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'Tiny Superheroes' Helps Sick Kids Believe They Can Fly

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:12:34 +0000

It’s no secret that kids like to use their imaginations, so one group with a great cause has decided to take that a step further. Tiny Superheroes is an organization that creates superhero capes for kids battling various diseases in a bid to raise money to help find cures for a multitude of ailments. Since [...]

YouTubers Make a Touching Video to Get Homeless People to Smile

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:29:22 +0000

A group more known for getting laughs has decided to get smiles, instead. TrueStoryASA makes prank videos that are posted on YouTube, but they recently decided to mix things up a bit by recording themselves giving the homeless food, clothing, water and money in exchange for smiles. They wrote on their page, “Our intention in [...]

Heroic Teen Reprimanded for Defending Classmate Against Knife-Wielding Bully

Donald Deane — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:25:20 +0000

You might think that a young kid who tackles a knife-wielding bully would be hailed as a hero, but you'd be wrong. In Calgary, a 13-year-old was officially reprimanded for defending a classmate who was being threatened by a thug with a weapon.

French Woman Returns Lost Dog Tags to WWII Veteran

Emerald Catron — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:45:18 +0000

It’s nice to know not everyone just gets bills and postcards from embarrassing radio stations for their former roommates. Sometimes people get the surprise of a lifetime. Irving Mann, a 88-year-old World War II veteran living in Rochester, NY, felt incredulous towards an email he received from a woman in France, who said she had [...]

Helen Mirren Plays Queen for Boy With Terminal Cancer

Donald Deane — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:16 +0000

After Queen Elizabeth II said no to a dying boy’s wish to visit Buckingham Palace, Helen Mirren, who’s currently playing Her Majesty onstage, stepped in and made his dream come true. Dame Mirren, we love you even more now. Apparently, the Queen declined to meet 10-year-old Oliver Burton, who suffers from Down’s syndrome and terminal [...]

Hero Dad Goes Out to Buy Daughter Ice Cream, Winds Up Stopping Robbery

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:44 +0000

A good dad has proven to be an even better Good Samaritan. Frank Ventola ran out to the supermarket in Denver to pick up some ice cream for his daughter last weekend, only to single-handedly stop a man trying to rob Vicodin from the store’s pharmacy. Ventola was on the hunt for coffee ice cream [...]

Kindly Customer Leaves $1,000 Tip So Waitress Can Visit Italy

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:58:50 +0000

Some days, you make more in tips than others. A woman on Tumblr shared a story about how her waitress mother recently got a $1,000 tip from a customer on a $60 bill. The rather large gratuity came after the woman told the customer how her family is from Italy and she has studied art [...]

Prom-Bound Seniors Stop Limo to Save Car Crash Victims

Emerald Catron — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:39:15 +0000

A group of teens had a legendary prom night, for a rather unusual reason. They didn’t set a new high school keg stand record — they stopped on the way to the dance to rescue some people who were in a car accident. The group of 20 students, dressed in gowns and tuxedos, were riding [...]

High School Baseball Team Lifts Up Car to Save Trapped Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:19:50 +0000

If the Valley High School baseball team in Sacramento, California is as clutch on the field as it is off of it, it may very well win a championship. After a woman accidentally hit and backed over her teenage daughter, several players on the team ran to the scene and saved the day by lifting [...]

Charles Ramsey Rescues Missing Women, Becomes Internet Hero

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:14:53 +0000

Charles Ramsey is a hero after freeing three women who had been kidnapped and held captive by his neighbor for 10 years. The Cleveland, Ohio man has also quickly become a viral video star after giving a series of descriptive interviews about the rescue. “I barbecued with this dude! We ate ribs and whatnot, and [...]

Amazing Poster Sends Secret Message to Help Abused Children

Emerald Catron — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:32:52 +0000

ANAR, a Spanish organization that helps at-risk children, found an interesting way to target only the people who needed their services, without their parents finding out they wanted to get help — a lenticular photo. If you think you’re unfamiliar with lenticular photographs, you’re probably not — they’re those pictures that used to come in [...]

See a Homeless Man's Reaction to Receiving $3,000

Emerald Catron — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:45 +0000

A few months ago, YouTube comedy channel Whatever 2ND struck gold when they filmed a homeless man do a pretty ridiculous trick with his mustache. The video went viral, and today it has over 1.7 million views. To repay him, Whatever 2ND raised money via Indiegogo to give to the man, named Clydesdale. They filmed [...]

Principal Got Rid of Security Guards and Then Something Unbelievable Happened

Emerald Catron — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:03:26 +0000

Where most people saw a “drop out factory” and “career killer,” Andrew Bott saw a school with potential. Bott was the sixth principal in seven years when he took the job at Orchard Gardens, a failing K-8 school in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He proceeded to eliminate the school’s security infrastructure and used the money to jumpstart [...]

Best Son Ever Pays Off Mom's Mortgage

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:28:05 +0000

If they ever have a contest to find the world’s best son, we’ve got a clear frontrunner. This man paid off his mother’s mortgage as a way of thanking her for all she’s done for him. The kind son posted a video of him getting the check ready to YouTube and then handing it to [...]

Watch a Heroic Police Officer Save a Man from an Oncoming Train

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:08:59 +0000

It looks like something out a superhero movie, but it’s for real. A police officer in Columbia saved a man from an oncoming train when he tried to jump in front of it. The man appears to try and commit suicide by stepping in front of the train when the cop reached in and grabbed [...]

Fourth Grade Student Writes Awesome Essay Defending Gay Marriage

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:28:31 +0000

The debate over gay marriage has gotten a little more childish. And that’s a good thing. A fourth grade student who was given an assignment to write a persuasive essay tackled the controversial subject and the results have gone viral, with his teacher posting the piece on Reddit. Yes, the essay has some grammatical errors [...]

Watch a Young Cancer Patient Score an Amazing Touchdown

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:40:07 +0000

For one moment, Noah Roberts was the big man on campus at East Carolina University. Eight-year-old Noah, who is battling a brain tumor, got to play in the spring game for the ECU football team this past weekend, running for a 40-yard touchdown on the game’s last play in a scene that culminated with the [...]

Homeless Man Vows to Share Fortune After Winning $50,000 Lottery Jackpot

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:16:23 +0000

A homeless man in Bloomington, Illinois is ready to spread the wealth. Dennis Mahurin, a homeless man who’s been living in a tent since 1978, recently won $50,000 playing the lottery. Mahurin has no plans to let his newfound fortune change him, but he does hope it will change others: With all the other homeless [...]

How Can You Help Paraplegic Man from New Jersey Rebuild His Home Destroyed By Hurricane Sandy?

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:32:18 +0000

Eric Katz is one of thousands of people whose life was turned upside down by Hurricane Sandy, but his story is definitely more unique than most. Katz, 30, is a paraplegic from Toms River, New Jersey who finished building his custom-built dream home two weeks before Sandy destroyed it last fall. The house was a [...]

Clever Dad Hacks Donkey Kong Game So Daughter Can Play As a Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:02:30 +0000

Equal rights have finally come to video games. In a bit of ingenuity, a game developer named Mike Mika managed to hack the classic video game Donkey Kong so that instead of playing as Mario, his three-year-old daughter could play as Pauline, one of the female characters who usually needs to be rescued. Mika’s quest [...]