The Every Child Needs A Hero report by the Australian Childhood Foundation released yesterday revealed children overwhelmingly admired their parents over a range of other people of influence, including stars such as singer Delta Goodrem and cyclist Lance Armstrong. »
EVEN a simple shopping trip was anything but hassle free for disabled Claire O’Brien-Ellington before she found help in the shape of a four-legged friend – a new pet dog called Jake. She trained him up to be her assistant and HAZEL BYFORD went out and about with the pair in Ipswich, to see Jake in action. »
IT sounds like the kind of shaggy dog story more suited to Lassie or the Littlest Hobo. »
Bones often get compared to banks. People who don’t build up a healthy savings of bone density when they’re young, so the analogy goes, may find themselves in debt come retirement. »
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said it has developed a vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu strain that can trigger an immune response at a much lower dose than other vaccines in development. »
Officers participate in Shop With A Cop, buying clothes and school supplies for children in need »
A few years ago, Tiffany Bougie decided to honor her mother, a breast cancer survivor, by donating her hair to help make wigs for cancer patients. »
When Annah Mobus was diagnosed with the most severe kind of spinal muscle atrophy – a kind of muscular dystrophy – as an infant, her mother, Jenifer Woody, was told Annah probably wouldn’t live past age 2. »
Male and female officers that shed their locks hope the event raised over $11k and they hope that increases awareness when it comes to Doernbecher’s Children’s Hospital in Portland. »
Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog. »
Teen recovered and went on to earn a college scholarship »
A pet dog has been rescued after falling about 60ft down cliffs at an Aberdeenshire beauty spot. »
Two Durban policemen pulled off a daring and dangerous rescue of a woman intent on taking her life on Wednesday. »
Welfare officials yesterday backed down to allow a war hero and his wife to stay together after almost 69 years of marriage. »
A missing parrot has been reunited with its owner thanks to the Independent. »
Even if the subject was merely combining numbers to come up with a total, Homer High School math instructor Francie Roberts would make it come alive for her students. So says her former student, Homer High School 10th-grader Clinton Edminster. »
TRUCK driver Pete Woodward came to the rescue when he picked up a broken-down ambulance carrying a baby in an incubator and took it to hospital. »
A 6-year-old Calumet City boy was described as a hero Wednesday for placing a 911 call that may have saved his unconscious mother’s life. »
THE mother of the boy who fell into Port Seton harbour last week has described the man who jumped in to save him as “heroic”. »
Heroism has its benefits. »
A Massachusetts cat not only has 9 lives, and 4 paws, but he also has 2 faces. »
Scientists have developed a once-a-day pill that they hope could potentially cure Alzheimer’s disease. »
A puppy caught in a storm drain 12 days ago met her rescuers Thursday at the Seguin Fire Department substation on Hwy. 46. »
Watching her daughter, Jessica, dribble a basketball and swing a tennis racket was enough to bring tears to the eyes of Sonia Alagna-Adkins. Jessica wasn’t supposed to be able to do these things, much less survive past the age of 1. »
And the announcer said, “It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen, for the 11th Annual Shop With a Cop Event.” »
A new program initiated by the Hoffman Estates Police Benevolent Fund is giving children the opportunity to find more positive outlets through sports. »
Amanda Watson always admired her big sister and wanted to be just like her. So when big sister Cali began thinking months ago about cutting her hair, Amanda saw her big chance. For Amanda, however, achieving her big sister’s likeness wasn’t so much about cutting her hair as it was donating it. »
On Sunday a southeast Iowa girl donated a “piece of herself,” so to say, to Locks of Lov1e. The program is a nonprofit organization that provides hair pieces to children that experience medical hair loss. »
Early predictions ranged from bad to outright ugly but after seeing the results, Officer Tyler Wampler’s toughest critics quickly rescinded their earlier prophecies. »
Like many of his friends, 12-year-old Indian student SK Ramnandan used to find mathematics “rather mechanical and unattractive” and a bit of a chore. »
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Horrendously Injured Dog Survives, Heals
23,000 Volt Hits Crane
3 y.o. Child & 2 Adults Rescued
Volunteers Dig Half Mile Long Path: Horses Rescued
Hero Saves Woman; Anonymous Donor Pays His Medical Bill
Miracle Twins Survive Rare Condition
2 Year Old Survives 18 Minutes Drowning
Toddler Survives 3 Story Hotel Window Fall
We Married 35 Years After We Split Up
After Amnesia Couple Falls In Love Again
Married 80 Years And Still In Love
Teen Hero Uses Body To Shield Kid From Bullets
Adopted son finds birth mom at his workplace
5 yo dressed as Spiderman saves baby from blaze
Homeless Hero Lifts Car to Save Girl
Man Who Reunited Woman With Dog Surfaces
Parrot Saves Girl From Choking To Death
Loving Family Rescues Abandoned Dog