Good News Blog

March, 2006

Friday, Mar. 31, 2006

Fire and a dramatic rescue

Around 3 p.m. yesterday, residents of Clement Hall in the West Neighborhood were roused out of their routines by a fire alarm. Upon evacuating the building, they were stunned to see smoke rising from a third story room. This time, that alarm was no drill. Greenville Fire and Rescue, The ECU Police Department and other emergency services crewmembers arrived on scene within minutes in response to the fire, and what unfolded thereafter resembles a scene from an action film. »

Firefighters rescue horse from mud

It took nearly a dozen firefighters and heavy equipment to get a horse back on its feet. A 32 year old Palomino was pulled from the mud after a two hour rescue effort in western Lake Worth. The animal is doing fine after a long day and few tense hours. »

Hero’s 13-year-old CPR lesson good in the clutch

After he and the father hugged and cried, Police Officer Edgar Louis-Juste said he did not even know the name of the year-old baby he had saved from choking. »

Thursday, Mar. 30, 2006

Student shaves head to fund cancer research

“You don’t think you hide behind your hair,” said junior drama major Katie Swaim. “But you really do.” »

Kenosha family, dog reunited after 3 months

It was a sad Christmas for Sandra Ramirez of Kenosha and her family without their dog, Cooper. »

Cabbie of the year returned a king’s ransom in jewelry

Last August, New York City taxi driver Hossam Abdalla held a case that contained nearly a (m) million dollars’ worth of gold, diamonds and titanium.
But he soon got something he considers more valuable: the satisfaction of getting it back to the jeweler who left it in his cab. »

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2006

Million dollars in jewelry left on park bench, returned to owner

A purse containing a million dollars worth of jewellery was on its way back to its owner in Canada on Tuesday after being forgotten on a bench in a town near San Francisco, police said. »

Sweethearts reunited, 62 years after Normandy

THEY had not set eyes on each other since 1944, when Marie-Henriette Steffens bravely sheltered him from the Germans after his tank broke down. »

An angel in khaki

Army Sgt. Conley Shirley never considered himself a hero. »

Alabama trucker named Highway Hero

“That man saved my life,” said Leesburg, Ga., trucker Herman Langford about Douglas Crawford, named the 23rd Goodyear North America Highway Hero on March 23 at the Truck Writers of North America awards banquet. »

Officer rescues choking child after nanny struck by car

The baby was blue, and the nanny was sprawled in the middle of Second Avenue with a bone sticking out of her leg. »

Blind man rescues neighbor, also blind, from fire

A blind man took the hands of his 84-year-old neighbor and safely led the woman through heavy smoke to escape from her burning house Monday night. »

Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2006

Residents give ‘Locks of Love’

Residents from throughout Connecticut donated their time and their hair on Monday to help children suffering from cancer. »

Loved one reunited with lost little boy

Police spent much of Monday afternoon searching for the family of a 3-year-old boy who was found wandering alone in Sunrise. »

Angel brings food to hundreds of needy

Pastor Joe Smith of Southside Union Chapel saw hunger in the eyes of people on Olean’s streets and he couldn’t look away. »

Now, a pill that could cure your fears

Now, facing your fears may not be such a difficult thing after all, for a Swiss-led research team has developed a treatment that could help people overcome their fears simply by popping a pill before facing a stressful situation. »

Geneticists go for healthy bacon

A microscopic worm may possess the vital genetic spice to make heart-friendly bacon. »

Baby sitter, boy escape house fire

A 5-year-old boy and his baby sitter escaped a fire in a two-story home on Stetson Place yesterday morning before flames and smoke poured through the structure and caused heavy damage. »

Cat bells to help collar bag thieves

MARKET traders and shopkeepers in Nuneaton are launching a new blitz on purse-snatchers plaguing the town centre. »

Generous Brits donate thousands to charity

Britons are extremely generous when it comes to donating money to charity, a new study has found. »

Cat survived weeks inside van

Skinny and tired, Stripi the cat is back in the arms of her nine-year-old owner, after apparently getting trapped inside an abandoned van that later was snowed under during one of the winter’s many storms. »

CDs becoming a charity case

Music fans once had a reputation for obsessively assembling their CDs into neat alphabetised rows, but the days of the cherished CD collection seem numbered as the iPod generation puts all of its music on to computers. »

Fake passenger sold for charity

A makeshift mannequin that failed to fool police monitoring the high-occupancy vehicle lane on Highway 36 fetched $15,000 in an auction on eBay, with proceeds going to charity, the buyer announced. »

Monday, Mar. 27, 2006

Dog goes from death row to police duty

A DELINQUENT dog who faced being put down because he was too aggressive has become one of Scotland’s top police dogs. »

Teacher, her students published influential newspaper

Eulalia “Sister” Bourne was a southern Arizona homesteader, cattle rancher, author, and teacher best-known for her innovative ideas about education and a mimeographed school newspaper called Little Cowpuncher. »

Youths learn art of charity, raise $390,000 in one day

After hearing dozens of people turn him down, Max Vineberg picked up the phone on Sunday afternoon and struck gold. »

Sunday, Mar. 26, 2006

Cat, bird make odd-couple refugees

Alfie is still a storm refugee in Virginia. So is Oscar. One is a parrot. The other meows. »

Love of adoptive parents helping student succeed

In many ways, Eric Iczkowski is the All-American boy. A senior at Pinnacle Peak High in Phoenix, he runs cross country, is in National Honor Society and was recently accepted into the Air Force Academy. »

Avon’s Skin So Soft serves as a miracle ’stuff’ remover

Sometimes it seems impossible to take some exotic material off a countertop, table or other work surface without messing up said surface. Recently we suggested Super Glue Remover to take off, well, Super Glue. »

It’s a miracle!

Tampa Bay Devil Rays President Matt Silverman threw out the first pitch opening Pinellas County’s newest ball park Saturday, Violet’s Field. »

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