It Wasn't All Bad
A jilted bride throws a party, and more 
Six days before Teanne Harris was to get married in a Halloween-themed wedding in Des Plaines, Ill., her groom got cold feet.
5-year-old saves mother's life, and more
A 5-year-old Canadian girl saved her mother’s life after their truck drove off a cliff.
Boston's splashy electrical boxes, and more
Boston is paying local artists to paint gray electrical boxes around the city with bright, eye-catching designs.
Rare film footage of Babe Ruth, and more
Researchers for Major League Baseball have found what they believe is eight seconds of silent 8-millimeter film footage of Babe Ruth.
Another round for Sullenberger and Skiles
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles once again flew the skies over New York together.
India's women-only trains, and more
Under a pilot program in India’s four largest cities, men have been removed from some trains to protect the women from sexual harassment.
Two holes-in-one, and more
Ruth Day shot two holes-in-one in a single outing at the Whitley Bay Golf Club in North Tyneside, England.
No accidents in Samoa, and more
Amid cheers, honking horns, and ringing church bells, Samoa became the first nation in more than 30 years to switch its driving from one side of the road to the other—without a single accident.
A lifetime of giving blood, and more
Al Fischer, a 75-year-old printing shop operator in Long Island, N.Y., passed a milestone this week when he donated his 320th pint of blood.
Bus driver returns suitcase full of money, and more
Alberto Rios, a bus driver in Argentina’s San Juan province, returned a suitcase containing 1.8 million pesos—about $460,000—to a passenger who had left it on Rios’ bus.
Thai elephant fitted with artificial limb, and more
Motola, a Thai elephant who lost part of her leg in 1999, this week began wearing an artificial limb made by the Prostheses Foundation.
British family sets record with solar-powered paraglider, and more
A British family navigated their solar-powered paraglider from Monte Carlo to Morocco, a trip that took 15 days and set a world's record.
Pay-what-you-want taxi service, and more
When Eric Hagen launched his Recession Ride taxi service in Essex, Vt., last month, he decided to rope in customers with a novel business plan.
Childhood sweethearts marry 88 years later, and more
As third-graders at English Ridge Public School in Wisconsin in 1921, Roland McKitrick and Lorraine Beatty talked of how they would tie the knot one day.
Youngest sailor completes solo journey around the world, and more
Zac Sunderland was 16½ when he set forth aboard a 36-foot sloop to circumnavigate the globe.
Town clerk saves Otisfield's only mailbox, and more
The U.S. Postal Service was on the verge of scrapping the only mailbox in Otisfield, Maine, until the town clerk intervened.
Cops & Doughnuts, and more
Nine policemen in Clare, Mich., have saved the 113-year old Clare City Bakery from closing.
A rough road to Harvard, and more
For most of her 18 years, Khadijah Williams floated among California motels and shelters with her indigent mother.
Rat Island becomes rat free, and more
Alaska’s Rat Island, a 10-square-mile speck of land in the Aleutians that has been infested with rats since 1780, is now rat free.
Never too old to tie the knot, and more
“She had eyes on me all these years,” said the the 93-year-old groom about his 89-year-old bride.
