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STORIES:
Stockbridge teen hailed ‘hero’ in deadly house fire Michael Haney rescued his parents from their burning home in Stockbridge early Sunday morning before going back into the house to try to save his older sister.
Forget nerves, hero rookie battles fires “Everybody else that showed up on that scene was doing the same thing as me,” Turner said. “I wasn’t the only person that helped anybody that night.”
Acushnet hero firefighter Interview with teenaged fire-fighting hero.
Hero 11-year-old girl foils burglars during break-in An 11-year-old girl reported a break-in happening at her Valencie Park home Monday while hiding under her bed.
Newtown distributing donations Following a deadly school shooting in Newtown three weeks ago, hundreds of volunteers continue to sort and pack all the items being sent to the town.
Good Samaritan raises $5000 for local families Through an online Facebook auction held over the holidays, Good Samaritan raised $2,500, which will be matched by a Wal-Mart grant, to total $5,000 for their facility.
Cottage’s Laurie Biscaro, Sal Robledo honored with Hospital Hero Award Sal Robledo and Laurie Biscaro of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital were recently honored with a Hospital Hero Award from the National Health Foundation for the efforts to address overuse of the emergency room.
Hayward minister and his church transform blighted neighborhood The church upgraded more than 100 housing units, some in partnership with developers, and constructed new buildings.
After inferno, charity builds faith and hope Gifts from many help city church resume services.
Bags of Hope delivered to victims of Houston's dirty little secret Bags of Hope are designed to meet the immediate needs of a rescued girl. They contain sweatpants or long shorts, t-shirts, a sports bra, modest underwear, socks, make-up remover, a comb and hair ties.
Celebrating a hero, friend Sometimes heroes don’t wear capes, spandex costumes or athletic uniforms. Sometimes they come simply dressed in a button-up dress shirt, jeans and a pair of big, ol’ sorels.
Teacher selected as ‘unsung hero’ Shrewsbury High School teacher Jill Carter was selected as an Unsung Hero in the St. Michael’s College Teacher Recognition Program.
Teacher named 'Hero in the Classroom' at Kirkland's A.G. Bell Elementary Popular second-grade teacher Cathy Daly, who works with her therapy dog in a 'Reading With Rover' literacy program, received the award from Symetra Insurance and The Seattle Seahawks.
Hometown hero: Hillsborough rescue driver draws homes for veterans Kelly Hallman, who has served with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue for 22 years, does architectural work for injured veterans in addition to his work as a firefighter.
Hyundai Hope On Wheels launches its 2013 5K run/walk series The Hope On Wheels 5K Run/Walk in Maui presents Kapi'olani Medical Center For Women and Children with $83,625 grant for pediatric cancer research and programs.
Riley patients latest beneficiaries of good Samaritan 7th grader A 13-year-old Kokomo girl is opening the hearts of many people by purchasing gifts for the patients at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
Nosh on wine, chocolates to support Angel 34 The event raises money for the Nazareth-based charity that raises money and provides support and services for children battling cancer.
Brookfield theater to host 'Humor and Hope' to benefit Sandy Hook The gift of laughter means different things to different people.
Man’s progress ‘a miracle’ after skiing accident Andrew Zanko suffered a fractured skull and broken vertebra in his neck in an accident seven years ago.
A reason for hope Megan Kowalewski has battled cancer for 15 months. A recent stem cell transplant seems to have been successful, and her condition is improving.
Parents welcome "miracle baby" after risky in utero procedure Masen McPherson is now a beaming, bouncing month-old baby boy but he nearly died in his mother's womb just 17 weeks into her pregnancy.
Christmas miracle Ask Kelly Irvin if she believes in miracles and you're likely to get an enthusiastic yes.
Couple’s stolen love letters returned 40 years later The letters came back to the Michaels in time for their 70th wedding anniversary.
