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		It was getting pretty intense Glenbrook South High School senior Tom Foust works part time as a lifeguard and swim instructor. But on Saturday night, the 17-year-old put his lifesaving skills to use outside the pool -- on a set of railroad tracks. With Amtrak trains barreling toward him from both directions, Foust opened an elderly woman's car door, unbuckled her seat belt... Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/09/14 read the story
		Homer Plackmeyer, 102, takes his job as paperboy seriously At 5:30 in the morning, 102-year-old Homer Plackmeyer can't just roll over in bed and sleep in. The residents on the second floor of Building D at Parkside Meadows Retirement Community in St. Charles depend on him. They want their newspaper, and he's their paperboy. Actually, he doesn't have to deliver the papers... Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/06/08 read the story
		Girl Wins Geographic Bee First in 17 Years Caitlin Snaring of Redmond, Washington, is the new National Geographic Bee champion. The home schooled eighth grader won by knowing which Vietnamese city, split by a river with the same name, was an imperial capital for more than a century.. . Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/05/23 read the story
		Cat the mother of seven chicks CAT has shown that maternal instincts can overcome predatory ones by adopting seven chicken chicks to bring up with its own kittens.Nimra, a one-year-old cat in the city of Madaba which lies just south of Amman in Jordan, has been looking after the chicks since their mother hen died a month ago. . Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/05/13 read the story YV suggests gallery to see click
		World's Oldest Person to Graduate Nola Ochs, who began taking college classes more than 30 years ago, has become a celebrity on the campus of Fort Hays State University in Kansas, where she will graduate with a degree in history. "Several years ago, I quit counting my age," Ochs said. "We celebrated my birthday, but I didn't want to be told how old I am." Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/05/13 read the story
		82-YEAR-OLD EX-BEAUTY QUEEN STOPS INTRUDER BY SHOOTING OUT TIRES Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder.Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage building where thieves had previously made off with old farm equipment. Yashwant read this story and posted on Sunday 2007/04/21 read the story .
		THE FIGHTER CHEF Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the television chef and champion of small producers, is fronting a new offensive against the supermarkets which he portrays as a "bullying" force destroying British food. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14, 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2007/03/02 read the story . For additional reading click here.
		HIS NEW LORDSHIP PROBABLY, the first court observation that KG Balakrishnan, India’s new Chief Justice designate, made was when he was all of eight years. That was when he used to climb the worn laterite steps to the old Munsif’s court in Ettumannor, carrying food for his father, a poor Dalit court clerk who had struggled through much of his life. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2007/01/19 read the story
		Banker of the poorer The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006, divided into two equal parts, to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty. Micro-credit is one such means. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/10/20 read the story
		Reach of the Rishi Valley School With its spirited commitment to a better planet, the Rishi Valley campus, is a realm of modern day rishis. Annie Besant of the Theosophical Society proclaimed in 1920, that Jiddu Krishnamurthy, a young man of Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh was an emerging spiritual... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/09/15 read the story
		Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter is dead - long live the Crocodile Hunter. Steve Irwin, the famed Australian conservationist and television personality has passed on and will no longer be able to make us laugh with his outgoing, accented personality or his love for the natural world... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/09/08 read the story
		Blind gym teacher carries the torch Steven Sloan is a 50-year-old blind man who pushes himself in the gym every day so he can push the kids he teaches. He's an impossible-to-ignore example that even in a tough New York neighborhood, you can do what you set your mind and body to do. It's the lesson Sloan says he... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/09/01 read the story
		Staring down droughts in Dharwad In just seven years, with a modest one-time investment, BAIF, Dharwad has lifted 10,000 people to good lives. It is March,2004. We are driving from Dharwad to Surshettikoppa. Off the highway, it's a blistering landscape. On a powdery earth, trees are holding their... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/08/18 read the story
