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(FLORIDA) -- Imagine being a 911 operator and getting this phone call: "I had my truck stolen, I'm in the back of my pickup." (April 24)
(SAN DIEGO) -- A former Marine Staff Sergeant in Vietnam received one of the military's highest honors 40 years after his battlefield heroics. (April 20)
(CLEVELAND) -- Doctors used a cutting edge procedure to restore eyesight to a Marine veteran who served in Iraq but was injured on his civilian foundary job by a burst of chemicals that struck him in the face. (April 19)
(VIRGINIA) -- Two teenage girls walking down a street saw some unusual white and gray smoke coming from a home. They alerted the unknowing homeowner who rushed in and got everyone out of the house. (April 12)
(OREGON) -- Searchers are crediting a cell phone signal with the safe return of a 38-year-old woman. (April 9)
(FLORIDA) -- So, you're in a kayak with another lifeguard and you have problems. The other lifeguard swims to shore and you're left on your own. What do you do? (April 9)
(PORTLAND, ORE.) -- An alert neighbor is being credited for saving a man's life after he forgot to put his pickup in park before heading into his house. (April 4)
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Two police officers, first on the scene of an apartment fire, did what defies common sense and rushed into the burning building without any equipment. And two people are alive to thank them for it. (April 4)
(FLORIDA) -- There's a woman in Jacksonville who has a bank teller to thank for saving her from a common online scam. (April 4)
(DALLAS) -- For any of you who have a sports memorabilia collection -- or are building one -- take notice. (April 3)
(PHOENIX) -- Here's a story for anyone who has lost a pet and stapled posters on telephone poles asking for help to get it back, only to not get any. (April 3)
(DENVER) -- Having a CEO show up to work each day isn't unusual ... unless he's 106 years old. (March 29)
(BOSTON) -- Researchers who have been looking into happiness report that people between the ages of 45 and 60 get happier as they get old, a stark contrast to peple between 16 and 45 who get unhappier with each passing year. (March 28)
(HAWAII) -- A former NFL player -- who was also the college roommate of Pat Tillman, who left his NFL to enlist and later die in Afghanistan -- has himself enlisted and is set to deploy to Iraq. (March 23)
(SEATTLE) -- Police say a man using a baseball bat stopped and held a suspected arsonist who he thought was readying to set fire to a church that was the target of an arsonist a year ago. (March 16)
(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A 10-year-old Jack Russell Terrier rescued from a fire by a nieghbor has headed home after recuperating from burns. The rescuer remains hospitalized. (March 15)
(FLORIDA) -- A passer-by who saw a woman drive her car into a retention pond dove into the water to help and is credited with helping the driver escape with only minor injuries. (March 14)
(SAN DIEGO) -- You're driving along an interstate when you see a car burst into flames in front of you. You see someone trapped inside. What do you do? Most hope they'd do what these three people did. (March 12)
(VIRGINIA) -- A college student is being hailed as a hero after helping three people escape a house fire in Farmville. (March 8)
(CALIFORNIA) -- A diabetic mother's lessons were learned by her daughters, including the youngest. The 7-year-old's quick action is beign credited with saving her mother's life. (March 8)
(CLEVELAND) -- A woman who suffers migraines figures that was what she had boarding a plane for a flight, but she can thank a fellow passenger who is a doctor for realizing what happened and convincing the pilot to land the plane. (Feb. 28)
(COLORADO) -- An alert student is being credited with spotting a youthful-looking adult trying to mix in with other students in a classroom and reporting his presence to officials. (march 6)
(PITTSBURGH) -- Anyone who watches crime dramas or movies knows that the statute of limitations never runs out on murder. This case shows why and how dedicated police work pays off. (Feb. 28)
(NASHVILLE) -- A woman who was leaving a grocery store had a purse snatcher strike, and as she held on another man came to her aid. (Feb. 22)
(MARYLAND) -- A man diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer eight years ago has surprised many to still be 'chugging along.' He's especially grateful that he was able to help his wife through her own breast cancer struggle. (Feb. 15)
(CHICAGO) -- The quick action of a police officer on routine patrol is being credited with saving a family of five. (Feb. 14)
(COLORADO) -- Have you seen one of those portable defibrillators someplace and wonder if they're really worth it? Here's one man who would be able to answer that question for you. (Feb. 13)
(CLEVELAND) -- One typically pictures parishioners giving money to their church, but have you heard of a church giving money to its parishioners? Find out why this Reverand gave each member of his congregation $100. (Feb. 13)
(SAN ANTONIO) -- Firefighters are hailing a man as a hero for battling intense smoke and heat to pull an elderly woman from a burning home. (Feb. 12)
(PHOENIX) -- A 10-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after getting hour younger siblings and the family dog out of the house when greasy food left unattended while cooking started a house fire. (Feb. 9)
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