GLEN ALLEN, VA (WWBT) – Lauren Kornacki learned CPR several times. For years, she’s worked as a lifeguard. The 22-year-old just graduated from Mary Washington with a physics degree, but while looking for work, she decided to return to something familiar to earn a little money. Two days ago, her supervisorContinue Reading
Why would you want to leap out of a perfectly good aircraft? To fly a winged jetpack over the city of Rio de Janeiro, of course. It sounds nuts, but it’s just a day in the life for Yves Rossy, the self proclaimed “Jetman” who flew over the Grand Canyon last year. SinceContinue Reading
ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College has two of the country’s best undergraduate teachers, according to the Princeton Review. The education services company features profiles of professor of mathematics Marty Sternstein and associate professor of chemistry Mike Haaf in its new book, “The Best 300 Professors.” Hailing from 122 colleges and universities across the nation,Continue Reading
Johnny Karlinchak, 8, demonstrates extraordinary moral fortitude in the face of tragedy, inspires a communityAfter a 60-foot oak tree fell on his neighbor’s house, eight-year-old Johnny Karlinchak opened a lemonade stand to raise money to help pay for damages. The boy’s goal was to raise his neighbors’ $500 insurance deductible,Continue Reading
Although on opposite sides of the world and 8 hours time difference, The Philippines and Liberia are finding a way to come together. Liberia is still slowly recovering from a civil war that claimed the lives of over 250,000 Liberians. The UN established a peacekeeping mission in 2003 to ensureContinue Reading
They say all dogs go to heaven and Titan, a pitbull in Atlanta is showing why. This isn’t the 1989 animated film starring Burt Reynolds, this is real life. In July of 2011, John Benton was about to head out the door to go to work and sent their dogContinue Reading
From rags to riches – Timothy Yost a homeless man, picked a good day for a walk in the park. Timothy, was around Fisherman’s Park in Bastrop, TX when he came upon a bag near the river. He shook the bag which jingled and opened it to find a bunchContinue Reading
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…..Boy Scout troop 850 from New Jersey?! Yes, you heard it – The 17 boy scouts were vacationing in Key West, FL when they saw a shirtless man sprinting away from a frantic tourist. The tourist, Adriano Furlan from Brazil, was yelling for helpContinue Reading
It’s official–the goats of California are definitely the coolest in the country.These two from Southern California, Goatee and Pismo, fit the bill: The goats have taken to surfing with their owner, Dana McGregor, who takes the pets everywhere–even into the Pacific Ocean. The goat whisperer told the Associated Press he “taught hisContinue Reading
A devoted farmer painstakingly planted a tribute to his late wife, Janet, using 6,000 oak trees to etch out a giant heart in the middle of his field in South Gloucestershire, England. Howes, 70, and a gardener spent weeks planning and setting out each oak after his wife died suddenlyContinue Reading