Human Interest

A dog in Michigan recently alerted its owners to smoke in the family home, helping them escape before the fire grew more serious.

Seventeen years after ending their marriage, Jim and Bernadette Tobin fell back in love after Bernadette helped save Jim’s life by giving him her kidney.

A 76-year-old man who scaled Mt. Everest and a 95-year-old college graduate are just two of many people achieving lifelong dreams far into adulthood.

After mourning the loss of their parents, some adult children make positive life changes, pursuing passions and interests with renewed vigor.

The release of the $2,200 Nano brings automobile ownership within reach for millions of Indians amid concern that the environmental cost outweighs the benefits.

Arabic copies of the novel “Seabiscuit” are being shipped to Iraqi children by a charitable organization run by author Laura Hillenbrand and actor Gary Sinise.

The tomb of Alexander the Great has been missing for almost 2,000 years, yet one man claims the ancient Greek leader is resting in Australia.

The BBC publishes pictures of a rare pink albino elephant, just weeks after reports surface of the world’s only known pink bottlenose dolphin.

Fans of a Japanese baseball team believe that a curse over their team has been lifted after a statue of Colonel Sanders was retrieved from the bottom of a river.

Documentary filmmaker Rob Spence’s bionic eye camera is nearly completed. The camera highlights the rise of surveillance cameras in our daily lives.

The bartender who inspired the TV show “Cheers” was laid off from his Boston bar, showing that no one is safe from the economic downturn.

The world’s only known pink bottlenose dolphin is an extraordinary example of an albino animal.

A recent incident with Facebook indicates that it has become important for people to specify what they want done with their online content after they die.

Whether smashing keyboards, shooting at TVs or even sinking yachts, some people seem to find increasingly destructive ways to vent their frustrations.

A moment of sportsmanship at a basketball game recalls other notable instances when winning took a back seat to doing the right thing.

As office romances become more prevalent, employees are trying to prevent legal repercussions by having both parties sign legal agreements.

The arrest of a group of suspected witchdoctors after the ritual murder of a woman in Kampala underscores increased efforts to combat witchcraft-related violence in the region.

Marcus Schrenker, who was arrested in January for allegedly faking his death, was just ordered to pay $12 million for not reporting the damages to a plane he sold.

Ecuador’s new ban on owning rottweilers and pit bulls comes as other places around the world debate similar measures.

Iran rejected the visas of the U.S. women’s badminton team, which was scheduled to play in an Iranian tournament as part of a goodwill program.

The United States women’s badminton team is traveling to Iran as part of a goodwill program designed to improve relations between the countries.

The beating and burning of an unemployed Indian laborer in a Rome suburb has provoked a debate about the treatment of immigrants in Italy and the government’s response.

A baby was born last month with a “beautiful variation” of polydactyly, a congenital anomaly that causes children to be born with an extra finger or toe.

A partially fabricated story about the Arizona Cardinals quarterback and his wife is storming the Internet. Brenda’s real life story is even more interesting.

The suicides of Irish developer Patrick Rocca and other high-profile businessmen show how the global recession can be particularly devastating to some type-A personalities.

Marcus Schrenker has been arrested in Florida, ending an affair reminiscent of other incidents when individuals tried to fake their own deaths or kidnappings.

The faked death of a businessman in trouble with the law recalls other incidents when individuals either tried to fake their own deaths or kidnappings.

Lonely people in Japan are still willing to pony up for rented friends both animal and human, and even rented families.

Authorities are searching for Marcus Schrenker, an Indiana businessman who police say tried to fake his own death in a plane crash.

A woman burned alive was the latest person to be accused of being a witch by villagers in the South Pacific island nation, where torture and killings tied to witchcraft are widespread.