Dog pulls owner off railroad tracks
Boston (WCVB/CNN) – A Massachusetts pit bull saved her owner from an oncoming freight train, risking life and limb, to pull her off the tracks. The woman survived, but the dog is severely injured. David Lanteigne has adored this pit bull since recuing Lilly from a shelter toContinue Reading
Kobe Bryant mask raises $67,100 for charity
Kobe Bryant‘s pain ended up being charity’s gain. The Los Angeles Lakers guard auctioned off the mask he wore this season after breaking his nose and suffering a concussion in the NBA All-Star Game to raise money for the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation. Jesse Johnson/US PresswireThe maskContinue Reading
Krystal Greco Can Ride Again After Paralysis
Krystal Greco (16 years old) is once again able to enjoy her passion – horseback riding. Two years ago she became suddenly paralyzed from a ruptured disk in her spine. She spent nine weeks rehabilitating at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore at the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury where she learnedContinue Reading
Josh Hamilton hits four 2-run HRs
BALTIMORE — Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton‘s torrid 2012 season now includes his first career four-home-run game, all of them two-run shots in a 10-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. “Obviously it’s, other than being in the World Series, the highlight of my big-league career,” Hamilton said. Hamilton homered off Jake Arrieta in the firstContinue Reading
Anthony Popa Urria – Two Year Old Genius
CALGARY — He’s not quite out of diapers yet, but a Calgary toddler has become the youngest person in Canada to join the ranks of the international high IQ society, Mensa. Meet Anthony Popa Urria. At two years and nine months, Anthony has a staggeringly high IQ score of 154,Continue Reading
Loyola High schoolers give lessons through community service
Loyola High seniors teach economics to junior high students at a Pasadena-based center that helps educate youths who were abused or need special attention. There was a shy seventh-grade boy sitting at his desk in the far back of the classroom, head down, looking bored and uninterested.Then Loyola High kickerContinue Reading
Scarlett Johansson on mom’s influence
Scarlett Johansson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday, and the 27-year-old actress says she has her mom to thank for her success. “One of the most important things [my mom] did growing up was that she always said to me that I could do whatever IContinue Reading
Meet Miley Cyrus’ New Rescue Puppy, Happy
Miley Cyrus is not just an actress, pop singer and multi-millionaire, she is an animal lover, too. Miley Cyrus founded a little puppy left abandoned in a box in front of a Walmart on May 2. The 19-year-old tweeted to her 5.6 million followers, “He was left in a boxContinue Reading
KinderTown’s Educational App Store Adds Apps For Bigger Kids
KinderTown, the startup behind the educational iOS app store for parents (and honestly, a personal fav) is expanding its focus today. According to feedback from its users, the number one complaint was that KinderTown wasn’t available for older children. Now that changes, as the service will bump up its supportedContinue Reading
Supermoon on Cinco De Mayo
OK outdoorsmen and women, are you ready for the Supermoon? NASA scientists say this full moon Saturday night will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than any full moon this year. The scientific term is “perigee moon,” but all we need to know is that it’s going toContinue Reading