Grandma's miracle visit brings joy to family It was the first time she left Mexico, the first time she boarded an airplane, the first time she visited the United States and the first time she met several of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
LA restaurant pays customers to put away their phones Eva Restaurant is offering diners a 5% discount on their bill if they dump their digital devices before being seated.
Visitors bureau launches ‘Hospitality Hero’ program The Fayetteville Visitors Bureau this month launched the Hospitality Hero program designed to stimulate and reward exceptional customer service by employees working in the hospitality industry.
Angel in Service We are looking for Angel Veterans and/or an immediate family member that continue to serve their Community, State, and Nation by service to their fellow Veterans or military.
5 things to know: Do you know a community hero? The 11th Annual Community Heroes Breakfast is coming up and the Red Cross is still accepting nominations.
Pay it forward Each week WFSB will give a viewer $500. That viewer has just 60 minutes to give the money away to someone who needs a little boost in life.
Clover leaders hope to turn armory into community center Clover town leaders want to turn an empty National Guard Armory into a community center that would bring residents together for events and offer recreational programs.
WORLD:
A remarkable sign of hope during Christmas in Egypt The difference this year was not just in the number of visitors, but was that the majority of the Muslim guests were not there in an official capacity, but rather came spontaneously to express their solidarity with Christians on this occasion.
Lilly becomes little angel for her diabetic dad His little daughter saved his life like any angel, believes the 41-years-old Mr. Dave Fitzpatrick, who is a diabetic patient and has recently suffered a hypoglycemic attack in which his blood sugar levels went very low forcing his brain to stop functioning correctly.
Eight-year-old carried young sister to safety Primeau grabbed her baby sister, and ushered her other sisters out of their home when I fire broke out in their duplex. She also alerted her grandmother and two young aunts who lived on the other side of the building.
Teen lifeguard hailed a hero after Whakatane rescue When high waves stranded a father and his 8-year-old son on a sheer rock at Whakatane, Chantal Lillas knew exactly what risks she would have to take to reach them.
Sky Tower drama: 80-year-old hero An 80-year-old minister has told how he spent an hour persuading a mental health patient to cherish the gift of life and not jump, as they both stood 192m above the ground outside the Sky Tower.
CPR hero saves toddler A quick thinking adult who administered CPR to a two-year-old boy has saved his life.
Ghanaians grateful to God for a successful presidential inauguration Ghanaians today expressed gratitude to God for a successful Presidential Inaugural ceremony in Accra, which saw the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama.
There may yet be hope for Congo One small village in eastern Congo has reverted to the old ways, and it’s doing better.
Afghan peace efforts show flickers of life President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war when they meet on Friday, but matters of peace may be the most delicate item on their long agenda.
Rebels, Central African Republic to hold talks Talks between Central African Republic's government and the rebels who now control much of the country's north are set to get under way no later than Friday, the president of Republic of Congo has announced.
SC comes to rescue of Good Samaritan group The Supreme Court came to the aid of the Good Samaritan group waging a tough battle with the Bihar Police to know the whereabouts of an 11-year-old girl kidnapped from her house in Bihar in September last year.
Brazil’s economic miracle Brazil has managed to keep interest rates low without fuelling inflation. That lies at the heart of its success.
Cuba to free doctors from onerous travel rules Cuba is eliminating longstanding restrictions on health care professionals' overseas travel as part of a broader migration reform that takes effect next week, an island doctor told The Associated Press on Monday.
Can a Seattle oncologist cure half of Uganda’s cancer patients? These diseases lead to 1.5 million deaths worldwide each year, but Dr. Casper says those lives could be saved by vaccinating patients and treating infections that are known to cause cancer.
Destination: Hope — a surgical mission Destination: Hope International Medical Missions is a nonprofit that sends medical professionals to countries in which such defects are not treated due to lack of resources or available doctors.
Beijing's Angel Mom Foundation There are an increasing number of abandoned children awaiting help in China, said Deng Zhixin, a co-founder of Angel Mom, a grassroots organization in Beijing that helps orphans access medical treatment.
