oys that will fill at least six tractor-trailers were readied Tuesday to be trucked to Hurricane Katrina victims — including a bicycle donated by the mother of a little girl who died only days before the drive began. »
A team of French surgeons has won the race to perform the world’s face transplant, giving a new face to a woman who was attacked by a dog, according to reports. [Transplant: From Myth to Reality] »
Getting a jump on an annual tradition, anonymous donors already have dropped three gold coins into Salvation Army kettles in Will County. »
A New Orleans family that was forced to flee Hurricane Katrina is counting its blessings. The monster storm may have destroyed part of their home but, as CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports for The Early Show, it also brought a tiny miracle into their lives. »
Two Shanghai residents were honored by the central government recently for their bravery in battling crime, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau announced yesterday. »
A new motorcycle club just rolled into town – but they’re not the average biker club, said the organization’s Sgt. at Arms Jim McElroy. »
A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay according to a study of men with lung cancer, claimed a study published today. »
If you have always wanted a permanent solution to wearing glasses, then spend just 15 minutes under the laser and you can say adios to those ugly frames. Laser surgery is popular, largely painless and every effective. »
A West Auckland parking warden is being hailed as a hero by police after he tackled a knife-wielding man who had just stabbed three people. »
Firefighters have put out an apartment fire in Oakland Monday morning. Five people had to be rescued. »
In spite of no apparent change in numbers where cancer diagnoses cases in the UK are concerned since 1995, the death rates due to cancer have fallen by 2.4% each year. [I Beat Cancer: 50 People Tell You How They Did It] »
WHEN doctors told former soldier David Thorne he had only months to live, he prepared himself for the fight of his life. »
2005 was supposed to be Ernest Smith Junior’s breakout year. As a high school junior in New Orleans, college football programs had flooded his home with letters of interest. Then just as the season was to start a storm named Katrina came calling. »
A woman who got lost and spent the night on top of Mt. Baldy in freezing temperatures was found Sunday by volunteers from the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue team. [Death, Daring, & Disaster : Search and Rescue in the National Parks] »
A new procedure for cataract patients can allow them to be free of contacts or glasses. [The Cataract Cure : The Russian eye-drop breakthrough: The story of N-acetylcarnosine] »
New research conducted at Tel Aviv University reveals people remember, respond more to bad news published in media. ‘People are evil by nature, tend to gloat,’ researcher explains. »
IT’S as traditional as Tracy traditions get. »
Italian scientists have found a way to pinpoint the nerve centres in the brain where epileptic fits are triggered . [Epilepsy: 199 Answers a Doctor Responds to His Patients' Questions] »
King has been a volunteer for the local Winter Haven branch of the American Red Cross since 1980. »
The annual ‘Toy Run!’ charity event took place all over the country on Sunday as motorcyclists took to the streets with teddy bears of all shape and sizes securely strapped to their bikes. »
Two police officers rescued a pair of elderly sisters from a burning house in Huntington, Suffolk County Police said. »
A YOUNGSTER who begged JK Rowling to help her raise cash for charity has received a signed first edition of the latest Harry Potter book. Breeze Gardner, 12, was sent the rare copy of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince after emailing the famous author. [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] »
The leather goes on, the Harley-Davidson comes out – and the hair comes off? That’s how a couple of bikers in Duluth, Ga., spent their Thanksgiving. »
The Fremont Parent-Teacher Association’s Giving Tree is continuing its tradition of making Christmas dreams come true for those in need. The program, designed to help needy families in Fremont with Christmas wishes for their children, began between 12 and 14 years ago, according to Kathy Arsenault, a Giving Tree organizer. »
Sit and giggle was all 10-year-old Emma Schuler could do as she watched 11 inches of her hair get cut off in sections to be donated to the Locks of Love organization Friday morning. »
Kyle Nichols has never seen “Doogie Howser, MD,” maybe because he’s too young, and the network-television sitcom went off the air when he was six. »
Sometime in the first seven weeks in the womb, Zachary Davis’s heart got the wrong instructions. »
Madison Florance was in a cat mood. »
A 60-year-old fisherman was rescued at sea after his vessel caught fire and sank 12 miles southeast of Gloucester on Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said. »
A dog has survived a 50-mile journey clinging to the front of a car as it sped down the motorway. »