A Chicago limousine driver, Abdul Faraj, has received a priceless tip from one of his regular costumers. Faraj was offered a kidney by Dave Baker, a Minnesota businessman, at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital. For several years, Baker had used Faraj as his driver when traveling to Chicago. When Baker got wind of Faraj's health situation, he tried to locate a kidney donor in the Lebanese limo driver's blood group.

Chicago (AHN)- The new "Twinkies Cookbook" goes beyond desserts by featuring recipes like Twinkie Burrito or Twinkie Lasagna. Theresa Cogswell collected the 50 recipes for the book , many of which were submitted to Hostess in celebration of Twinkies' 75th anniversary celebration last year.

A Comcast Corp. employee has lost his job after allegedly falling asleep on the customer's couch during a house call. The customer posted the video of the incident on the Internet last week. The company has apologized for the incident. The customer, Brian Finkelstein of Washington, D. C. posted a video of the sleeping technician on YouTube. com, a site that lets users share videos. Finkelstein also narrated his experience on the 58 seconds video.

In a research study titled "Emotional Contagion", scientists revealed that emotions can be transmitted to subsequent receivers as fast as the blink of the eye, according to a study findings published in The Washington Post. Elaine Hatfield, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii and co-author of the study, says that emotions whether positive or negative are passed from person to person without even the notice of the receiver.

Braxton Bilbrey, a 7 year-old Arizona boy, swam from Alcatraz Island the site of the infamous former maximum security prison to the city in 47 minutes thus creating the record for the youngest ever to swim in the chilly waters. The young champ was joined by his coach and two other adults for the estimated 2,25km swim on Monday and was greeted at the finish by reporters, photographers and well-wishers.