Dog helps alert couple to blaze
Amy Darnell was standing in the front yard of her burned home near Old Bardstown Road yesterday when neighbors arrived with cash and checks totaling $1,540. »
Tuesday, May. 31, 2005
Twenty Years Of Miracles
It’s not often that a charity can celebrate twenty years of making a difference in other’s lives. But that’s exactly what the Children’s Miracle Network has been doing for kids with special medical needs. And KELOLAND-TV has been there every step of the way. »
New Yorker crawling for charity
Negotiating the mean streets of Manhattan can be tough enough on foot. »
Family Reunited with Help of ‘Dear Abby’
A “Dear Abby” column helped reunite a son and mother, according to a South Bend (Ind.) Tribune article cited by Universal Press Syndicate. »
Deaf man rescued from fire despite misunderstanding
A deaf man in an Avalon Avenue apartment Monday morning was apparently stunned when neighbors broke down his door to rescue him from a fire next door, Hagerstown Fire Department Capt. Justin Mayhue said. »
65-year-old rescued after 50-foot hiking fall
A 65-year-old man is in stable condition after being rescued overnight from the mountainside where he fell while hiking Sunday. »
Beach rescue crew reluctant heroes
Rescue volunteers yesterday shrugged off hero status after helping two women trapped by a king tide against Anglesea cliffs. »
Hair shorn to make wigs for ailing kids
Mother and daughter Beth and Xian Eutsler donated their long hair to a good cause last week. Xian, 11, was one of more than 20 people who cut their hair and donated it to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair due to treatment for cancer. »
Boise Man Claims $220 Million Lottery Jackpot
A Boise man has come forward with the winning Powerball ticket worth $220.3 million, a record jackpot for Idaho and the 10th largest prize ever awarded by the multi-state lottery. »
World’s longest-married couple clock up 80 years
When Percy and Florence Arrowsmith walked down the aisle as husband and wife, the Queen had yet to be born and an obscure former German soldier called Hitler had set out his thoughts in Mein Kampf. »
Lover tells checkout girl Sandra of £13M Lotto win at supermarket til
A supermarket checkout girl and her factory worker partner were celebrating yesterday after scooping £12.8million on the Lotto. »
Monday, May. 30, 2005
Lucky cat does miracle mile, gets into college
Lucky the cat won’t receive a diploma or degree this week, but not for lack of trying. »
Powerball waits for winner to claim 10th-largest jackpot
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket here over the weekend has won a $220.3 million jackpot, the 10th largest jackpot ever awarded by the multistate lottery, officials said Sunday. »
Hospitals ‘prefer maggot cure’
Thai hospitals are experimenting with maggot therapy as a cheap, effective treatment of diabetes, ulcers, wounds and infections, said a news report on Monday. »
Song-writing provides anorexia breakthrough
Song-writing workshops can help counsellors better understand the worries of anorexia patients and thus aid their treatment, according to a Melbourne University music therapist. »
3-day-old harbor seal pup rescued
An abandoned 3-day-old harbor seal pup has been rescued by biologists off Long Island and is being reared by hand. »
Sunday, May. 29, 2005
Amber Alert Called Off After 3 Year-old is Returned Safely to Home
A 3 year-old boy is home after a 15-hour search. With help from law enforcement and the community, Holden Modlin is safely returned to family. »
‘Little miracles reunited’: quintuplet back home
All the quintuplets born to a 28-year-old woman three months ago are now safely back home with their parents in Surat Thani’s Wiang Sa district. »
Faith, prayer: armless guitar player plays on
The first time people see songwriter and singer Tony Melendez they usually wonder how he can possibly play guitar. Melendez, a thalidomide baby born without arms, seems an unlikely musician. »
Laps of love
Collecting for a cure empowers those touched by cancer. »
Reliving a child’s ‘miracle’
Considering that she was born at 27 weeks, weighing 2 pounds, 5 ounces, Angelina Mussini seemed to do well her first week of life. »
Miracle grows each day
Only minutes after she was born, Gabrielle Maxey was already fighting for her life.”Shortly after birth, she turned blue,” said Michelyn Maxey, Gabrielle’s mother. »
Everyday Heroes
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Three Mountain Climbers Rescued in Canada
Don Jardine and two climbing partners had spent days digging their tents out of deep snow and waiting for a chance to continue their bone-chilling expedition on Canada’s highest mountain. »
Alex’s Lemonade is set up for charity
On Belmont Stakes Day, June 11, Calder will set up two ”Alex’s Lemonade Stands” with all contributions going toward the pediatric cancer research at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital in Hollywood. »
Charity MILK Run hopes to raise S$1m for needy children
MILK Run 2005, a quarter-marathon organised by voluntary welfare organisation Beyond Social Services, hopes to raise S$1 million to help fight juvenile delinquency. »
Woof…this dog is god
Not a temple or church, but a dog memorial is where many residents of this Betul in Madhya Pradesh go for prayers in the belief that their wishes will be fulfilled! »
Saturday, May. 28, 2005
Plant therapy offers prostate cancer cure
RESEARCHERS have harnessed a drug based on chlorophyll, the pigment that reacts with sunlight to produce energy in plants and make them green, to develop a treatment for prostate cancer. »
Walk to Cure Diabetes
After raising pledges, approximately 200 people took advantage of beautiful weather Saturday morning to take part in the Walk to Cure Diabetes, starting from the Bondar Pavilion, along the Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk to the Canal and back again. »
On a cycling mission for charity
TAKE three friends, a couple of bicycles, a distance the length of Great Britain and a good cause. Put them together and what do you get? A summer mission by three Malaysian students in England to raise £3000 (RM21,000) for Oxfam by cycling 1,600km from Land’s End to John O’Groats – the two furthest points in Great Britain. »