
Scottish scientists claim to have made a significant breakthrough in developing a vaccine for malaria, which every year kills millions of people, including children under five, in south Asia and Africa. »
Defibrillator returned
Life-saving device stolen from arena - Remorseful thief jolted by his guilt. »
Alzheimer’s Breakthrough
Alzheimer’s disease robs people of their memory and their ability to learn and to make judgments. It can also cause hallucinations, anxiety and agitation. »