		Quadriplegic Hiker Realizes His Dream A Japanese quadriplegic on Monday partly realized his dream of ascending one of Switzerland's highest mountains, thanks to a friend who carried him up with the help of a high-tech robot suit. Seiji Uchida, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since a traffic accident... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/08/11 read the story
		Stranger saves father, 2 sons from drowning A St. Catharines, Ont., man who plunged into the Niagara River and rescued a man and his two children from drowning Saturday is still stunned by his own actions. "I don't know how I did it. I don't know how in that type of... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/08/04 read the story
		Natural diesel alternatives are beginning to deliver Prof. U Shrinivasa's SuTRA is demonstrating the power and simplicity of straight vegetable fuel oils. In 2001 when GoodNewsIndia reported on the work of Prof. Udipi Shrinivasa and his organisation SuTRA, at the Indian... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/07/28 read the story
		A school for the poor Though it sits on several hundred acres of woodland within Chennai, the Theosophical Society [TS] maintains a low profile. Few people know what theosophy is or what goes on in the vast campus. To its north is the Adyar... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/07/21 read the story
		Brain-implant enables mind over matter A man paralysed from the neck down by knife injuries sustained five years ago can now check his email, control a robot arm and even play computer games using the power of thought alone. Matt Nagle's extraordinary abilities... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/07/14 read the story
		Man's brain rewires itself after 19 years in coma A man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years has made a dramatic recovery after his brain spontaneously rewired itself, scientists believe. "He was able to grunt but only inconsistently,"... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/07/07 read the story
		Humble grocer quietly gave away millions Waldemar Kaminski, who quietly ran a food stand in Broadway Market for more than 50 years, has been revealed to be a self-made millionaire and philanthropist who anonymously gave millions to Buffalo charities and neighbors... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/06/30 read the story
		Brain dead woman gives birth to baby A 38-year-old woman who was declared brain-dead, but was kept alive by machines for more than two months died after giving birth to a premature baby girl. Doctors at Milan's Niguard hospital said that they shut down the machinery a few hours after the birth... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/06/16 read the story
		Jaipur Foot : The real story "Oh, Jaipur foot!" you exclaim. "I know all about it." Well, what do you know? That the artificial foot was invented in 1968 in Jaipur by a traditional craftsman? That the orthopaedic surgeon Dr P K Sethi, who brought it to the world's... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/06/09 read the story
		Alka wrings plastic waste for profit It is strange to hear Alka Zadgaonkar say, "Plastics are useful to our lives. We can't deny that." Were she a spokeswomen for the dishonest, self-serving plastic industry lobby, that statement would be understandable... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/06/02 read the story
		Vasimalai discovers his roots at IIM-A After making a movement out of micro-finance, DHAN Foundation keeps on innovating. Among the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management that were commissioned in the 1960s, the one at Ahmedabad [IIMA]... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/05/19 read the story
		Ultra-marathon runner, not yet in school Budhia Singh's mother does not know when he was born - a fact that provides an insight into his deprived childhood but, more importantly, makes being listed in the record books as the world's youngest marathon runner problematic... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/05/12 read the story
		Sunita Williams steps into Kalpana's shoes Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been appointed along with two others as part of the replacement crew for the six-month-long International Space Station Expedition to be carried out in September this year... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/05/05 read the story
		Disabled Artist Brings Inspiring Story to Korea Born without arms and underdeveloped legs, British artist Alison Lapper overcame great obstacles in learning to use her mouth to create her work. The artist held a press conference with her son... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/04/28 read the story
		G G Parikh's 'something for Yusuf', brings Meherally to life Dr G G Parikh, aged 82, sits ram-rod straight in the front seat of the Sumo as it moves fairly swiftly through Mumbai. It's the Republic Day, 2006 and streets are free. Mangla Behn, his wife sits with... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/04/21 read the story