My son the hero who saved the life of four others So inspired has his mother been by her eldest son's actions, that since his death she has tirelessly worked for the Nottingham University Hospitals Trust to raise awareness about the issue.
Annie's a little miracle An 8 week old baby from Liverpool is being called ''a little miracle'' after being born healthy against the odds.
Miracle man who doctors thought would not survive horrific car accident lived for 27 years The accident left him 90 per cent disabled and with brain damage but Malcolm lived long enough to witness the birth of his five great grandchildren.
Finnish capital lights up in winter dark Finland's capital is aglow with colorful lights and lasers piercing the black winter skies and lighting up downtown buildings as the Helsinki Lux Festival provides a much-needed burst of illumination during the darkest days of the year.
British explorer embarks on Antarctica adventure British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes calls it one of the last remaining polar challenges: crossing Antarctica during the region's winter.
FURRY
FRIENDS:
My Pack of Wolves shares five great reasons to donate in 2013 to animal rescues and sanctuaries Rescues and sanctuaries do not euthanize the animals the way a city run animal shelter would do. Their goal is the preservation and survival of the animal.
Jaguar cubs born at Milwaukee zoo bring new genes The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered species' captive population because unlike most zoo babies, their father was born in the wild.
Oregon couple gets cat back in miracle reunion A little bit of luck helped reunite a cat with its owners in Washington County this past weekend.
How an angel helped Christmas come early Christmas came early for me last month. Where to begin? I guess the beginning the best.
Fort Wayne offers cat neutering for a nickel Indiana's second biggest city is offering a one-day neutering program aimed at cutting down on stray cats.
Puppy Bowl is back - now with hedgehogs Animal Planet has confirmed that its cherished annual tradition, Puppy Bowl, is back on for another round of gridiron thrills and canine cuteness.
BUSINESS:
Local modular building company helps NJ school rebuild after hurricane Sandy M Space, a full-service modular general contractor, is providing temporary classrooms to Long Beach Island (LBI) Consolidated School District.
Fairway Independent Mortgage surprises ten community organizations with unsolicited donations to help further their missions Company provides $12,000 in donations to community based organizations on behalf of employees.
Positive T-shirt Company helps Millennials use social media to pay it forward for needy children PIF Apparel donates chari-tees for each new Facebook fan while teaching Millennials to pay it forward for their favorite charity.
NAPW Forest Hills, NY Chapter made holidays merrier for children affected by hurricane Sandy at December networking event National Association of Professional Women Forest Hills, NY Chapter held a toy drive at its December event to help bring holiday cheer to children whose families are still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Stores' holiday hiring was highest in 6 years The nation's retailers boosted holiday hiring to the highest level in six years despite worries about the economy, Superstorm Sandy and the presidential election, according to an analysis of government job data by a leading outplacement consultancy.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY:
Volunteers wanted for Mars exploration Members of the public are being asked to help identify dust features on the surface of Mars.
Eye implant hope for common cause of blindness A tiny ‘telescope’ or implant in the eye can improve the sight in sufferers of the 'dry' form of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in the over 60s.
Totally blind mice get sight back Totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, UK researchers report.
The Kraken wakes: first images of giant squid filmed in deep ocean A Japanese-led team of scientists has captured on film the world's first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster.
NASA finds 461 alien planet candidates, some possibly habitable NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has detected 461 new potential alien planets, including four worlds slightly larger than Earth that may be capable of supporting life as we know it.
Monster black hole burp surprises scientists Astronomers have discovered what appears to be colossal belch from a massive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy.
Bluetooth baseball hat Forget the earpiece, soon you'll be able to wear what looks like an ordinary baseball cap, but is actually a Bluetooth device that lets you take calls hands-free.
Strange but true: Astronauts get taller in space Astronauts in space can grow up to 3 percent taller during the time spent living in microgravity, NASA scientists say.
