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Shoplifting & The Human Psyche

Shoplifting & The Human Psyche

Police officers see it all from sunrise to sunset, and even in-between these two daily occurrences, officers are on guard...

Riley Howell Stops UNC Campus Shooter in Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Students

Riley Howell Stops UNC Campus Shooter in Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Students

The scene has become all to familiar. Another mass shooting on the grounds of a college campus. This time it...

11 yr old Teaches Forgiveness

11 yr old Teaches Forgiveness

“My daughter has not seen her biological dad since she was 4. She’s 11 now. When she was 2 he...

Giving Hope and Home to Teens, Joe Toles Adopts a Different Strategy

Giving Hope and Home to Teens, Joe Toles Adopts a Different Strategy

Considering the number of children that have no parents, and no real home, adoption makes perfect sense. But, what is...

Shantell “Shannie” Pooser Dreams of Being A Flight Attendant Against All Odds

Shantell “Shannie” Pooser Dreams of Being A Flight Attendant Against All Odds

“I want to be a flight attendant,” says 17-year-old Shantell “Shannie” Pooser who is diagnosed with Down Syndrome, and has...

10 yr old, Grace Eline Captures a Nation’s Heart

10 yr old, Grace Eline Captures a Nation’s Heart

It was a glorious moment as her smile lit up the room. The big room that is, the one known...

At 10, Winston Duncan had a Vision to Help the People of Africa – 8000 bikes later –

At 10, Winston Duncan had a Vision to Help the People of Africa – 8000 bikes later –

What's your best memory when you were 10 years old? Let me rephrase that. What is the memory that stuck...

A Miracle For Roxli

A Miracle For Roxli

You can't always explain how miracles happen. You just have to believe in them. Gena and Scott Doss were praying...

Ricky Rodriguez and The Game Scrabble, Takes Our Future To A Better Place

Ricky Rodriguez and The Game Scrabble, Takes Our Future To A Better Place

“When you want to do something, you do it,” says 9-year-old Ricky Rodriguez who is diagnosed with Autism. Even when...

Larry Dodson and the New Law Forcing Airlines to Respect Wheelchairs

Larry Dodson and the New Law Forcing Airlines to Respect Wheelchairs

"It's like you getting to your destination and your legs are missing or your legs are broken or injured and...

Carolyn Kenyon and Judith Jones Pay Healthcare Debt Off For NY Families

Carolyn Kenyon and Judith Jones Pay Healthcare Debt Off For NY Families

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that healthcare spending will on average rise 5.5 percent annually from 2017...

Nate Scarano was an Angel to Victims When Terrorists Attacked

Nate Scarano was an Angel to Victims When Terrorists Attacked

As Supervising Probation Officer Nate Scarano drove to work in the early morning of Dec 2, 2015, he felt unsettled....

Rescuing Dogs in CA Fire, Jeff Evans Shows Heroic Courage

Rescuing Dogs in CA Fire, Jeff Evans Shows Heroic Courage

In the early morning hours of November 8th, Jeff Evans stepped out of his Concow California home, alongside his 92...

“I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go. I love my life,” says Holly

“I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go. I love my life,” says Holly

A day before her death at just 27 years old, Holly Butcher wrote an open letter to the world. As...

Palestine Violin Maker Shalalda Yearns For Peace Through Music

Palestine Violin Maker Shalalda Yearns For Peace Through Music

As a high school student growing up in Palestine, Shehada Shalalda was very aware of the conflict and strife in...

Bruno Mars Celebrates Success By Giving Thanksgiving Meals to 24k Families

Bruno Mars Celebrates Success By Giving Thanksgiving Meals to 24k Families

Fresh off his global music tour, Bruno Mars is giving back in a big way. He has teamed up with...

The Kind of Special Person That People Hope for in the World

The Kind of Special Person That People Hope for in the World

It is a two hour road trip by bus from Monessen, Pennsylvania to the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Twice...

From AVM to MVP, Kimberly Valladares has Perspective

From AVM to MVP, Kimberly Valladares has Perspective

A brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries and veins in the brain. The...

Luke Mickelson Wants Every Child to Sleep in Peace

Luke Mickelson Wants Every Child to Sleep in Peace

Every year, more than two million kids in America will experience outright homelessness. These kids will have no bed to...

Tsunami Air Traffic Controller Gave His Life To Save Hundreds

Tsunami Air Traffic Controller Gave His Life To Save Hundreds

"He sacrificed his life in order to save the lives of many. This is what you call a hero." "A...

“The worst thing that can happen is I fail,” says Tabitha Ellis

“The worst thing that can happen is I fail,” says Tabitha Ellis

“I’m not sure she would have done half the things she’s done if not for her heart problem. It made...

10 Year Old Discovers Answer to Loneliness

10 Year Old Discovers Answer to Loneliness

She founded the organization, Kids4Seniors, when she was just 10 years old. Now at 12, Giavonna Antonucci is making a difference...

“We don’t know what suffering is,” Rob Fazio and the story of 9/11

“We don’t know what suffering is,” Rob Fazio and the story of 9/11

"You can't enjoy life if you don't know what suffering is," says Rob Fazio. It was by happenstance that I...

Teen Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Plane Loses Wheel

Teen Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Plane Loses Wheel

The one thing NOT to do in a crisis situation, is panic! Maggie Taraska says she might have panicked a...

Secretary Shocks Family and Friends Leaving Fortune to Students Future

Secretary Shocks Family and Friends Leaving Fortune to Students Future

She lived an incredibly modest life. Working for the same legal firm in Brooklyn, New York for 67 years, Sylvia...

A Principal With Principles; Meet Akbar Cook

A Principal With Principles; Meet Akbar Cook

How do you solve a problem of school attendance in a high school where the kids are skipping school because...

Seconds To Save Family From Burning Home; Meet Sam Click

Seconds To Save Family From Burning Home; Meet Sam Click

"He disregarded his personal safety to go in and save the lives of the five children and a male adult,"...

Courage Over Cancer; 4-Year-Old Joshua Salmoiraghi

Courage Over Cancer; 4-Year-Old Joshua Salmoiraghi

Four-year-old honorary Colorado Springs Police Officer Joshua Salmoiraghi was first diagnosed with cancer at just three years old. Stage-four kidney...

Wisdom From a 10 Year Old, After Beating Phelps Swim Record

Wisdom From a 10 Year Old, After Beating Phelps Swim Record

"Always have fun and never give up on your dreams no matter what anybody says," words of wisdom from a...

May El-Khalil’s Search For Peace

May El-Khalil’s Search For Peace

"Hit by a bus one morning, I nearly died. I was in a coma, stayed at the hospital for two...

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