It seems all too simple, a parakeet goes missing, but is reunited with its owner after telling police where he lives. Piko, the 2-year-old parakeet, was found Sunday at a hotel in Japan. After spending two days at a police station, Piko started repeating his address to authorities. Police trackedContinue Reading
There was some outstanding sportsmanship displayed at the Ohio state track meet last Saturday. Meghan Vogel, a junior at West Liberty-Salem High School in Ohio, won the state’s Division III 1,600 meter race, but she gained more attention for a race in which she finished last. Vogel wasContinue Reading
(CBS News) GLOUSTER, Ohio – Most of us face a rough patch at one time or another in our lives. CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman met a man who can teach us all something about how to turn sadness into joy. After Jim Cotter last his wife lastContinue Reading
(05-08) 15:58 PDT Honolulu (AP) — Hawaii’s state bird was once so endangered, there were just 30 left on the planet. Now, the Aloha State is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to move hundreds of geese away from runways at the airport in the Garden Island ofContinue Reading
When Orlando Morel was just 6 years old, the Haitian refugee was starving, dehydrated and lost among the masses of a tightly packed boat, feeling completely alone although he was with his mother. Morel was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard that day, 18 years ago. Today, he can doContinue Reading
Not only did 40 hockey players set a new world record for the longest game ever played, they also surpassed their fundraising goal. It was a grueling 10.5 days at the Chestermere arena which ended Wednesday evening. When the final whistle blew, a cheque for $1.4-million was presentedContinue Reading
There definitely is good news in the world. Many people watch the television and see so much negativity. It really makes me want to turn off the TV. There really should be a balance and that is why we have The Good World News. With all of the negative newsContinue Reading
MLAY, Nev. — Lions, tigers and white foxes, oh my! The Safe Haven Rescue Zoo is a 160-acre playground for once endangered animals. Lynda Sugasa opened the sanction in Imlay, Nev. in 2006, as an extension of her Illinois-based nonprofit organization. “It’s kind of like an orphanage for the unwanted,”Continue Reading
Matthew Stafford attended the Griese-Hutchinson-Woodson Champions for Children’s Hearts weekendto benefit the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Before he left, the Detroit Lions quarterback reached into his pocket and made a huge difference in the life of a family. After befriending Mott patient Faith Falzone and her brother Will,Continue Reading
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – Authorities say East Point’s smallest firefighter was able to squeeze into a storm drain to rescue a toddler who had fallen inside. Fire officials say 1-year-old Darnell Brown’s foot slipped into the drain Sunday night, and he then rolled 20 to 25 feet to the bottom. East Point firefightersContinue Reading