Bear is a four-year-old golden retriever who had been missing for three days when he was found stranded in the rising DuPage River in Plainfield, Illinois, having been hit by two vehicles. The dog was eventually reunited with his family after an effort involving the whole community to find him.
"Wail Alselwi, owner of Zack's Finest Deli & Grocery in Staten Island, developed the 'Grades for Grabs' program, which rewards children for earning good grades and improving their grades with money and snacks," said Alselwi. A community-wide fund-raising effort has generated over $587,000 for the initiative."
A photo taken by Hungarian photographer Attila Manek in Budapest in 1987 shows his wife, Marti, shopping with their little daughter, Enikő. Thirty years after the first picture was taken, the family staged the same scene to demonstrate the transformation that had occurred over the years.
The Australian HYROX racer Joanna Wietrzyk, who suffered from an unforeseen health problem in Beijing and then went on to win the event, raises issues concerning the welfare of athletes and hygiene at the events.
