Firehouse serves feast to Silver Star recipient
Heroism was the hot topic around the firehouse kitchen Tuesday night when the headquarters crew hosted Cpl. Moses Cardenas and his family at a firehouse pasta dinner. »
Saturday, May. 31, 2008
It was just a miracle
The gun went off, and Karl Hauer fell to the ground. »
Daughter’s birth a miracle for Winnipeg couple
JACKIE and Mike Touchette gambled $8,500 with the odds stacked against them, but hit the jackpot — they got pregnant on the very first try. »
Heroine rescues blaze woman
A WOMAN was today hailed a heroine after she rescued an elderly woman from her burning home. »
Lots of love
Adding Definition Hair & Spa would like to thank all who participated in or made donations during the recent fundraiser for Locks of Love. »
Teen heroes pull man from inferno
Three Bay of Plenty teenagers are being hailed as heroes after pulling a man from his burning home early today. »
Miracle baby born after full-term ovarian pregnancy
Surviving all odds, baby Durga has become perhaps the world’s first baby to be born after a full-term ovarian pregnancy at the Darwin Private Hospital in Australia’s Northern Territory. Ovarian pregnancies - where the foetus grows in the ovary instead of the uterus - are a one in 40,000 occurrence and usually terminate before 10 weeks, but a healthy 2.8 kg baby Durga arrived in the world Thursday morning after a full term 38 week pregnancy. »
Man saved in dramatic river rescue
A dramatic rescue took place on the River Yare outside Norwich yesterday after a man broke his shoulder bone when his dinghy capsized, tipping him into the water. »
Dog Back from the Dead Reunited With Owners
A dog that was assumed to be dead was reunited recently with its overjoyed owners after an absence of three years.Salisbury District Council Dog Warden Mrs Sam Stuchfield was called to Salisbury Police Station recently to collect a stray dog. »
Church offering low-cost groceries
First Baptist Church of Morris has partnered with Angel Food Ministries to provide the community with low-cost groceries. »
Friday, May. 30, 2008
Holocaust survivor reunited with Polish rescuer
More than six decades after the end of World War II, the question still boggles the mind: How did they survive? »
Trainer, her dog taught each other well
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. And, it turns out, species. »
Town supportive of baseball Miracle
Could a “Miracle League” baseball field be coming to Amherstburg? »
Angel Food Ministries Offering Summer Food Relief for Citizens
Soaring food prices don’t have to blow your budget this summer, a national nonprofit operating with 10 host sites locally can help. They’re offering boxes of food for just $30 dollars. »
Bill Cosby Donates Famous Sweaters For Children’s Charity
Seems like these days everyone’s selling the clothes off their back to help raise a little extra loot for the good stuff! Yesterday Ecorazzi told you that Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham were both giving up their threads for the sake of charity, and now it looks like Mr. Jello Pudding himself is going topless too. »
7-Year-Old Diabetic Girl Donates Hair To Locks Of Love
An East Texas girl decided that other people’s needs are greater than her own. So, she’s got a hair cut, and not just any hair cut. »
9-year-old gets national award for perfect penmanship
Kevin Lomax, 9, loves a good ‘K.’ But don’t even get him started on ‘G,’ which he says is the hardest letter to write in cursive. »
$13M winner to buy pal a new car
With $13.6 million in the bank, Lotto 6/49 winner Fred Stonos is going to buy the Welland convenience store cashier who sold him his winning ticket a new car. »
Thursday, May. 29, 2008
Neighbor Saves Man In San Francisco Fire
A San Francisco man remains in critical condition with severe burns after a heroic neighbor pulled him out of an apartment fire early Monday morning in the city’s Richmond District, a Fire Department spokewoman said. »
Miracle rescue of woman whose car landed in canal
Water filled an upside-down Subaru that plunged into an irrigation canal Saturday evening, but Wenatchee police and firefighters freed the driver after an ordeal that lasted between five and 10 minutes, police and fire officials said. »
Group rescues 200th retired racing greyhound
Established October 2005, the organization is based in Port Clinton and has an affiliation in Cincinnati. »
Stolen dog returned after more than four years
A vet despaired of seeing her dog again after the black labrador was stolen from her home.
But now four-and-a-half years later Midge has been returned to her owner. »
Little girl with long hair has big heart
Emma Benavides wanted to help people who lost their hair due to cancer treatments. This is not unusual according to the Locks of Love Web site, which states that it is an estimated 80 percent of all donations come from children who wish to help other children. »
Run benefits Shop With a Cop program
Estero High School sophomore Erick Montoya took top honors at the Cape Cops 5K Run and Walk at the Yacht Club in Cape Coral this morning. »
This is the Oscar of teaching
Jean Murphy and her students at Long Range Academy have a lot of fun with math. »
Friday, May. 16, 2008
Passer-by rescues couple from fire
AN UNNAMED hero rescued a couple from a flat fire - and then disappeared without giving his name. »
Toddler rescued from pool
A two-year old girl is back home after nearly drowning in a backyard pool. »
Hero helps others fight for cancer drug
Kate Spall has become an unlikely hero. A 36-year old housewife from Chester, she’s become a life-saver to cancer patients around the UK. »
Warsaw Ghetto hero dies
A Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War II by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto has died in the Polish capital after a long illness, aged 98. »
Family thanks firefighters for rescue
A mother and three children saved from a burning house in Oxford yesterday thanked their rescuers. »