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NASCAR fan takes posthumous spin
Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though. At 6-foot-5 and 400 pounds, He
CNN Heroes: Reef restoration provides passion for diver
After witnessing the rapid devastation of a Cayman Island coral reef where he had been diving since childhood, Todd Barber was moved from horror to action.
Elephant among odd college donations
Stephen King, bikinis help heat Maine
The low point in Kimberly Henderson's struggle to keep her family warm came in early January when she was too broke to order an oil delivery and had to buy a 5-gallon container to take to her dealer
Troops, families changed by 5 years of war
Laura Youngblood clutched her husband's photo as she drove alone to the hospital. She'd become pregnant nearly nine months earlier, the day he'd left for training for Iraq.
Vatican lists new sinful behaviors
A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution and genetic manipulations as well as social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior.
5 things your car will finally do in 2020
Tooth Fairy economics ain't nickel-and-dime
Shannan and Marty Boyer of Park Hills, Kentucky, faced a sudden financial quandary one evening. Their 5-year-old, Sean, had just lost his first tooth, and the Boyers realized they didn't know the To
Can't save? Blame your brain
Slow and steady wins the race, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Those dueling proverbs sum up the investing mind.
Eight great auto questions
Bush jokes about daughter's wedding
President Bush has started joking about the worst-kept secret in the White House: the May 10 wedding of his daughter Jenna.
Consumers mining jewelry boxes for gold
A new kind of gold rush is unfolding at jewelry store and pawn shop counters -- featuring not prospectors, but consumers.
Forgive us, father; we'd rather go online
If you can pay for your bills online; why not pay for your sins?
Vatican official: New sins on horizon
Fifteen hundred years after the Roman Catholic Church introduced the original list of seven deadly sins, a Vatican official last week suggested an updated roster for a new age.
What women want ... in a car
Couple earning $56k aim for early retirement
Is it possible to retire by 50 with an income under $60,000? Ryan and Hope Wells think so.
Too stressed to eat or sleep on campus
College kids are so frazzled they can't sleep or eat. Or study. Good grief, they're even anxious about spring break.
What's hidden in the fine print of a great car deal
Even your dog has a blog
It goes without saying that Max, a 3-year-old golden retriever can't talk. But that doesn't stop him from chronicling his dog's life -- as told to his owner Aubrey Jones -- on the blog Max the Golde
Women lasered to standardize dress sizes
Some 10,000 volunteers have undergone laser beam zapping to measure their actual shape as part of a pioneering project for Spanish designers to make clothes that fit real women, officials say.
Plan a room your child won't outgrow
Can 'Project Lifeline' help troubled homeowners or will it flatline?
A new program to help delinquent mortgage borrowers stave off foreclosure doesn't really help much, according to some experts.