		Revolutionary heart op for girl A 12-year-old girl is believed to have become the first UK patient to have her heart transplant reversed. Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital acted when Hannah Clark's body... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/04/14 read the story
		A healthier addiction “I HAVE a religious belief in the power of ideas propelled by entrepreneurial energy,” declares Vinod Khosla. Coming from some businessmen such... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/03/31 read the story
		HOW CAN I HELP?' That's Victoria Yancey's full-time job. Ms. Yancey (far left) offers support to the family and classmates of 15-year-old Augustus Favors who was shot and killed last month.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/03/24 read the story
		Family Walks on All Fours Five adult siblings who can walk only on all fours have been found in Turkey, researchers say. These human quadrupeds may provide clues to how humans evolved... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/03/17 read the story
		Touch the heart, and teach the child Michele Taylor–Brown has unlocked a formula influencing hundreds of children during her 15 years as an elementary teacher. Her motto is “Touch the heart, and teach the child.” Taylor–Brown has been named... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/02/23 read the story
		Making the trains run on time ALL over India, the ultra-modern jostles jarringly beside the medieval—or, these days, underneath it. At Chawri Bazar, in old Delhi, bicycle-rickshaw riders tout for business, while stray cows lounge around in... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/02/23 read the story
		How kidnapped journalists coped “I have now a face like everyone else,” declared Isabelle Dinoire, confronting the world’s press on Monday after becoming the world’s first face transplant recipient in November 2005. Except that, by definition... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/02/10 read the story
		How kidnapped journalists coped Snatched suddenly into captivity, Western journalists kidnapped in the Middle East and elsewhere often develop survival techniques ranging fromprayer tocalisthenics, say some who... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/01/27 read the story
		"Spontaneously" Understand Geometry Children of an isolated Indian group in the Amazon jungle have a seemingly natural understanding of geometry concepts, even though their language doesn't have words for them, according to a new study... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/01/20 read the story
		What slum children can teach us Anandan is an unusual teaching institution in Calcutta. It aims to provide all-round, supplementary education to very poor slum children. It was started in 1999 by a group of... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/01/13 read the story
		1942 Love Story has a happy ending Baig Hussain could not believe his ears when he received a marriage proposal from Shajra Bi last week. Without wasting a minute Hussain said Kabool hai in the presence of a moulvi and brought home his bride.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2006/01/06 read the story
		Child of the Year PA French children's magazine named as its "Child of the Year" a British schoolgirl who was credited with saving about 100 tourists at a Thai beach when the tsunami struck last year. The upcoming issue of "... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/12/30 read the story
		Silent revolution Pandurang Hegde argues that going against the grain doesn’t require many millions of dollars – just the work of a lifetime. The seeds of Chipko – popularly known as the ‘tree huggers’ – were sown in the early 1980s in northern India and the forests of the Himalayas. For three years Sunderlal Bahuguna and other activists... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/12/09 read the story
		One Kenyan man's mission With a few radical ideas and a band of scrappy followers armed with hoes and pitchforks, a self-taught economist from Kenya is trying to set Africa free - liberate it from the billions of dollars in aid it receives every year from rich countries. The US alone spent $3.3 billion on aid to Africa last year. But James Shikwati - along with an increasing number of Africans - argues that rich-nation aid often ends up fostering... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/12/02 read the story
		Breath of Spirit Gently and powerfully, song reaches into the depths of my heart, echoing off the ancient walls of red-rock canyons. Coyotes call while birds soar overhead. Ocean waves dance with the wind and thunder. Whales move in silent power and grace beneath the surface, while the far-away cry of an eagle is heard. A feeling of profound stillness & connected-ness to all that is, permeates my being as the music comes to an end... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/11/12 read the story
