Paralysed inventor to sell robotic ‘trousers’ for $100,000 that let patients walk and even climb stairs An Israeli entrepreneur has…
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A Sit-In Success Story
Parents in a low-income Chicago neighborhood endured a 43-day sit-in to get a library for their children.
Grandmother Runs a Hospital of Hope
Several times a week, a 74-year-old grandmother drives into the murder capital of the world to help keep a sanctuary for its citizens alive.Guadalupe Arizpe De La Vega insists on returning to her hometown to preserve the Hospital de la Familia, a health center she started more than 30 years ago.
92-Year-Old Has Eye on World Senior Games
One sprightly 92-year-old man is gearing up to go the distance at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George,…
Facebook founder to give $100 million to N.J. school
One of America’s richest and youngest is giving back. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of social-networking powerhouse Facebook, is…
walking the length of the Amazon River
We’re definitely on the home straight, but things aren’t easy due mainly to lack of sleep and the miles that…
Riding 365 Waves for a Cause
A New Hampshire man pledges to surf every day for a year — even in snow — to raise money…
U.S. billionaires pledge fortunes to charity
Dozens of U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give at least half their fortunes to charity as part of a…
Serve as a full-time surrogate mother
Fawzia al-Thiab stands surrounded by five children in their kitchen. This wouldn’t be an extraordinary picture in Syria, but these…
Write, surf & move around just by sniffing
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the internet,…