Veterans are taking the lead in Baltimore, cleaning up years of blight and helping residents in a mostly poor, African-American neighborhood to rid the area of drug dealers.
“Along blocks dotted with boarded-up homes, veterans are applying lessons they learned in Iraq and Afghanistan in an effort to restore the community’s sense of pride – and their own sense of purpose,” reports the CS Monitor.
A determined fifth-grader with cerebral palsy opted to run the track during Field Day at his Ohio elementary school despite being given the option to sit out and despite the incredible challenge of his disability.
As his mom videotapes the two laps, the boy is cheered on by all his classmates.
Spontaneously, they came together around the final turn to inspire Matt Woodrum.
They ended up touching the hearts of hundreds of thousands of internet viewers watching the moment on YouTube.
Doctors have successfully dropped the first “smart bomb” on breast cancer, using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumor cells while leaving healthy ones alone.
“People don’t lose their hair, they don’t throw up. They don’t need nausea medicines, they don’t need transfusions,” said the lead researcher of the study and this experimental treatment.
In 1944, before he left for D-Day, an American soldier stationed in England carved a note to his wartime sweetheart whom he had secretly married before heading off to war.
60 years later, Helen was able to see her name carved in the tree when an archeology PhD student unlocked the mystery of the message left in the forest.
11-year old Tyler Sullivan never made it into school on Friday, but he had a pretty good excuse.
After the boy and his dad watched a presidential speech in the front row at a Honeywell factory, the Minnesota boy was shocked when President Obama offered a hand-written note to give his teacher for excusing the absence.
“He was with me!”
11-year old Tyler Sullivan never made it into school on Friday, but he had a pretty good excuse.
After the boy and his dad watched a presidential speech in the front row at a Honeywell factory, the Minnesota boy was shocked when President Obama offered a hand-written note to give his teacher for excusing the absence.
“He was with me!”
A young man with Down Syndrome has earned a black belt in karate, inspired by Bruce Lee movies he studied as a child.
Dustin Bean of Longview, Washington worked for 13 years, quickly moving from a “special abilities” class to regular classes to earn the coveted black belt.
His mom said her son has high expectations for himself. “He doesn’t think he can’t do something… He (believes he) can do anything.”
Martial Arts instructor Steve Larson told KGW News that he cried while presenting his 32-year-old student with the award: “It’s not about how smart you are. It’s about wanting it bad enough.”
At most, one in a hundred students perseveres enough to reach the goal of black belt.
(WATCH the video below, or Read the story at KGW.com)
A young man with Down’s Syndrome has earned a black belt in karate, inspired by Bruce Lee movies he studied as a child.
Dustin Bean of Longview, Washington worked for 13 years, quickly moving from a “special abilities” class to regular classes to earn the coveted black belt.
His mom said her son has high expectations for himself. “He doesn’t think he can’t do something… He (believes he) can do anything.”
In more than 8,000 games the New York Mets baseball franchise had never achieved a no-hitter. Until Friday.
Besting former pitchers like, Nolan Ryan, Dwight Gooden and Tom Seaver, Johan Santana became the first pitcher in 51 years to hurl 9 innings of play without giving up a hit.
A company in Pennsylvania is on a mission to hire Veterans, which, on average, suffer higher unemployment rates than do non-military workers.
A construction equipment company called Modern Group is taking the “help wanted” sign to the next level to hire veterans coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
“They tend to be more disciplined, more focused, more sensitive to the customer,” said David Griffith with Modern Group Ltd. ”I think there is a great attention to detail with folks coming out of the military.”
U.S. auto sales remained an economic bright spot in May, with carmakers reporting double-digit sales gains last month.
Chrysler’s US sales jumped 30 percent. Ford rose 13 percent and GM was up 11 percent.
Meanwhile, a monthly survey of consumer confidence by Thompson Reuters and the University of Michigan showed American sentiment at its highest level in four-and-a-half years, partly because gasoline prices have dropped.
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a key part of Florida’s recently revamped election laws, saying the Legislature’s restrictions have made it “risky business” for third-party groups to register new voters,” the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald write.
Ruling on a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle told the state it cannot require groups to submit voter registration forms within 48 hours or face $1,000 fines.
Banks are slashing the asking prices of homes with delinquent loans to their lowest levels in at least seven years, making it easier for homeowners to get out from under troubled mortgages and more appealing for homebuyers to snap up properties at a discount.
The number of short sales could top foreclosure sales as early as this quarter.
A stray dog has run alongside cyclists on their 1000-mile journey across China after a rider gave him some food.
He ran alongside them for 24 days, covering up to 37 miles a day.
Remarkably, the dog was indefatigable throughout the rest of the adventure and climbed over 10 mountains along the route.
A stray dog has run alongside cyclists on their 1000-mile journey across China after a rider gave him some food.
He ran alongside them for 24 days, covering up to 37 miles a day.
Remarkably, the dog was indefatigable throughout the rest of the adventure and climbed over 10 mountains along the route.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is turning down a payout worth approximately $75 million.
Cook is requesting that he not receive new stock dividends, after receiving just shy of $400 million in compensation last year.
One writer chalks it up to “classiness.” It’s a “remarkable” gesture “in an era when entitlement, greed and arrogance are so often part of the job description.”
Many doctors recommend that patients take a daily dose of aspirin to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke. Now new research reported in the journal Cancer found that people taking aspirin or ibuprofen regularly were much more likely not to get deadly skin cancers.
But skin cancer is only the beginning of aspirin’s anti-cancer benefits. Three other recent studies, published in the Lancet, found that people who take a daily aspirin have as much as a 46% lower risk of colon, lung and prostate cancer compared with people who rarely or never take aspirin.
Greg Rubar still can’t believe how his bad luck turned into good fortune.
On Saturday, he was working in the Italian cafe where he’s been a waiter for 16 years.
A couple, who are regular customers at the restaurant, gave him a tip he will never forget. They had heard about him losing his car recently and about his difficulties in taking the bus to work.
The pair, who insisted on remaining anonymous, handed him an envelope with $5,000 in cash for a new car.
(WATCH the video and READ the story from Huffingpost)
Greg Rubar still can’t believe how his bad luck turned into good fortune.
On Saturday, he was working in the Italian cafe where he’s been a waiter for 16 years.
A couple, who are regular customers at the restaurant, gave him a tip he will never forget. They had heard about him losing his car recently and about his difficulties in taking the bus to work.
Inspired by a man who traded a red paper clip to get a house on Craig’s List, Brendan Haas hatched a scheme to earn a trip to Disney World. But instead of vacationing himself, the Massachusetts boy gave the all-expenses paid trip to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
It only took four months of trading, beginning with Brendan offering his toy soldier on a Facebook page his mother helped set up, called A Soldier for a Soldier.
On Memorial Day, the boy pulled the name of 2-year-old Liberty Hope Steele out of a hat. She is the daughter of U.S. Army Lt. Timothy Steele, 25, who was killed last August in Afghanistan. Brendan’s family was delighted that the winning family lived just a couple towns away and drove there to present the prize.
(WATCH the video below, or READ the story from MSNBC)
