This series is to spotlight the Light and Love inside humanity, and the wonder and miracles that can be found around us. Please click on the headline to read the full article. ~ESA
U.S. STORIES:
- Reluctant thief with hungry family gets pizza Would-be Montana thief changes mind about robbery; clerk makes a pizza for his hungry family.
- Good Samaritan Newspaper Carrier Helps Stroke Patient In Sub-Zero Temperatures A Westmoreland County newspaper carrier is being hailed a hero today after stopping to help a stoke patient who had fallen outside in below-zero wind chills.
- A Chiver pays it forward, donates kidney to a complete stranger He's the kind of person who has always wanted to help.
- Suspect arrested after good Samaritan interrupts attempted sex assault beside Loop 12 in southeast Dallas A woman walking along Loop 12 in southeast Dallas escaped an attempted sexual assault this morning, thanks to a good Samaritan.
- Subway hero who works at Kirkland says he is neither strong nor macho A records assistant at Kirkland & Ellis says he surprised himself when he jumped onto the tracks of a subway train in Manhattan to save an elderly man.
- Hope and a haven for a neglected population – homeless teenagers A group of formerly homeless young people are helping kids now out on the streets – and this week facing bitterly cold weather.
- Camdenton Girl's Hats Comfort Kids With Cancer What started as a simple birthday wish for a 10-year-old girl has grown to worldwide cause.
- Inspired by a true and genuine hero On Jan. 8, Doug Bacon was both heroic and loving.
- Good Samaritan returns Napan’s lost cellphone I want to say thank you to Mr. John Schilter of Heritage Barrels for returning my lost cellphone.
- 'Roof angel' benefits residents in need The man she had never met asked if Maher liked the color of slate and red shingles he selected for the roof replacement he intended to install beginning that minute.
- Community, Marines rally around vandalized war hero Community outrage over the teens who trashed and burglarized 93-year-old Elbert Wood’s home earlier this week has turned into something positive.
- Paying it Forward in Glenville, York County They’re giving thanks to the many friends and family who have taken them in and offered them support.
- National Blood Donor Month: Malvern woman's life saved Kizziar is alive today because of family, friends and even strangers. There were four blood drives held in her name.
- Fundraiser will benefit 'miracle baby' The 7-month-old daughter of Matt White and Kellie Whyte of North Platte is receiving therapy at Children's Hospital in Denver. Friends have organized a benefit to help defray medical expenses.
- Miracle recovery for New Boston toddler after fall from chair drove pencil into her brain It was two Sundays ago when 19-month old Olivia Smith fell from her chair, lodging a colored pencil through her eye socket and 14 centimeters into her brain.
- Parents refused to 'interrupt' Haley's life Doctors gave her practically no chance of survival when she was diagnosed with a severe brain defect five months before her birth. She will turn 10 this summer.
- Airplane's parachute credited with saving 3 lives Parachute built into single-engine airplane credited with saving 3 lives in Connecticut Crash.
- Meals to continue as Faith Mission moves its Downtown kitchen Faith aims to complete the move over the next several days without missing or interrupting any of the more than 750 meals served to homeless and other struggling people each day.
- Nonprofit’s goal: Make Boston happier Samaritans, a suicide-prevention nonprofit, is hoping to bring smiles to the faces of Bostonians with their Happier Boston campaign, which involves social experiments such as dispensing oranges to commuters, giving high fives at Fenway Park, and staging a capella concerts on elevators.
WORLD:
- Baby Girl Flung From Car in Shocking Video The Russian toddler survived the fall and barely escaped being hit by an oncoming truck.
- Cool Stockton hero Niall McCluskey saved mum's life with 999 call When his mum collapsed at home after coming down with a rare and life-threatening condition, Niall McCluskey immediately called 999.
- Quick-thinking boy, 11, dubbed a hero after saving his mother from plastic surgery by packing snow on her arm when she burned it on car radiator An 11-year-old boy has been hailed a hero for rubbing snow into the wounds of his screaming mother moments after she had been badly burnt.
- Modest hero saves a little girl Kaitaia woman Paulette Lewis didn't think twice when she saw a toddler fall off the pontoon at the Mangonui wharf on Sunday afternoon.
- Paraparaumu Truckie Wins 2012 Highway Hero Award Being deemed a hero was the last thing on truck driver Dennis Roderick’s mind when he instinctively slammed on his brakes and scooped a toddler wandering across SH1 out of harm’s way in February last year.
- Young Filipinos with Japan benefactor pay it forward Children of the Manobo tribe in Mindanao in the Philippines listen Jan. 5 to a story read by a young student on a scholarship provided by a Japanese sponsor through the Mindanao Children's Library Foundation.
- Philippine Congress okays bill on payments to human rights victims The Philippine Congress has approved a bill awarding compensation to thousands of victims of human rights abuses under late President Ferdinand Marcos's 20-year iron rule.
- Rise of Israeli centrist raises hopes for peace The unexpectedly strong showing by a new centrist party in Israel's parliamentary election has raised hopes of a revival of peace talks with Palestinians that have languished for four years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
FURRY FRIENDS:
- Hero cat alerts sleeping couple to outlet fire, owners say Scooter alerted them to a fire in their home in the middle of the night.
- Tails of Hope - Autumn the Pregnant Stray Dog The humane society found a home for Autumn and all of her pups.
- Woman Helps Pet Owners Through Animal Communication Professional Animal Communicator Stacy Krafczyk makes regular visits to Dawgs in Motion in Saukville to help people connect with and understand their animals.
- Agile Gus returned to NY owners after five months on lam For more than five months Gus has been pretty much living on his own since escaping from his owner’s car while parked at a rest stop.