		Frenchman Rescued From Well After 5 Days A French motorcylist has been rescued from a well, where he had been trapped for five days following an accident in the eastern France region of Moselle, rescue officials said Tuesday.The 22-year-old man had been trapped under his motorized bicycle in the five-feet-deep well. He was spotted by a farmer from his... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/11/04 read the story
		Small is beautiful A gray mist clings to the hills as farmer Gideon Porth bends down to cut delicate 4- to 5-inch lettuce shoots. The fresh organic greens will fetch a premium price the next day at a farmers' market in the heart of Boston, 100 miles away. Mr. Porth is in his second year of running Atlas Farm, a patchwork of rented fields in the fertile lands that border... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/10/28 read the story
		The redoubtable babus of Mumbai Here's an example of how the meek might inherit India. Here too, is an insight into what really makes India tick, keeping hope alive amidst unrelieved chaos and selfishness. A small bunch of office clerks, typists and receptionists in Mumbai have found themselves a mission. During working hours they were viewed as rulers of ossified interiors of... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/10/22 read the story
		Granny hands out fivers A 79-year-old grandmother has been handing out £5 notes to passers-by in Liverpool city centre. Ruby Dickens says she doesn't need the money and wants to spread a little happiness. Ruby has been approaching people in Liverpool for the past three days and offering them a fiver. She says she gives away around £150 per day and targets mainly students... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/10/15 read the story
		Barber of Beijing cuts through a century of change The barber of Houhai plies his trade the old way: a silver razor moves deliberately over the head, across the face, along the bridge of the nose, down the neck. He moves in unruffled concentration, as if time suspends for his work. In some ways, it does. Jing Qui is his name. He has cut hair in Beijing for 77 years, or "four dynasties... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/10/07 read the story
		Happy 1st birthday for tiniest baby Rumaisa Rahman and her twin sister, Hiba, got the full treatment on their first birthday: a full chorus of "Happy Birthday," a cake with enough icing to coat their hands and mouths, and the report of a proud papa about how well they are doing... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/09/23 read the story
		'I had a rare cancer at age 16' When Chris Salmen qualified as a pharmacist, he had no doubts about where he wanted to work and what he wanted to specialise in. As a teenager Chris had survived a particularly rare form of cancer - lymphoma...... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/09/16 read the story
		Third brother to have transplant The third of four brothers diagnosed with a rare life-threatening disease is to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Nathan Hartley and his brothers Daniel, Joshua and Luke, from Romsey, Hants, suffer from the genetic disorder X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome..... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/09/02 read the story
		Youngest Maths PG Aarti Jajoo of Jaipur has earned the distinction of being the youngest post-graduate in Mathematics in India, her family claimed. The achievement has found the 16-year-old girl, who passed M Sc (Final) examination with 77.5 per cent marks from the University of Rajasthan, a place in the Limca Book of records, which informed them about the same through a communication on July 1, the family said.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/08/27 read the story
		Cub saved from the Cooking pot A tiger cub was saved from ending up on the dinner table when a Good Samaritan who heard about it being sold to a restaurant bought the cat. Malaysian trade commissioner to Papua New Guinea Datuk Dr S.H. Foo heard from friends that a little tiger caught by villagers in Rompin, Pahang, was sold to a Chinese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Thursday 2005/08/18 read the story
		Out of flames A Fayetteville man pulled a 21-year-old out of flames Sunday after a fiery car crash, police said. Police said the driver lost control of his vehicle and drove into several gas tanks at a convenience store located near the intersection of Bragg Boulevard and Santa Fe Drive... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/08/12 read the story
		Brain Dead Woman Gives Birth to Baby On life support for nearly three months in order to facilitate the birth of her child, Susan Torres on Tuesday gave birth to a baby girl. Susan Anne Catherine Torres was born by Caesarean section two months premature and weighed just one pound and 13 ounces and measured 13.5 inches long. Torres, a researcher at the American National Institutes of Health... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/08/05 read the story
