Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford landed her small plane home in Belgium last week surrounded by four jets from the Belgian Red Devils aerobatic display team- marking the end of a 32,000-mile journey completed in less than six months.

• The teen has just been declared the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world.

Texas Children's Pawsitive Play Program is just as cute as it sounds. Designed to "enhance the emotional well-being of patients and families in the hospital," the four resident pups are somewhat celebrities around the hospital.

• For the holiday season this year, golden retrievers Elsa, Pinto, Pluto, and Bailey paraded through the halls with their handlers in matching flannel PJs, bringing smiles to the young patients and families admitted.

. It was New Year's Eve 1996 when Damon Walker nearly lost his life to a gunshot wound. Laying paralyzed on the street after the incident, he quietly prayed for someone to find and help him.

Damon's prayer was answered when Michael Franks, a medical student, drove past the incident and stopped his car to assess the situation...