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Red Cross Swim Lesson Sticks, Helps Save a Life
A fearless 6-year-old slipped into the deep end of the pool and quickly realized she was in trouble. “I frantically used one hand to...
Volunteers Restore Rivers Across America
"Federal agencies, states, tribes and concerned residents are spending millions of dollars and thousands of hours on 37,000 river restoration projects under way to...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
Making Kaua‘i’s Beaches a Little Safer One Tube at a Time
Kauai’s sometimes treacherous beaches will be a little safer thanks to an inexpensive solution dreamed up by resident John Tyler. Lifeguards can’t be everywhere,...
King’s Memphis Motel Now Marks National Civil Rights Museum
40 years ago yesterday -- one day before he was shot -- Martin Luther King, Jr. predicted, “I may not get there with you,...
Heroes in School Shooting and Bridge Collapse Receive Prestigious Medals
Two years ago, a Nevada Middle School gym teacher confronted a student gunman who had already wounded others. With compassion and persuasion she convinced...
‘Disaster Divas’ Charity Met With Great Success (Video)
One of the smallest tornado relief charities in middle Tennessee has been met with such enthusiasm and genoristy that girls throughout a destroyed high...
Hero Miner to be Godfather of Baby He Saved
"The hero miner who risked his life to save a mother and her baby from raging floodwaters near Rockhampton last week has been asked...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2007!
Looking back and choosing the top good news stories of the year was a happy exercise and I've concluded that 2007 was a good...
Top Ten Pet Stories of 2007
I compiled this list for the Ellen DeGeneres show and suggested they ask their audience to vote (with cheers) for the Top Pet Hero...
Hero on One-Man Mission to Fight Crime
The streets are littered with villains and Superman is nowhere to be seen. But help is at hand because do-gooder Vincent Oligbo is on...
Hero Policemen Save Elderly Couple From Car Fire
"Two quick-thinking policemen have rescued an elderly couple from a car just moments before it exploded into flames on Queensland's Sunshine Coast", Australia. (CourierMail)...
The Monkey Place Saves Most Endangered African Primates
A non-profit started in Nigeria by two Portland men is working on "the highest conservation priority of all African primates", saving the drill money,...
World Pledges More Aid to Bangladesh Cyclone Victims
More and more countries have come forward to provide assistance to help Bangladesh conduct the relief and rescue operation, including the most recent, a...
Firefighter Heroics Saved 4 from Calif. Blazes
A dramatic air, ground rescue came with seconds to spare saving 4 firefighters and a boy thanks to a helicopter pilot hero. (AP)
Need an Emergency Number? Apply ICE
When Dale Cupp accidentally shot himself recently, emergency personnel were able to locate his wife and mother because Cupp had put their names in...
Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire Victim
A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents...
Firefighters Save Donkey from Well
Firefighters in a Minnesota community rescued a donkey that had fallen down an old dry well, working hours on the complicated procedure. ...
‘Miracle Dog’ Makes It Out Alive (Video)
Rescuers used a backhoe to save a 14-year-old dalmatian trapped in a storm drain for four days. (Video) http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=v619587&m=80142&v=1
Bear Rehabilitators Worldwide Look to Idaho Center for Guidance
The Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation Center near Boise has saved nearly 150 orphaned black bears since its opening in 1989. These days they are...