		Teen Rescuer Called a Hero A rescued hiker is back home in Texas and the teenage boy who found him is being called a hero. The 15-year-old was on a sightseeing tour when he spotted the hiker in the lava fields last Friday. The man had been missing for nearly a week. The phone is ringing off the hook for 15-year-old Peter Frank. Reporters around the world want to talk to the boy... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/07/29 read the story
		Separated conjoined twins to head home Two Zimbabwean brothers who were born joined at the abdomen are heading home from Toronto on Wednesday, four months after they were separated in a life-saving operation. The Hospital for Sick Children will hold a goodbye party Tuesday for the twins Tinashe and Tinotenda Mufuka, who will be returning to Zimbabwe with their mother and nurse on their first birthday... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/07/22 read the story
		Woman survives 5-day ordeal alone on glacier Twenty minutes into what was supposed to be a brief walk near the popular tourist attraction of Mendenhall Glacier, Shokoufeh "Fay" Attaei was lost. For the next five days she wandered the region's glacier fields and woods. She survived on blueberries and snow. She covered herself with leaves to stay warm at night. Bears came so close that she could hear the bugs... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/07/16 read the story
		13 years to born A healthy baby girl has been born in the US after spending the last 13 years in frozen suspension as an embryo. This is thought to be the longest an embryo has been frozen and resulted in a health baby. Baby Laina Beasley has two teenage siblings who were conceived through IVF at the same time as she was frozen, which technically makes her a triplet... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/07/08 read the story
		Born in 1890 A Dutch woman who swears by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life celebrated her 115th birthday on Wednesday as the oldest living person on record. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher, was born in 1890, the year Sioux Indians were massacred by the US military at the Battle of Wounded Knee. ... Yashwant read this story and posted on Fridayday 2005/07/01 read the story
		Lions the saviours A 12-year old girl in Ethiopa, kidnapped by men trying to force her into a marriage, was rescued by three lions who chased off her attackers and then guarded her until police arrived. The men had held the girl for seven days, repeatedly beating her, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, “They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift... Yashwant read this story and posted on Saturday 2005/06/25 read the story
		Cub scout found alive AN 11-YEAR-OLD cub scout was back with his family yesterday after an extraordinary four-day survival ordeal alone in the mountains of Utah. Hopes of finding Brennan Hawkins alive had been fading following his disappearance from a Boy Scouts of America campground... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/06/24 read the story
		Families to Donate Land to Park Weston Cook wanted to leave the city behind and build a country home with plenty of elbow room for his children to roam. Cook and four other families with a similar goal found their dream spot in a hidden valley south of Brentwood. They bought 216 acres five years ago, but hit a wall of opposition as conservationists and wildlife regulators balked at letting... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/06/17 read the story
		Partnership with God, my sister and me First woman ever to give birth after an ovarian tissue transplant from another person. Her identical twin sister, Melanie Morgan, donated the ovarian tissue that made Yarber fertile. "She tried to treat it as a normal, regular pregnancy, and we tried to do the same,'" Dr. L. Braden Richmond said "Certainly in the back of our minds we knew that it was certainly special... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/06/10 read the story
		Couple married for 80 years Percy and Florence Arrowsmith, who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary Wednesday, say the secrets of the world's longest marriage are: Don't sleep on an argument, always share a kiss and hold hands before going to bed. Percy Arrowsmith, 105, and his 100-year-old wife were married on June 1, 1925.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/06/03 read the story
		99-Year-Old Librarian If you travel 10 miles southeast of Lawrence, you may come upon a small building in Vinland that just happens to be the state's oldest subscription library. If you step inside the Coal Creek Library on a Sunday, you may chance a meeting with the librarian who's been coming to work there since 1926.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/05/27 read the story
		After Ivan In Ivan Noble's tumour diaries, published on this site until his death earlier this year, one woman was often mentioned but never identified. As a book of his columns comes out, and a bursary remembering him is launched, his wife Almut has decided it's time to talk... Yashwant read this story and posted on Monday 2005/05/23 read the story
