Despite being exhausted from having paddled nearly 600 miles from Cornwall on his way to London, an extreme rower from the Isle of Wight had to take an unplanned detour to save a Shih Tzu puppy that had become stranded at sea off the coast of Kent.

A team of conservationists from the Kenya-based Amboseli Trust for Elephants received a call last week of a baby elephant that had fallen into a well.

Talk about a perfect video to end the week on.

In an effort to demonstrate that the al Qaeda-affiliated group reportedly behind the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi does not represent the city's residents, many Libyans today took to the streets with signs of apology and support.

Some people were born to sing; others were born to act. Peter Drakos was born to win stuffed animals at amusement parks.

11-year-old soccer phenom Gabriel Muniz is just like most Brazilian boys: He enjoys kicking the ball around with his friends, idolizes Lionel Messi, and "loves challenging social norms," according to his gym teacher.

A newborn baby became his own uncle after being birthed by his maternal grandmother in a Maine hospital two weeks ago.

Silverback gorilla Kesho and his little bro Alf were born and raised in Dublin Zoo, but were forced to spend the last two-plus years apart while Kesho was off in London trying to get his breed on.

Some 60 customers at a Denny's in Newcastle, California, were pleasantly surprised to learn that they would not be required to pay for their meals — because a mystery woman had already picked up their check.

After 48 years apart, one Buffalo couple is ready to say 'I do' — again.

While on a summer trip to Copco Lake in 1982, five Santa Barbara High School buddies snapped a random photo that became a lifelong bond.

18-year-old George Dennehy, a one-man inspiration band, performs a cover of the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" at the annual Ashland Strawberry Faire.

30-year-old Aaron Collins passed away last week, leaving behind one final wish for his family: To go have a pizza and leave the waiter or waitress a $500.

Leila Neve was getting ready to say goodbye to her comatose daughter Charlotte when Adele's hit song "Rolling in the Deep" came on the radio, and the seven-year-old suddenly began smiling.

17-year-old Jeffrey Warren was recently awarded a $1,000 college scholarship from the Martin Luther King Senior Citizens Club in Riverside, California.

The City Council of Bastrop, Texas, has agreed to allow a local homeless man keep a bag of loot worth up to $77,000 that he found in a park last January.

Among the thousands of people who participated in this year's annual Utah Pride Festival in Salt Lake City were some 350 unexpected attendees: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It was the typo mocked round the world, but it seems Mitt Romney's misspelled America is benefiting at least one person in the best way possible.

A two-year-old dog named Xiao Sa — or "Little Sa" — made headlines in China last week after it was revealed that the "dog with determination" successfully completed a 24-day, 1,833 kilometer trek with a team of cyclists she adopted in Sichuan province.

After her four-year-old son Anthony told her he didn't want to wear his hearing aid to school anymore because "superheroes don't wear hearing aids," Christina D'Allessandro wrote Marvel asking if there was a hearing-impaired superhero she could use to prove Anthony wrong.