Okay so not technically a person although my own dog continues to be a better person than many people I've met

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090211/twl-brave-dog-died-to-save-children-3fd0ae9.html

Dogs are fantastic people

That dog was such a wonderful creature.

AW I can't stop crying. Bless his little big heart!
And to be 14 years old too fighting off not one , but two of'em.

R.I.P
Little George

ok, heres something a little less sad... I'm sure by now we've all heard about the Koala fireman
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

Heres video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSPx7S4jr4

Awww! There truly are some good people in this old World. I've always had something about firemen anyway and the fact that they save koala bears somehow makes them even more heroic

Lets all wish China Doll and her beau lots of love and luck

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090214/twl-will-love-save-rare-turtles-3fd0ae9.html

This is kind of nice.Good to see penguins allowed to be happy.


http://blog.weddingchaos.co.uk/2009/02/13/gay-penguins-get-married-in-the-zoo/

Aww that's so sweet. I love penguins

Man credits feline friend's paws of life for discovery of large tumour

Most of these stories are animal related.Weird how the name of this is wonderful people in the news,it's easier to find stories about wonderful animals in the news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_mayors

I don't know about y'all but personally I am pleased to see a president who has such genuine concern for helping this country that he's proactively interacting with states and the local level of government to ensure money isn't wasted. That's just my two cents though.

Another Animal Story!!!

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Local+boys+free+trapped+dolphins+Mayor/1306112/story.html

Man hit by truck helping women cross street, ticketed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7905782.stm




I love this guy, what a trooper!

Aww he shaved off his beard and hair for charity as well. That is such a kind gesture.

Chain results in 10 kidney swaps among strangers

This story just made me so happy... apparently superheros really can save the day!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875894/?GT1=43001

If I have to get a little crazier when I get older, I think I want to be like this guy:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2904/story/1457151.html

A long read,but so worth it.

You were right Ravengrim it was worth the read , thank you for posting that link.

Another Wonderful Animal Story

Pied Piper Cheats Death

Every time 70-year-old Andy Mackie draws a breath, it's music to his ears - whether there's a harmonica there or not. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, Mackie's just glad to be alive.

Mackie jokes, "I guess they don't need a harmonica player in heaven yet."

Mackie, a Scottish-born retired horse trainer, lives in a camper in northwest Washington state - he lives there, even though technically -- medically -- he should have died long ago.

After his ninth heart surgery, Mackie's doctors had him on 15 different medicines. But the side effects made life miserable. So one day he quit taking all 15 and decided to spend his final days doing something he always wanted to do.

He used the money he would have spent on the prescriptions to give away 300 harmonicas, with lessons included. "I really thought it was the last thing I could ever do," he says.

And when he didn't die the next month, he bought a few hundred more.

Harmonicas in hand, he explains, "I just started going from school to school."

It's now 11 years and 13,000 harmonicas later.

"I'll see a pregnant lady on the sidewalk and I'll give her a harmonica for the baby," he says as an example.

Today there's nary a kid in the county who hasn't gotten a free harmonica from Mackie, or played one of his strum sticks.

To keep the kids interested in music as they get older, Mackie now spends the bulk of his Social Security check making them beginner string instruments. He also buys store-made instruments for kids that show a special interest. He provides free lessons to everyone by getting the older kids to teach the younger kids.

Mackie says, "I tell them music is a gift, you give it away - you give it away and you get to keep it forever."

The end result is something truly unique to his corner of Washington. It seems everywhere you look, everyplace you go, every kid you meet has the same genuine passion for fiddle music.

"I can't explain the joy, Mackie says. "I don't think Bill Gates feels any richer inside than I do. He believes he's still living today because of the kids and the music.

And he doesn't expect any harmonica openings in heaven any time soon.

"I don't think the lord wants me yet, I still got something to do here -- lots more kids out there."

What a fantastic person

NH boy finds, returns backpack with $8K in cash