		Dog saves newborn abandoned in Kenyan forest A newborn abandoned in a Kenyan forest was reportedly saved by a dog thatýnestled the child among her own litter of puppies. According to witnesses, the dog found the two-week-old baby girl on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Friday. The baby is believed to have been dumped there in a plastic bag.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/05/13 read the story
		Environment-friendly Wedding It was a model wedding for the dusty Tamil Nadu town, a hands-on lesson on how to celebrate even while taking care of the earth's resources. Feast cooked on biogas stoves, decorations using flowers, food served on banana leaves and steel tumblers to distribute water - the wedding of Vellore Srinivasan.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/04/29 read the story
		Children's own bank An effort pioneered in India to organise a formal bank for street children and run by children themselves is now spreading across India and the world. For just over 3 years, Children's Development Bank [CDB] aka Bal Vikas Bank, has been running in Delhi. It serves 300 street... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/04/29 read the story
		An NRI walks the talk British-Indian Balwant Singh Grewal will Wednesday complete his 4,100-km charity walk for AIDS, cancer and tsunami at the southern-most point in India. "The Great Charity Walk" that was started by Grewal Nov 16 last year in Amritsar will have covered nine Indian states when he walks the last 90 km to reach Kanyakumari.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/04/15 read the story
		Acehnese villagers struggle on Imran Abdullah had just come back from an overnight fishing trip when the earthquake happened on 26 December. He was still on the beach when he saw the first of the waves coming, but his knowledge of the sea and quick wits kept him alive. He clung to a plank of wood and used the momentum of the water to steer. When he finally fell off he managed to reach a coconut tree and climbed up to safety... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/04/15 read the story
		Around-the-World Flight Attempting aeronautical firsts is nothing new for Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard. Coming from a family of explorers, he made history in March 1999 with a nonstop, around-the-world flight in a hot-air balloon, the Breitling Orbiter 3. Now Piccard has set his sights on another ambitious adventure: an around-the-world flight in a solar-powered airplane, the Solar Impulse... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/04/08 read the story
		Little Ellen to be reunited with £15,000 benefactor Businessman Phil Walker is planning a visit to West Norfolk to see the swimming pool he has had built for disabled Marshland youngster Ellen Beckett. Mr Walker – who is in his fifties and is the father of two children himself – made his generous offer to build a pool for six-year-old Ellen after meeting the captivating schoolgirl on a holiday in Cyprus last year... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/03/25 read the story
		Dog Saves Family When he started acting squirrelly, we looked around. All of the sudden you could feel the wind and the pressure and we slammed the front door just after a plant came flying through and he (dog) led us into the hallway... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/03/11 read the story
		Fossett makes history Flying from horizon to horizon, Steve Fossett completed the first nonstop, flight 'round-the-world without refueling on Thursday afternoon, landing gracefully in Kansas at 2:49 pm ET. A cheering crowd gathered to usher the GlobalFlyer and its 60-year-old pilot into the record books, something that has become almost routine for Fossett in recent years... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/03/04 read the story
		'Rabbit' keeps on surfing at 84 Legendary surfer Rabbit Kekai - at 84, the oldest competitor in international surfing events - has said hopes to continue boarding until he is 100. Kekai has ridden the daunting Pacific waves off the coast of Hawaii for nearly 80 years, and has long since been inducted into surfing's Hall of Fame. But, despite his age, he still competes in open surfing events... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/02/25 read the story
		Frank Is Dead A 9-year-old boy who nicknamed his brain tumor "Frank" and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said Tuesday. "Frank is dead!" an elated Tiffini Dingman-Grover said by telephone from her Sterling home as the family prepared to head to a press conference in Washington, D.C... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/02/18 read the story
		Human trial of AIDS vaccine starts 20 minutes past noon today, India set out on a hunt for a preventive AIDS vaccine by launching human clinical trial of an investigational vaccine. Three volunteers, including a woman, were administered an intra-muscular injection at a specially designed vaccine trial clinic at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Pune.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/02/11 read the story
