Missing Dog Returned To Owner After More Than Two Months
“Smile for the camera will you,” says Charles Carr holding his beloved Boston Terrier. “Tell them, ‘I’m glad to be home.’” »
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Cowboy trooper lassos, rescues deer
All Jim Collom had left to do was pick up a guitar and sing as he rode off into the sunset. »
The world-famous miscarriage clinic that saved our daughter
It took Selma Holmes 10 years to get pregnant. It took her a further five years and four pregnancies to carry a baby to full term. As she now sits cuddling her two-year-old daughter, Ayshe Mae, Selma still finds it difficult to talk about the two babies she lost at 24 and 19 weeks, as well as her two early miscarriages. And she looks back in astonishment at the two needless operations she underwent before her dreams of becoming a mother finally materialised. »
Friends reunited to marry after half a century
Michael and Marian met in an Ulster school in 1956. Now, after living separate lives for 50 years, they’ve found each other again »
A cancer ‘cure’ from frogs
A new study has it that a synthetic molecule derived from the egg cells of frogs, could be of potential benefit in treating brain tumours, the BBC reported on Sunday. »
Bike returned
A Kitimat family is happy to report their stolen bicycle has been returned. »
Angels help stretch food budgets
Turkey Valley United Methodist Church of Seven Stars is helping people in the community stretch their food dollars. »
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Adoptee reunited with long-lost parents
Imagine you’re a young die-hard biker. »
Hero Dog Helps Save Couple in Distress
A Long Island Border Collie is being hailed a hero after helping his owners rescue two boaters who capsized in the Amityville River. »
Men rescued from collapsed trench
Two men accidentally buried up to their torsos in dirt were trapped for three hours Saturday while firefighters dug them out of a caved in trench. »
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007
Man Shocked By Power Lines Survives
Roger Bennet, who was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh after being shocked by power lines, was back home Wednesday and shared what he remembered with NEWS9. »
Heroes honoured for performing life-saving CPR on 3 people
A Surrey grandmother yesterday met the woman who helped save her granddaughter’s life almost a year ago. »
Teen rescues neighbor from burning house
A Kent County teen is being called a hero after rescuing an elderly man from his burning home. »
Rescued pit bull took a detour into woman’s heart
Spencer the pit bull, discovered a year ago starved and dragging a 10-foot chain through a midtown Mobile neighborhood, is living the good life these days in Tennessee, his caretaker said. »
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007
Miracle man walks again
He survived against all the odds; now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again. »
Hiker rescued from forest after eight-day fast
The revelation was not, perhaps, what he expected. »
Baby screech owl reunited with its mother
BARRINGTON - Barrington residents recently helped save a screech owl that had somehow positioned itself in the most un-owl-like of places. On Sunday, June 10, residents spotted a peculiar object in the middle of Dana Road: a baby screech owl, which had fallen out of its nest. »
Abandoned Dogs Being Rescued By One East Texas Woman
They were found abandoned and starving to death, but now some East Texas dogs have found their saving grace. A month ago KLTV told you about more than a dozen dogs dumped at an East Texas plant. Saturday, they’re being rescued, all thanks to the generosity of East Texans and one in particular. »
Monday, Aug. 27, 2007
World’s luckiest girl lives in Houston
Alexa was born on July 7, 2000. She weighed seven pounds, seven ounces, hitting the triple-7 equivalent of a birthday jackpot. »
Tramp becomes facebook hero
You imagine celebrities to be living in the biggest houses with the fanciest cars and the latest clothes but in Bournemouth, the local star lives on the street, has no possessions except a dirty old coat and is a tramp. »
Lemonade stand raised money for cancer charity
A nine-year-old Columbia boy is donating more than $1,200 to breast cancer research. »
Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007
Big brother to the rescue
Juliana Galobardi, 3, laughed about it Thursday, but that was only after a happy outcome she watched Wednesday night at her family’s Independence Day party. »
Friday, Aug. 24, 2007
‘Miracle’ black and white twins
Millie and Marcia Biggs are twins but one is black and the other white. »
Siblings rescued 6-year-old from ocean
Courtney Fucaloro, 11, and her brother, Stephen Fucaloro, 13, were swimming in about 31/2 feet of water near the rocks at the far left end of Wingaersheek Beach last week when they spotted something in the water. »
Superdog Maisey comes to rescue
A HELPFUL little dog came to the rescue of an elderly neighbour who had fallen in her garden. »
Soldier awarded New Zealand’s highest honour after daring rescue
A New Zealand soldier has become the first person since World War II to be awarded the country’s highest honour for bravery, after a daring rescue of a wounded comrade while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. »
Elderly woman rescued from burning house
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a house fire that broke out last night in Magnolia and critically injured an elderly woman. »
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007
Family of ducks rescued
It took two hours and three different emergency service agencies to rescue a family of ducks from a Sherwood Park manhole early Wednesday. »
Mineola Woman Hoping To Reunite With Her “Angel”
A day on the lake is usually synonymous with family fun. But the tide began to turn for Rachel Hohensee when the floatie they brought with them starting drifting away. »
Friends reunited after 46 years
Two school friends who have lived at opposite ends of the globe for more than 45 years have been reunited and are hoping to find some other familiar faces. »