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Cheers For Good Deeds By Airlines to Rescue Stranded Travelers
When airport problems stranded a business traveler on the West Coast and a cheerleading team on the East Coast, good Samaritans at rival airlines,...
Saudi Girls Get Gym Classes for the First Time (And Other Advances)
Public schools in Saudi Arabia will for the first time offer programs of physical exercise and sports for their girls. Even though the country’s...
Do Animals Have Compassion? These Five Certainly Seem to…
Random acts of kindness aren't only limited to human beings. In fact, animals should get way more credit for their surprising displays of love,...
Drones From Iran Actually Built to Save People – From Drowning
Another example of how a drone can be a lifesaver, rather than a killer, comes from a group of young engineers in Iran whose...
70-Year-old Australian Becomes Oldest Person to Swim English Channel
A 70-year-old Australian man officially became the oldest person to swim the English Channel, considered the 'Everest of swimming'.
Lifelong swimmer and life guard Cyril...
‘The Giver’ Film Gives Back
The Weinstein Company, producer of the new film, The Giver, starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, has quietly done some giving of its own.
Beautiful...
104-year-old Sets 2 New World Swimming Records
A 104-year-old Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books, finishing two races and becoming the world's oldest masters swimmer. Pan Am Pool...
Top 10 Good News Stories of 2013
Saying goodbye to 2013 feels bittersweet. When we remember the crime and tragedies of the year, we tend to forget all the good things....
Swimming Champ, 9, Gives Trophy to Hospitalized Rival
Before his swim meet on Dec. 7 had even started, Florida swimmer Josh Zuchowski, 9, decided he was not only going to compete in...
SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea, nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the...
Teen Born Without Legs and One Arm is Now World Swimming Champ
Born missing both legs and one arm, Kayla Wheeler's doctor recommended swimming as a form of physical therapy.
Now, at age 16, Wheeler is literally...
12-Year-old Boys Save Drowning Fisherman in New Zealand
It was hope in the form of a 12-year-old boy that saved Vincent Shao from sinking beneath the waves and drowning at Waihi Beach...
Thanks to Friends on Twitter, Tim Tebow and Missy Franklin Call Students After Tragedy
A group of high school students wanted to lift the spirits of their friends who had survived a deadly automobile accident over the weekend...
Happy Teens Grow Up to Be Wealthier Too
Which comes first, happiness or money? Much scholarly head tapping has been devoted to examining whether richer people are happier and if so, how...
Coast Guard Rescues 14 At Sea After Ship Sinks
The Coast Guard rescued 14 people adrift in life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles off the coast of Hatteras, N.C. on...
Navy Lieutenant Swims To Gold In London Paralympics, Months After Injury
Less than one year after being blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, U.S. swimmer Bradley Snyder has won a gold medal in the men's...
14-yo Canadian is Youngest to Swim Great Lake, Raising $90K for Cancer Kids
As Annaleise Carr left the water Sunday, she became the youngest girl ever to swim the 32-mile (52 km) crossing of Lake Ontario, besting...
Man Without Arms or Legs Swims Frigid Bering Strait
“A French swimmer who lacks legs and arms has successfully swum the frigid waters separating Alaska and Russia with the aid of paddle-like prosthetics,”...
Swimming Pool Built in the Sky – Transparent Bottom Looks Down 24 Stories to Street
The Holiday Inn Shanghai - Pudong Kangqiao features a cantilevered swimming pool that hangs over the building giving swimmers a bird's eye view onto...
Olympic Champ Missy Franklin Dedicates 4 Gold Medals to her Grieving Hometown, Aurora, Colo.
17 year-old swimmer Missy Franklin is being called the new Michael Phelps, after winning four gold medals and a bronze in London and competing...