		Good Bye Ivan Noble When Ivan was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August 2002, he said he was determined to beat his cancer. It always looked a long shot - however much we all hoped otherwise. Tragically, despite a remarkable fight, it's now killed him, a husband and father of two, aged 37... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2005/02/04 read the story
		What you do comes back to you ... His name was Fleming. He was a poor Scottish farmer who one day heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the scene. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad.... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 21/01/2005 read the story
		The Hippo-Tortoise Story A baby-hippopotamus that survived the tsumani waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombasa, officials said. The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms ... Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 07/01/2005 read the story
		He still asks for sweets and biscuits Four-year-old Vathanyu Pha-opas has been reunited with his parents after a monster wave which hit southern Thailand left him stranded in a tree without food and water for more than two days. "It is a miracle that he is alive and still asks for sweets and biscuits... Yashwant read this Yahoo story and posted on Friday 31/12/2004 read the story
		The Whole Foods Shebang He's the Bill Gates of organic foods. John Mackey, founder and CEO of the Whole Foods empire, started his original health-food store, called Safer Way, in a garage in Austin, Texas, in 1978. Local farmers would drop off produce from junky old pickups... Yashwant read his Interview on Grist.Org and posted on Friday 2004/12/24 read the story
		The beautiful mind returns The film of his life won four Oscars, but Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash hardly recognises the character on the screen. His life is still troubled by mental illness - this time his son's - but he is back doing maths again... Yashwant read his Story on New Scientist and posted on Friday 2004/12/17 read the story
		Woman of 20 million trees It was while she served the National Council of Women that she introduced the idea of planting trees with the People in 1976 and continued to develop it into broad-based, grassroots organization whose main focus is the planting of trees with ... Yashwant read her Story on Greenbelt Moment and posted on Friday 2004/12/10 read the story
		Another fight BBC News science and technology writer Ivan Noble was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August 2002. Since then he has been sharing his experiences in an online diary... I was not 100% happy about signing another 12-month contract on my mobile phone. It was only two weeks since I had been told I was back in remission... Yashwant read his Story on BBC and posted on Friday 2004/12/03 read the story
		Because, he saw them standing there. When finally Damodar 'Damu' Acharya rebelled in 1980 and set out to organise oppressed fellow workers, little did he know what awaited him. It took him quite a while to ask what he now says should have been obvious: "Why are there children amidst adult workers at factory-gate meetings?" ... Yashwant read this GoodNewsIndia Story and posted on Friday 2004/11/12 read the story
		Humanitarian's tech for health care Vikram Kumar the 28-year-old MIT graduate works days as a pathology resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital across the Charles River in Boston and only turns his energies at night to his business: improving rural health care in the developing world with handheld computer technology. Yashwant read this CNN Story and posted on Friday 2004/11/05 read the story
		Barber grooms love of books Former barber Rueben Martinez started out lending out books to customers. It led to a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant." Rueben sees not just the seeds of a bilingual Borders-type chain, but also, perhaps more significantly, a cultural hothouse capable of giving birth to a love of learning. Yashwant read this USA Today story and posted on Friday 2004/10/22 read the story
		Dropout gives Brown $100 million A man who dropped out of Brown University decades ago because he couldn't pay the tuition has given the Ivy League college $100 million, its biggest gift ever, which he made by selling liquor. The Providence, Rhode Island university said it will give the money to its neediest undergraduate students as scholarships, eliminating the need for loans. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2004/10/15 read the story
		DADA... Dear Dada He runs no NGO, has built no check dams nor leads any community development. Among GoodNewsIndia's little known heroes, he is even less known, unknown even except in the neighbourhood of Mori Road, Mahim, Mumbai. He is 84. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2004/10/08 read the story
