It Wasn't All Bad
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.
Scooping up Brink's booty, and more
When more than a dozen bags containing $335,000 tumbled out of a Brink’s armored truck in front of an antiques store in Syracuse, N.Y., owner David Jenks sprang into action.
Dying bulldog saves his master, and more
Scott Seymore decided against euthanizing his dog, and was later rewarded when his dog woke him up when the house caught fire.
Pig roots up World War I bomb, and more
A pig on a British farm accidentally dug up an unexploded shell from World War I—but no one was hurt.
Backpack with $8,160 saved by fireman's hose?, and more
Parvin Jannati thought she had lost everything in a fire until a burned backpack with $8,160 in cash was found across the street from the scene of the blaze.
Routine day hike becomes three-day nightmare, and more
Scott Mason, a 17-year-old Eagle Scout, is doing fine after being stranded for almost three days on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.
Escorting the salamanders, and more
On rainy spring nights, uncounted thousands of salamanders, frogs, and newts scurry across small stretches of road from New England to Philadelphia during their annual mating migration.
World Digital Library makes a debut, and more
The World Digital Library, an electronic resource devoted to offering the totality of human knowledge in seven languages, was officially launched this week.
A $9,000 library fine, and more
An overdue library book has finally been returned—after 110 years.
Flickr's digital detectives, and more
Last year, Nicholas Filippelli, a U.S. oil executive, lost his Olympus digital camera while exploring some Bronze Age ruins in Scotland.
Crossing the Atlantic by rowboat, and more
Paul Ridley of Stamford, Conn., has rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in 88 days, making him the third—and youngest—American to do so.
Swearing off modern conveniences, and more
More than a dozen students at Mundelein High School outside Chicago are experimenting with simplifying their lives by going without one modern convenience every month.
Lifting people’s spirits, and more
Two sophomores at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., were tired of seeing so many recession-weary people down in the dumps, so they decided to cheer them up.
If your child squirms ..., and more
A growing number of school districts throughout the country have hit on a solution to prevent grade-school pupils from squirming in their chairs.
FDR's suite at Harvard, and more
The Harvard University suite that Franklin Delano Roosevelt occupied as an undergraduate is being restored to its approximate appearance when he lived there.
Amish families rescue neighbors, and more
Kentuckians who were left without power after the recent ice storms were rescued by their Amish neighbors, who have lived all of their lives without the benefits of electricity.
Comet Lulin: A must see for comet watchers, and more
A green comet that seems to fly backwards will visit the solar system next week.
Another Hudson River rescue, and more
An unemployed computer consultant dove into the frigid Hudson River to save a woman from drowning.
Building a snowman in Georgia, and more
An Indiana man drove more than 700 miles to present his two granddaughters with a truckload of snow.
