Last week, a school bus full of children started rolling down a hill, straight into oncoming traffic. But everything turned out okay - thanks to one brave 11-year-old. More »
A group of six Maasai warriors have left their African village for the first time to run the London Marathon, hoping to raise enough money to bring clean drinking water to their village. More »
When Toronto butcher Jose Lima won more than $14 million in the lottery, he shared the wealth, handing out thousands of dollars - and 50,000 pounds of chicken. More »
A group of former slaves started a singing group to keep their school from shutting down - and more than a century later, America's first all-black hit singing group is still going strong. More »
When a soldier tripped a live grenade, he didn't run for cover: Instead, he dove onto the grenade to save his fellow men. Amazingly, he survived. More »
When a young man tried to mug a New York City social worker, he got a lesson in kindness -- and a free meal. More »
When former police officer David Rodriguez caught an armed robber in the act, he knew he had to stop him -- despite being paralyzed. More »
When a boy was bullied for wearing pink to his school in Nova Scotia, two seniors came up with a plan to make the bullies see red. More »
Today, microfinance is a common buzzword. But it all started in 1974, when a man lent $27 of his own money to a group of basket-weavers in Bangladesh. More »
Skydiving instructor Robert Cook has just been awarded an Australian Bravery Award, one of Australia's most prestigious honors. But the recognition is bittersweet for Cook's family: Robert himself is not alive to receive it. More »
Flipper isn't the only life-saving dolphin: Earlier this week, a New Zealand dolphin named Moko saved the lives of two beached whales in a dramatic rescue. More »
Buster Martin, a 101-year-old from London, is Britain's oldest worker. Now, he plans to be its oldest marathon runner, too. More »
When one of Starbucks barista Sandie Anderson's regulars said she needed a kidney, Anderson offered up her own. Now is that customer service, or what? More »
You may think that you're a pretty positive person. But we're betting no matter how hard you try, you wouldn't be able to out-happy Matthieu Ricard, a French Buddhist monk who's been nicknamed "the happiest man on earth." More »
Since recovering from a near-death experience at the age of 10, a young man from Liberia named Kimmie Weeks has been working to restore peace to his war-torn nation and the rest of the African continent. More »