It was Disability Awareness Day at Fenway Park when a man with autism began to sing the national anthem. When he faltered, the crowd started to cheer him on. And then they joined in.
In what's being hailed on YouTube as "true humanity at its finest," Boston Red Sox fans really did "step up to the plate."
Watch the touching moment below.
Real-life crime fighters are gaining quite the reputation on the streets of New York City.
They've inspired a documentary and a book. The NY Press featured them as a cover story. And now the BBC has spent a night on the streets with the masked avengers.
Like Batman before them, the New York Initiative patrols Gotham's streets late at night, keeping an eye on "the notorious South Bronx projects, looking for troublemakers and their victims."
Their presence, they claim, deters public drug deals in the area:
"They'll see us and take off running," Samaritan Prime, the alter-ego of an otherwise anonymous New Yorker, told the BBC. "They go to the dark corners that all insects retreat to."
The masked group — likening itself to "a community block watch or safety patrol" — has patrolled the West Village for muggers, and last year vowed to protect sex workers from the Long Island Serial Killer.
Nitro, Shortcut, Zero, Samaritan Prime and Battlestar are a few of the heroes comprising The New York
Read More »from Superheroes roam New York’s streetsAshley Donaldson, 15, found $2,000 cash in an envelope in a North Dallas, Texas, parking lot.
Without hesitation, the teen handed over the money to authorities.
Dallas police told her that if no one claimed the money, it would be hers in three months.
Then policy changed.
Ashley's community took action.
Hailed as a local hero for her honesty, Ashley was suddenly on the receiving end of encouraging emails and unexpected generosity, including a $4,000 anonymous donation.
Her supporters even lobbied the city to overturn the decision to keep the cash.
When Ashley first found the money, keeping it was not an option. She certainly could have used it; at the time, she and her four siblings were living with her parents in a one-bedroom apartment.
That didn't matter. The money wasn't hers to keep.
"This could be someone else's life, this could be someone's home," she told News 8. "If I took it, I could never live down the guilt that would be in me."
Her parents beamed with pride.
"It was like
Read More »from Cash back: Honest teen rewarded by anonymous donorUNESCO named Buenos Aires the World Book Capital 2011. To celebrate the designation, Argentine artist Marta Minujin built a multi-language book tower.
The 25-metre-high structure is a modern-day take on the biblical Tower of Babel.
Most of the world's languages and dialects are represented in the 30,000-book spiral tower.
The sculpture consists of six levels. The bottom boasts a worldwide collection of books; the first and second levels are American books; the third and fourth are European tomes; the fifth is dedicated to African books; and the sixth is for Asia.
About half of the books were donated by Argentine readers, while the other half came from 52 embassies located in Buenos Aires.
As visitors admire the literary Tower of Babel — on display in Plaza Sam Martin until May 28th — they hear a soundtrack with the word "book" repeated in different languages.
When the tower is eventually dismantled, the books will be donated to create a multilingual library in Buenos Aires.
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It's not a dating site, but it led to an online romance — and then a real one — just the same.
Tamara Langman logged onto World of Warcraft one night. Her avatar helped slay Prince Malchezaar, a yellow-eyed demon, and then went for a walk with John Bentley's avatar.
Soon Bentley was storming castles for her.
The conversations that followed led to love. The couple met in person two months later. Langman and Bentley have been together for two years, thanks to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).
"There's something magical about falling in love with someone just through writing and then waiting for a reply," said Langman. "It's evocative of ancient romances where pen-and-ink love letters were delivered on horseback. Just the kind of forgotten world that Warcraft seeks to recreate in digital space."
James Cameron couldn't have scripted it better.
Their story isn't unique.
MMORPGs are responsible for love stories everywhere. It makes sense. There are exponentially
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Sure, they're adorable and fuzzy, but research has long documented the numerous health benefits pets can provide their owners. Studies among seniors show having a cat or dog can reduce blood pressure and lower stress levels while providing much-needed companionship.
Now, with the growing popularity of dolphin therapy, we take a look at five animals that pull day shifts as medical assistants.
