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Unsung Hero Rescues Lives at Gaza-Israel Checkpoint
At the end of last month, with fighting between Gaza and Israel already in full swing, Israeli medic Moshe "Moshon" Vaknin drove an ambulance...
Marines Credited With Rescue at California Motel Fire
A half-dozen off-duty Marines who raced through a burning motel on Sunday warning sleeping guests that it was on fire were hailed as lifesaving...
Swedish Lutheran Church Celebrates 50 Years of Women Priests
The (Lutheran) Church of Sweden is about to mark the 50th anniversary of its decision in 1958 to ordain women as priests, and cathedrals...
Pooch Comes to Helpless Neighbor’s Aid
A little dog -- a fluffy white bichon frise -- helped lead owner to an elderly neighbor who collapsed in a nearby apartment. The...
2008 American Government Innovation Awards
Sweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North...
UN Agencies Continue to Rush Aid to Georgia
The United Nations is continuing to send much-needed assistance to the Georgian city of Gori, most of whose population has fled since the start...
Neurologist, Choir Explore Music’s Healing Power
SCIENCE- Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks believes in the healing effect of music for people suffering from such diseases as Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson's, autism and...
Silver Alert Helps Rescue Lost Seniors
When 83-year-old Helen Long left her North Carolina home without notice last January, her daughter called state police. The police alerted the...
Penguin’s Custom Wetsuit Puts Him Back in Swim of Things
To help a balding penguin to swim again rather than shivering on the sidelines while his 19 peers played in the water, biologists at...
Dolls for World Peace
Elderly women in an assisted living center are recapturing life by making dolls for children in Darfur. Two thousand dolls have been made, each...
Couple Reunited After 60 Years Apart Since the War
"When Anna Kozlov caught sight of the elderly man clambering out of a car in her home village of Borovlyanka in Siberia, she stopped...
First Snow for 100 Years Falls on Baghdad
The people in Baghdad delightedly woke up early on Friday morning to watch the extraordinary snowfall on their neighborhoods for the first time in...
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...
India to Expand Coverage of Pension for Poor
The government said it could afford to spend almost 38 billion rupees ($1 billion) on an expanded pension plan for India's elderly poor and...
Look Foward to Aging – for the Fitness
This story is a great feature on aging with fitness, from the LA Times. The paper also reports that age can actually be an...
Philly Cops Honored for Compassion and Fairness
"Philadelphia Police Chief of Staff Kimberly Byrd has won the coveted George Fencl Award - named for the exemplary head of Civil Affairs during...
Famed Wild Parrots of San Francisco Get City’s Protection (Video)
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to "protect and eventually replant trees on Telegraph Hill that serve as a favorite roost for...
Students Encourage New Yorkers to Sit on Stoops Again
Stoops, otherwise known as the front steps, used to be busy with families hanging out and kids playing. Today stoops are empty. Three New...
Dwindling White Congregation Gives Church to Blacks
A "dying" Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala, which had dwindled to about 40 elderly white people, decided to give their church and everything in...
Octogenarian Chorus Rocks the House With Remakes of Classic Rock Tunes
Imagine an elderly choral group of singers aged 73-100.
Now imagine that group belting out songs by the Rolling Stones, The Clash or Talking Heads....