Godfrey Cuotto, a 21-year-old student in Hamilton, Ontario, had eaten at a downtown restaurant and boarded a bus to get home. When he got on the bus, a man sitting near the front reached out to shake his hand. Cuotto was taken aback initially, but then politely took...
An American tourist in Paris, who purchased an inexpensive amber necklace in a trinket shop, was shocked when he had to pay quite a high duty on it to clear customs in New York. This aroused his curiosity, so he had it appraised. After looking at the object under a...
Steve Higginbotham reports: On the evening of December 29, 1972, Eastern Airlines flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing 101 people. Any time a passenger plane crashes, it grabs our attention because so many lives are affected by the tragedy. But what...
In Japan, they have an organization which has become very successful. It is a company through which one can hire a “friend.” The number of Rent-a-Friend agencies in Japan has doubled to about 10 in the past eight years. It seems the lonely are willing to pay money to...
"And the rain descended, and the floods came.”Clara Gantt was on her way from her daughter’s home in Blythewood, South Carolina, to her own home in Irmo on Sunday morning, October 4. She had plans to attend church services at her home church there, when she was...
Where are you headed? Dave was asked the same question. Read Keith Wishum’s account of Dave’s experience:Dave was going the wrong way. But, he didn’t know it. He was making great time and was enjoying himself, and he was sure he was headed the right way. On the...
Reza Baluchi, an endurance runner, had some big plans. He aimed to “walk on water” in a hydropod – an inflatable bubble – for more than a 1,000 miles in the Bermuda Triangle in the Atlantic Ocean. His supplies included protein bars, bottled water, a GPS and a...