- Wild! Sperm whales adopt dolphin with deformed spine Researchers were astonished to observe sperm whales traveling and nuzzling with a single bottlenose dolphin in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Orangutans get iPads in 'Apps for Apes' program Orangutans at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are now using iPad apps to keep occupied.
- Flower-Eating Goat Cleared of Vandalism Gary the flower-eating goat's graze with Australian police has ended with his comedian owner getting the last laugh in court.
- Bison Could be Reintroduced to Alaska North America's largest land animal will roam the Alaskan wilderness once again if a plan unveiled last week is approved.
- Monogamous Owl Monkeys Have More Babies Monkeys that stick with their primary mate produce more children than those who wind up with another monkey.
BUSINESS:
- Panera Opens Free-Food, Suggested-Donations-Only Cafes The Panera Bread Foundation has opened a new community café in Boston, which has no cash register or prices, just suggested donations.
- Brain Host Makes First Donation to Habitat for Humanity Brain Host’s recent Facebook sweepstakes yields $3,104 for Habitat for Humanity of Summit County.
- Cool Cow Gourmet Dessert Truck Partners With Local Charities To Fight Hunger “Our partnership with local charities and food banks allows us to translate twenty-five cents into one meal for the hungry,” Kwai said.
- Icing Smiles Announces 2nd Annual Gala Helping Critically Ill Children Icing Smiles provides custom celebration cakes and other treats to families nationwide impacted by the critical illness of a child.
- Place Pay(s) It Forward Paul Place, managing consultant for Clayton Real Estate in Platteville, was recently honored by the Realtors Association.
SPORTS:
- Philip is Ballymena’s ‘local hero’ The Ballymena man made history when he was part of the first ever disability team to complete the world’s toughest race – the Dakar Rally.
- Cup hero hails tumour boy Brave Jake Turton celebrated Bradford City’s cup heroics with a smacker from his idol.
- Poster child grows up to beat her hero The 19-year-old American seemed to be in shock, barely able to compute how she’d produced the upset of the Australian Open by beating 15-time major winner Serena Williams in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
- Ravens win, woman finally agrees to marry 12 year boyfriend Daisy told Jim she would agree to marry him when the Ravens made it to the Super Bowl.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY:
- Year of the Comets: 2 Dazzling Comets Heading Our Way If all goes well we may see two of the brightest comets in many years, and possibly one of the brightest in history.
- Hurricane Sound Waves Could Aid Forecasting Hurricanes generate sound waves detectable through the air thousands of miles away, which could be a good way to measure the wave conditions near these storms.
- NASA Telescope Reveals 'Magnetic Braids' in Sun's Atmosphere A small NASA space telescope has revealed surprising magnetic braids of super-hot matter in the sun's outer atmosphere, a find that may explain the star's mysteriously hot corona.
- Terrafugia flying car is as fast as a Porsche - at stopping Terrafugia Inc., makers of the Transition flying car, said the long testing process required for Federal Aviation Administration certification is going well, but not necessarily quickly.
- PSA Peugeot Citroen Develops Hybrid That Ditches Battery For Compressed Air From the same company that brought us the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid, comes a new concept that does away with the electric component of hybrid cars and replaces it with compressed air instead.
- The Sun's Different Light: How Scientists Study Our Closest Star Though the sun appears yellow to the naked eye, it actually emits light in all colors, which scientists can see using specialized telescopes designed to observe wavelengths beyond the visible range.
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT:
- Miss America flips for Children's Miracle Network Mallory Hagan was at the IHOP on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Chamblee Tuesday morning cooking and serving up pancakes for the customers there.
- Heroine Says No To Cleavage Here is one girl who believes that she has already done enough and is not even interested to show her cleavage.
LIFESTYLE:
- 'These Are My Best Interview Slippers!' He was dressed to impress in the fitted suit that he had selected from HOPE's clothing closet. Everything was perfect... from head to ankle.
- Things to Try Without Technology Put down the phone. Dare ya.
- Trick Yourself And Your Kids Into Eating Better Researchers at Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab have done a variety of studies about the psychology of food, but some of the most interesting results involve children.
- Natural cold and flu remedies: What works? If you've got the cold or the flu, you may be tempted to reach for a natural way to treat your illness.
- Vinyl's sonic perfection finds new fans in digital age The 12-inch record is getting a new go-around and a surge in sales, part of a renewed appreciation of high-quality sound.
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY:
- Let God into the workforce When I got the chance to see this, it motivated me to let God into the physical work we were doing.
- God at work: transforming tragedy into testimony "For some reason, people just started coming by the church and dropping off clothing and furniture for people in need," Conforti says. "Within days, we were a clothing distribution center."
- Is God a Democrat or a Republican? The core of Jewish ethics may be summarized by the answer: "Yes. You are your brother and sister's keeper."
- Instant messaging God Praying is peaceful, intimate and exciting all at the same time. It doesn’t necessarily need to be done at church.
- Pope on social networking: the virtual is real Social networking sites aren't a virtual world the church can ignore, but rather a very real world that its leaders must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation.
- Global 4/14 Day set for April 14 “One million Christians praying for TWO BILLION children will have a resounding impact on our world,” Karges said.
- Imprisoned pastor in Iran with U.S. citizenship receives support from U.S. officials The U.S. government and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom have issued calls for the release of an American pastor who may face the gallows for spreading the Gospel in Iran.
- The First Christian Church? Some unique features of a first century synagogue found along the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee have sparked speculation that it may have belonged to a congregation of followers of Jesus of Nazareth, and not an ordinary Jewish community.
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