Liu Yan, regarded as China’s top classical dancer, was to give the performance of a lifetime: She was to dance a solo at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Dancer paralyzed in fall, dashing Olympic dreams
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First U.S. face transplant recipient offers thanks
In 2004, a bullet ripped away Connie Culp’s nose, cheeks and upper jaw.
‘Walking well’ flood hospitals with — or without — flu symptoms
A runny nose.
Deputies, suspect dead after shootouts
Two Florida deputies trying to arrest a man wanted in a domestic violence case were shot and killed Saturday by the suspect, who died in a shootout after a car chase into the next county. Deputies Burt Lopez and Warren York traded gunshots with the suspect at about 1 p.m.
‘Tonight Show’ host Jay Leno out of hospital
TV talk show host Jay Leno was released from the hospital Friday, his representative said.
I went through hell to play ‘Soloist,’ says Foxx
Jamie Foxx suffered through his own psychological turmoil while plunging into the role of a mentally ill musician in "The Soloist," the actor said.
A survivor’s miracle in the rubble
The father of a 20-year-old student, one of the last to be pulled alive from the rubble says it could only have been a miracle that saved his daughter. Luigi Calesini says when he arrived at his daughter Eleonora’s university dorm most of the building had already collapsed on itself. He says he thought it was a lost cause because his daughter lived on the ground floor
Natasha’s lesson helps save Ohio girl
Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed.
Families find little comfort at Afghan children’s hospital
Babies lie side by side in warming beds or sprawled on blankets atop crude wooden tables. Children with wounds and broken bones are carried in by their parents to wait on stiff plastic chairs. Outside, coughing youngsters squat on the pavement with their anxious families, waiting for care
Family of chimp attack victim seeks $50 million
A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was violently attacked by a chimpanzee is seeking $50 million in damages from the owner of the primate, attorneys said Tuesday. She brought the infants to her new house in La Habra, California. Members of the media and gawkers crowded the cul-de-sac, as news helicopters hovered overhead.