Crabcakes and fish sticks won't be disappearing after all. Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause a collapse in the world's seafood stocks by 2048, an update says the tide is turning, at least in some areas.
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Kansas resident Edward Williams is the definition of lucky after striking two big lottery wins in a year, pocketing a total of $975,00 since September.
Hebrew University has received a surprise donation of more than $100,000 from an unexpected benefactor - a woman who survived the Nazi Holocaust and appeared to be destitute.
Two window washers clinging to a dangling platform 37 stories up on a downtown Boston building were rescued by firefighters Wednesday.
The Holocaust memorial that a former Israeli chief rabbi now chairs has posthumously granted a Russian who saved his life Israel's highest honor for non-Jews.
Vermont cabbie says he has yet to be shortchanged after switching to a pay-what-you-want system.
Nine years after vanishing from outside her Australian family's home, Muffy the dog was found alive and well this month in another backyard - 1,200 miles away - officials said Thursday.
Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip attempted to set a new world record Thursday by flying colorful homemade kites amid the ruins of Israel's bruising offensive earlier this year .
At 111, the world's oldest man keeps a daily diary, drinks milk and stays away from alcohol and smoking.
A Canadian boy celebrating his third birthday was unhurt and apparently unfazed after he floated nearly eight miles down a river riding atop his toy truck, police say.
There's at least one guy with a new high school diploma who's not worrying about getting into college or finding a job.
Families and business owners all over are collecting money to keep open pools that their cities can't afford - saving the summer for water lovers of all ages.
Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one.
Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing his wallet, but its return - after 63 years - has helped him remember the past.
To cover funeral expenses for a Washington state community activist, loved ones raised money in a manner familiar to neighborhood organizations: They held a car wash and bake sale.
A 62-year-old man struck it big twice in the Georgia Lottery. Earl Fritz won the top prize of $777,777 in the instant game Super Lucky 7's.
When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television.
A baby sea lion has been rescued after wandering onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway.
A 14-year-old Michigan boy has completed a four-day, 100-mile trip in his wheelchair as part of a fundraiser.
A 103-year-old believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player throws out the ceremonial first pitch before an Oakland Athletics-San Diego Padres game in a salute to the Negro Leagues.
David Sneath has worked at a Ford Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years, but it didn't take him any time at all to walk out once he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot.
A New York City eighth-grader's essay about a personal hero has landed him and his favorite teacher a role in a Superman comic book.
A 74-year-old amateur gardener who won a nearly $41 million lottery prize in Britain said Tuesday he would spend part of his winnings hiring an expert to learn how to grow better carrots.
Country singer Dolly Parton delighted hundreds of Tennessee Girl Scouts when she made a surprise entrance at a ceremony to present them with a patch created in her honor.
While picking up a form for one lottery win, unemployed California man finds he has won $141,519 more.
Hip-hop artist Kanye West returned to his hometown to give a private concert for Chicago public school students who improved their grades and attendance.