Woman finds lottery fortune in fortune cookie
Alberta’s newest millionaire credits a Chinese fortune cookie for her good fortune. »
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006
At 27, a class guy is Teacher of Year
Teacher Linda Pogoda jumped up and down and shouted ”Yes!” when the Broward 2007 Teacher of the Year was named at a ceremony Wednesday. »
I’m not a hero I’m just a bit tired: six days fighting bushfires
Hear from an Anakie local as he enters his sixth consecutive day behind the wheel of the town’s firetruck, battling fires in the Brisbane Ranges. »
Man Saved in a Dramatic Water Rescue
If you have any doubt about how dangerous driving in heavy rain can be, you have to see the Grand AM Pontiac stuck in East Memphis’ Fletcher Creek since Sunday night. »
More than 20 years later, class ring returned to owner
Janet Leigh West assumed her class ring was gone for good. »
Spine, skull seperated: microneedle miracle
13 year-old Ricky Barker’s skull and spine were separated when a car hit him. “All I remember is riding on my bike. Next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital. My nurse told me I had been hit by a car,” says Ricky. He had a broken neck and could not move his left arm. »
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006
Lost wedding band found, for third time
Peter Bragdon says he doesn’t have a problem losing things. But that doesn’t explain why he’s lost his wedding band four times since he married his wife Shirley in 1966. »
Lost handbag with $110 000 jewelry returned
A handbag containing jewellery worth more than $110 000 has been returned to a woman who left it hanging on a shopping trolley in a car park, Australian police said on Saturday. »
Guardian angel for stranded drivers
Ivan Detkov was driving eastbound with rush-hour traffic on Interstate 287 Monday morning when his right front tire blew out. He pulled onto the median and waited for assistance. »
Elephant Park comes to rescue of baby
A baby elephant, born in the Bloemfontein Zoo last week and rejected by its mother, has found a home in the Knysna Elephant Park. »
$800 returned to owner
Matt Branum could have been a little richer this weekend, but he chose to do the right thing and turn in a pile of money he found laying in the street. »
Students, ferrets happily reunited
It’s hard to tell whether the students or the two ferrets in Peter Plane’s fourth- and fifth-grade class are happier to be back together. Two-legged and four-legged class residents were full of enthusiasm on Monday, all fairly wiggling with joy as they became reacquainted. »
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006
Firefighters assisting families through annual fundraiser
When it comes to helping those in dire situations, firefighters have many tools in their arsenal: trucks, hoses, axes and … bowling balls? »
Lassie the cattle dog saves 90yo owner
A 13-month-old cattle dog named Lassie helped rescue its elderly master after he fell from a horse in eastern Australia. »
Volunteers Regularly Saving Lives in Rescue Operations
The rescue of a group of climbers from frigid 9,000 foot Mount Olympus Sunday was a textbook team operation. It was also a tricky, potentially dangerous job, a job done, in large part, by volunteers. So just how much did that rescue cost? »
Firefighters save dogs, cat with CPR
Firefighters responding to a house fire here Saturday afternoon saved dogs and a cat by performing CPR, but the family’s ferret was dead on arrival. »
Popular Driver is Angel on Wheels
Thoughtful. Loving. Caring. Special. »
Tiny miracle goes home with Garibaldi mum
AFTER a five week battle for his life, the baby of Garibaldi food poisoning victim Kelly Owen is finally home. »
Classrooms that work: Teacher Robyn Lawson
There is little opportunity for boredom in Robyn Lawson’s classroom, even if her students are 20 energetic, sometimes fidgety, first-graders. »
Monday, Jan. 23, 2006
Hero’s effort saves the day
With flames and black smoke closing in on a man trapped on a third-floor deck yesterday, and firefighters still racing to the Beverly apartment blaze, civilian Brian King swung his work ladder up to the deck and shouted. »
Hope for young MS victims
Four doctors examined Melissa Harris before she got the correct diagnosis for her double vision: pediatric multiple sclerosis. »
Healed eagle returns to wild
AFTER an 18-month recovery from an accident that left it unable to fly, this magnificent sea eagle spread its wings and flew away to a new life yesterday. »
Video tape of baby’s birth returned to family
Fred Murray was just trying to pick up a cheap video camera at a local Goodwill. He ended up saving some irreplaceable memories. »
Study: Study: Miracle cures do work wonders
The time has come for all those non-believers who thought that alternative treatments such as special diets and faith healing was all a bit of jibberish to eat their hats, for researchers can now provide statistical evidence that such treatments do in fact work. »
Lottery winners spread their good fortune throughout society
Taiwan’s national lottery has been in existence for four years now. Over this time, the lottery has enabled nearly 160 people to become millionaires. Many winners have used their winnings to do good for society. One of the most well known examples is that of the young female teacher who won the grand prize and decided to donate all of her winnings to charity. However, many other people have made large donations as well. One winner donated a large sum of money to the Creation Social Welfare Foundation, an organization in which volunteers provide care to invalids. Other donations have been made to underprivileged families, giving them ample funds to overcome various challenges. One owner of a stand that sells lottery tickets even donated his earnings from selling tickets to a fund to erect a baseball stadium. These are just a few of the stories that Taipei Fubon Bank, the issuer of the lottery, has hailed as “moving.” »
Breakthrough for stem cell research
In an Australian-first, a UNSW researcher based at the Diabetes Transplant Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital has produced a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line without the use of any animal products. The breakthrough eliminates the risk of animal-to-human contamination in potential stem cell therapy treatments. »
Barbie hasn’t a prayer against devout Islam doll
SHE has enchanted little girls for decades around the globe, but Barbie, the world’s bestselling doll, is being elbowed off the toy shelves in the Arab world by an Islamic playmate called Fulla. »
200 Bangladeshi people rescued while being sent to Jordan
Bangladeshi police have rescued 200 men and women in southeastern port city Chittagong, who were gathered there to be sent to Jordan through sea routes illegally by human traders. »
Cops have to rescue man from toilet stall
When a 58-year-old motorist nipped into a German highway rest stop public toilet to answer the call of nature Friday morning, he had no idea how cruel nature could be. »
Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006
Cat Returns Home: Truck driver offers helping hand
Bodie the cat, who got lost in Council Bluffs when his family made a stop on their cross-country move, is finally heading home. »