The U.S. appears to be trending towards being a safer place for children, with researchers reporting a striking 26 percent decrease in the incidence of child abuse and neglect between 1993 and 2006.
The mammoth study, congressionally mandated and completed by the federal government documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway.
A 3 year-old girl was watching the news on TV in New Mexico when she heard there were children who lost their limbs. She ran to her bedroom closet to fetch her own prosthetic limb -- one that she had outgrown -- and told her mom she wanted to give it to a child in Haiti.
A dog rescued from the Baltic Sea after braving a 75-mile journey on an ice floe has joined the crew of the Polish research ship that saved him, the captain said Friday.
The Sea Fishing Institute which owns the ship sent a bowl and a squeaking toy, and the scientists on board brought dog food. Numerous calls were received from people offering money to feed the dog or wanting to adopt him.
Families can earn £900 a year by installing solar panels on their roofs as part of a new Government scheme to pay people to generate their own electricity.
Under the deal, which starts in April, households will be paid for electricity fed into the grid from renewable technologies such as solar, wind or energy from waste.
The most attractive rate of return will be on solar panels, which for an average sized three bedroom home could earn households £25,000 over 25 years.
A three-year-old boy had only learned to dial 9-1-1 a few days earlier but was able to use that new skill with aplomb when his grandmother suffered a stroke.
Doctors said she probably would not have survived if the little boy hadn't called for help.
Listen to his calm demeanor while talking with the dispatcher, from ABC-TV, KFSN...
The U.S. appears to be trending towards being a safer place for children, with researchers reporting a striking 26 percent decrease in the incidence of child abuse and neglect between 1993 and 2006.
A 3 year-old girl was watching the news on TV in New Mexico when she heard there were children who lost their limbs. She ran to her bedroom closet to fetch her own prosthetic limb -- one that she had outgrown -- and told her mom she wanted to give it to a child in Haiti.
A dog rescued from the Baltic Sea after braving a 75-mile journey on an ice floe has joined the crew of the Polish research ship that saved him, the captain said Friday.
Families can earn £900 a year by installing solar panels on their roofs as part of a new Government scheme to pay people to generate their own electricity. 
A three-year-old boy had only learned to dial 9-1-1 a few days earlier but was able to use that new skill with aplomb when his grandmother suffered a stroke.
