do-gooder who fell from grace
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Not three weeks ago, Sean Harrigan launched his crusade against corporate malfeasance from one of the most powerful pulpits of all: the presidency of CalPERS, America&#39;s largest pension fund with some $177bn in assets.
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Conscientious saver or complete slacker? Find out right now.
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From activists to tycoons, politicians to inventors, these remarkable people offer hope for the future
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Paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident, Christopher Reeve became a tireless campaigner for stem cell research. Some accused him of offering false hope.
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Mr. Amte, a follower of Ghandi, gave up an early life of privilege to work for the poor, his direction irrevocably determined by an encounter with a destitute leper.
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Sucha Ram was getting ready to tar the roof of a building in the Bronx last year when he fell over the side, plunging 15 feet to his death. He was not wearing any fall-protection gear and had never received formal training in fall hazards, a report said.
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When something right can do you wrong.
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The doughnut maker confesses to a bad quarter but pledges to make a comeback.
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Most people struggling to hold on to their homes want someone to do something to help them, and often that someone is Uncle Sam.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: Peter Hain's choice of donor defaces his reputation and reveals the surrender of his party to the super-rich
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Improbably, a purveyor with a reputation for emptying pockets was coming to the rescue.
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Dropped, dunked or otherwise abused, your injured iPod need not go to that great landfill in the sky. Call a miracle worker instead. By the Associated Press.
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They've taken a beating, but are they down for the count?
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How one of America's most trusted figures became the frontman for the Bush administration's biggest mistake.
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By Truong Phuoc Khanh, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 17--Three weeks after Jim Gray, a renowned and beloved computer scientist, sailed out of San Francisco and vanished, a happy ending would have been miraculous.
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GIVING:Luther Hans Christensen helps people with HIV/AIDS and educates others about the disease. BY SCOTT THISTLE. On his most difficult days it&#39;s an honest hope that the world will become a better place that keeps Luther Hans Christensen going.
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PETALING JAYA: His world came crumbling down when he was diagnosed with Parkinsonâs disease but brain surgery has given retiree Oh Cheng Hong a miraculous new lease of life.