CNN: Remembering his own accident, truck driver rushes to save train victims

When the train wrecked in Glendale, the fire was hot, but Dean Jaeschke jumped in to help. He knew what it was like to burn. Years ago, strangers rescued Jaeschke from a car accident that seared and scarred his body. At 17 Jaeschke was nearly killed when a driver lost control of the car flipping seven times, throwing Jaeschke from the car which then landed on him, hot oil spilling over his body. Strangers from another car pulled him out.

The man Jaeschke pulled out from the train wreckage was covered in blood and soot and was pinned down. Jaeschke climbed up the wreckage to find him. The victim, Scott McKeown was stuck. Jaeschke and another driver jumped in to help and they pulled him out. Although McKeown didn't make it, "he wasn't in pain. I want his wife and family to know that", Jaeschke said. 12 hours later after he came home from work, Jaeschke's wife said the train wreck really shook him up. When he came home, he was crying.

Yahoo! News/AP: After searching for 3 weeks, family finds their daughter alive

The last time Amiruddin saw his 7 year old daughter Putri was three weeks ago when the tsunami snatched her away. He searched for days and days. He and his wife handed out flyers with her description. Finally, someone in another refugee camp noticed a girl that matched the description of the child. When he found her, he said nothing but held her in his arms, then kissed her on the head. Other survivors gathered around gasping and crying at the reunion.

CNN: 9 yr old's tumor biopsy will be done for free

9 year old David Dingman-Grover had a tumor the size of a grapefruit at the base of his skull. The 9 year old named the tumor "Frank" after "Frankenstein". Chemotherapy shrank the tumor down to the size of a peach pit, but Davis still needed a special biopsy done to see if "Frank" was still cancerous. His parents auctioned off a bumper sticker reading "Frank Must Die" on e-bay to raise money for the procedure. Dr. Hrayr Shahinian of the Skull Base Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center agreed to perform the biopsy for free, however, the cost of the anesthesiologist and other hospital fees had to be paid. The $40,000 in private donations they recieved since the case caught the public's attention earlier this month should be sufficient, David's mom said.

Reuters: School tsunami fund stolen-the public responds

Boston. Two men brazenly walked into the John Holland Elementary School in broad daylight on Thursday, grabbed a large water bottle containing between $200 and $500 in cash contributions and fled. News of the theft spread quickly and by Friday morning the school had been deluged with $2,000.00 in pledges, Principal Michele O'Connor said. "It's been kind of an emotional roller coaster here, but its teaching the kids a good lesson: that sometimes out of great sadness comes great joy."

CNN: Power crew arrives in remote village

Emergency officials in Alaska's North Slope succeeded in dropping a power crew into the remote village of Kaktovik under blizzard conditions in an attempt to restore electricity to the community of 300 residents.

CNN: After a 35 year literary odyssey, 56 year old man gets published

Ron McLarty wrote an 800 page novel at age 24. When publishers showed no interest, he wrote another and another. After the third novel, he gave up sending manuscripts to publishers, but he kept writing. He finished 44 plays, 9 novels and assorted poems. He supported himself through voice overs, audiobooks and advertisements. He appeared on Broadway, and on TV. After 35 years, he got published with a little help from a thoughtful audiobook producer, a small town librarian, and novelists Danielle Steel and Stephen King.

CNN: Christmas keeps going strong for 14 year old Nick Waters

When the boy's church asked what he wanted for Christmas, Nick said he wanted Christmas cards, ten thousand of them. Nick has Holt-Oram syndrome, a rare disorder that causes heart abnormalities and birth defects of the hands and arms.

More than two weeks after Christmas, he has more than 130,000 cards, and they are still coming.

Cards have come from Ethiopia, Israel, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia and Canada. He received a package from the Secret Service, with photos of the President, Air Force One and White House pets Barney and Willie. He has cards from the Wake Forest basketball team, the Orlando Magic, the University of Georgia, Miss Utah, and even Elvis who confided to Nick he is still alive and in hiding.

"He's probably touched more lives in a month than we'll touch in a lifetime" said Darrell Cheek, a Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church in Woodstock.

No one in his family wants the season to end.