		Free voice mail helps the homeless After 18 months sleeping on sidewalks and in shelters, Mel Cornelison has a job, and soon might have a place of his own. And he owes it all to voice mail. Cornelison landed his job through free voice mail that is being offered to homeless people and others without phones in cities around the country. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2004/09/17 read the story
		Story still on A Gandhi education paysoff: Cherkady Ramachandra Rao, now 86, lost his parents when 2, found Gandhi when 7, and has not been lost ever since. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2004/09/03 read the story
		The survivor AI have tried to live with fear and not surrender to its quiet, corrosive, spirit-sapping power... BBC News Online science and technology writer Ivan Noble was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August 2002 Since then he has been sharing his experiences in an online diary. . Yashwant read his story and posted on Friday 2004/08/27 . read the story
		She was only 9.9 Ounces At birth, she wasn't even pint-sized. Born 27 weeks into her mother's pregnancy, she weighed just 9.9 ounces, less than any surviving baby in medical history. She was just 10 inches long, smaller than a football and resting easily in a nurse's hand. Next week, she enters high school as something even more extraordinary -- an honor student who plays violin and likes to Rollerblade. Yashwant read this AP-story on CNN and posted on Friday 2004/08/20 . read the story
		Charity Boy Dominic Bizak had hair "like a girl", but it had nothing to do with fashion or politics. The 11-year-old boy endured 20 months of teasing for the sake of a good deed - contributing a wig to children who can't grow their own hair.At one point, Dominic thought about forgetting about his mission. "My mom helped me get through it," he said. . Yashwant read this seattle times-story through positivepress and posted on Friday 2004/07/23 . read the story
		Against all odds Rickshaw puller's daughter Vaishali Wankhede nurtured a dream of becoming a doctor. Now, this Nagpur girl has come one step closer to realizing that dream. Yashwant read this story and posted on Friday 2004/07/09 . read the story
		Former cancer patient debuts cancer-fighting video game Ben Duskin has helped turn fighting cancer into a game. When the 9-year-old former leukemia patient was asked if he had an unrequited wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ben requested a video game be made that fellow cancer sufferers could play to take their mind off the painful side effects of chemotherapy... Yashwant noted this story on Friday 2004/07/02 at 11.30 am while reading CNN. read the story
		Clean by Heart Suddenly starting October,2000 Maharashtra villages were abuzz. Seeking nothing from outside, villagers had created public assets worth Rs.200 crores [$40 million]. What had happened suddenly? Gadge Maharaj was back among his people. That's what.... Yashwant noted this story on Friday 2004/06/11 at 11.10 am while reading Good News India. read the story
		Bridging the Gap When Judy Garvey realized the county jail failed to help young inmates prepare for life on the outside, she found the people who could -- her friends and neighbours ... Yashwant noted this story on Thursday 2004/05/27 at 11.45 am while reading Hope Magazine. read the story
		320 year old, $3.5 million cello and the nurse A nurse found a 320-year-old cello made by master craftsman Antonio Stradivari lying by a trash bin -- and almost had her boyfriend convert it into a CD holder, but... this story was noted on Friday 2004/05/21 at 1.15 pm while reading Positive Press. read the story
		Quest to restore 'champion' trees Eight years ago, David and Jared Milarch began a quest to clone the nation's "champion" trees -- the biggest of their species, and often the oldest -- and use their hardy genetic material to restore declining urban forests. this story was noted on Monday 2004/05/03 at 12.30 pm while reading CNN. read the story
		Service Dogs Help Emotionally- Challenged When Micky Niego knew she had to go out in public, the fear and stress could bring on a severe asthma attack. “I was determined to be functional but didn't know how until somebody bought me a dog,” says Niego, who is now 45. this story was noted on Tuesday 2004/04/27 at 11.30 am while reading Good News Network. read the story
		The GREAT SURVIVOR How did this 5 year old girl survive for 10 days after her mother was killed in a car crash? She was found with her dead mother after a car crash that may have happened as many as 10 days ago. his story by Associated press was noted on Friday 2004/04/24 late night while reading CNN. read the story
		Horse power boost A lot of the children started off the weekend not knowing anything about horses but by the end of the it they felt they had mastered something and forged a real bond with the animals. Child cancer patients make new four-legged friends... YASHWANT noted this story By Melissa Jackson in his diary on Monday 2004/04/19 late night while reading BBC NEWS. read the story