Dolphins: Although dolphin assisted therapy (DAT) has garnered its share of criticism from those who claim its medical results have been exaggerated, a constant stream of new research shows exposure to dolphins has a number of health benefits. Organizations such as the Dolphin Reef in Eilat, Israel — an open, natural environment on the Red Sea — provide dolphins with more humane living conditions and do not force the animals to interact with humans unless they choose to.
Dogs: In addition to being man's best friend, dogs have become indispensable companions to people with disabilities. Guide dogs
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By all accounts, Morad was a regular 17-year-old boy from a loving home in a small northern Israeli village. He excelled in school and enjoyed spending time with his friends.
That was before an innocent text message sent to a female classmate got intercepted by the girl's older brother, who misinterpreted the text as flirtation.
That night, the brother kidnapped Morad, and along with several cohorts, beat him within an inch of his life. Morad's injuries were so severe he required 11 days of hospitalization. When he regained consciousness, he was so traumatized he had effectively dissociated from reality.
"I haven't seen that degree of severity even in older people," said Dr. Ilan Kutz, former director of Psychiatric Services at the Meir General Hospital, where he treated Morad. "It usually lasts a few hours at most; never anything this long."
Repeated attempts to reach Morad failed, and after two months of non-responsiveness and a deteriorating psychological condition, Kutz decided to
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Eli Knauer really enjoys his food. He writes about it. He even judges it. But the buzz around his website is mostly credited to the factor that sets him apart from his fellow foodies and bloggers.
Eli is 10 years old.
Watch him at work here.
"We were on vacation and I told my mom I wanted to be a food critic when I grow up. She said I needed a blog first, so that's how I started the blog. My website is AdventuresofaKoodie.com," Eli told CBS Baltimore.
"A koodie is a kid foodie." Eli explained to WBAL TV.
His site chronicles his culinary adventures, giving a kid's perspective on the local restaurant scene. He's reviewed more than 50 Baltimore-area restaurants since the site's launch last August.
"We started this because he really likes food and he's very descriptive. He likes to write. I'm a photographer, so I take pictures and he posts them on his blog. It's just a fun thing for all of us to do," Jason Knauer, Eli's dad, told CBS Baltimore.
Read about Eli's food adventures here.
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Read More »from Adventures of a Koodie: 10-year-old food critic generates buzzNews team to the rescue!
WISH-TV viewers were concerned. Reports were flooding in that a mother duck was in distress.
The duck's 11 ducklings were trapped in an Indianapolis parking lot storm drain.
The 24-Hour News 8 team arrived on the scene to learn that neither the fire department nor the police department were on their way. Animal control wasn't coming either.
Anchor Daniel Miller decided to take action.
"There they were, all bundled up, crying for their mom," Miller says. "She was nearby quacking."
As the mother duck quacked in distress, Miller opened the grate and descended into the sewer.
Soon, onlookers gathered around. A police officer saw the commotion and lent Miller a glove. A stranger handed Miller a tote bag.
The anchor gathered the first 10 ducklings into the bag and lifted them to safety. It took four attempts to rescue the final duckling.
The touching rescue ended with what Miller describes as "an uneventful reunion."
The ducklings rejoined their mother and onlookers
Read More »from News anchor saves ducklings from storm drainSmall spaces can be incredible ones in the hands of those who know what they're doing.
From a professional organizer's 90-square-foot space in New York to an eco-friendly Cube, we've seen some fascinating uses of barely-there spaces.
Gary Chang's Hong Kong apartment takes space-innovation to an entirely new level.
Chang, the architect behind Edge Design Institute in Hong Kong, transfigured his 344-square-foot apartment into what he calls the "Domestic Transformer."
For three years now, Chang has been living large in his tiny apartment. His custom space can be configured into 24 unique room combinations, thanks to a strategic series of sliding panels and walls.
Watch the stunning transformations below.
The renovation took place in 2008, but Chang has called the small space home since he was 14. Chang, his parents and his three younger sisters squeezed into the apartment — then divided into tiny rooms — and still managed to share it with a tenant.
In those days, Chang slept on a sofa
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