NASA's Curiosity rover brushes Mars rock clean, a first NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has pulled out another item from its toolkit for the first time, using a brush to sweep Martian rocks clean of the planet’s ubiquitous red dust.
Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests.
SPORTS:
Paralympic hero proud of students A blind swimmer from Kidderminster who spearheaded the 2012 Paralympic Games visited the old school he left 20 years ago to present pupils with awards for their achievements.
Angel in the backfield Instead of law suits, forced firings and acrimony, the Sullivans began the Declan Drumm Sullivan Fund to help poor students in Chicago get a college education.
Hoops for Hope scheduled Hannibal-LaGrange University basketball teams are working with the Hannibal Regional Hospital Foundation to raise funds for the Life.Light.Hope Fund which offers patient assistance to our community members fighting cancer at the James E. Cary Cancer Center.
Join Team Cal in one of the country’s best marathons It is the opportunity of a lifetime to run and raise funds for Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation – our mission is to grant the wishes and provide financial assistance to kids fighting cancer and their families…this continues Cal’s legacy of always caring about others above anything else.
Hero Ross completes charity challenges Rugby Triathlon Club's Ross Wearing completed his amazing year of charity endurance challenges for Macmillan Cancer Care with a 31km run around Draycote Water on December 31.
A DGF ninth grader has a renewed hope of getting back in the game Surgery on DGF ninth grader Eric Watt's scoliosis would have sidelined him for life. But after success with chiropractic therapy, he has renewed hope.
Girl, 10, banned by Archdiocese from football team Caroline Pla's gender is now keeping her from playing on the Catholic Youth team in Pennsylvania.
More for college athletes: not if, but how As college football revenue skyrockets, debate over money for players changes from if to how.
Goal hero Connor Wickham hoping to kick on “Maybe it didn’t get off to the perfect start, the start I’d hoped for or anticipated, but now I feel much fitter and stronger and feel as though I’m kicking on.”
Proud players thrilled that hockey is back Thrilled that hockey is back, proud NHL players prepare to officially return to the ice.
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT:
'American Idol' favorite overcomes Tourette's, Asperger's James Durbin became an "American Idol" fan favorite despite his struggles with Tourette syndrome and Asperger's syndrome.
‘Never loose hope…’ Having faced his own share of struggles, actor and model Aryeman Bhatia says one should never lose hope while battling a rough patch in one’s career.
LIFESTYLE:
HOPE students share thoughts on bullying HOPE students from Mattoon Middle School recently visited with Riddle Elementary School second grade students and shared their thoughts about bullying and friendship.
Overweight-only gym fosters supportive atmosphere Chicago entrepreneur Francis Wisnewski says he started the gym because “I've been overweight my whole life, and I was embarrassed to go to the gym myself.”
Language learning begins in womb The new finding suggests that language learning begins prenatally, perhaps as soon as fetuses are able to hear -- after about 30 weeks of gestation -- with their initial focus on vowel sounds, which are louder, longer and more rhythmic than consonants.
Language immersion for elementary kids This year a Chinese-immersion program for 101 kindergarteners started.
Mom goes viral with son's phone code of conduct Janell Burley Hofmann honored her 13-year-old son's "maturity and growth" at Christmas with his first iPhone, but it came with strings attached.
Fresh fruit is top and fastest growing snack consumed in America Fresh fruit is not only the top snack food consumed in America, it is also one of the fastest growing, according to new snacking research from The NPD Group, a leading global information company.
NC State researchers find muscle-building substance in mustard greens, broccoli But what Mom didn’t know is that vegetables such as kale, mustard greens and broccoli are more than just healthy foods – they may contain a substance that one day could strengthen the muscles of people suffering from debilitating disease and the effects of aging.
Website turning unwanted gift cards into cash Gift cards are among the most popular gifts today, but have you ever gotten a card that you know you’ll never use?
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