A sexually abused boy and his mother recount the anguish they suffered at the hands of a trusted teacher when he was in kindergarten. (LAT) View

Jazz musicians and chefs are creatively spontaneous, but so are surgeons and firefighters. A look at the unscripted moments in all our lives. View

An NGO gets homeless Ethiopian children off the streets and helps give them an education. Meet three whose lives have been changed. (Bombay Flying Club) View

Tokyo's Toshiro Kanamori teaches his fourth-grade class unconventional lessons in cooperation, compassion and sharing powerful emotions. (KarmaTube) View

Nikolski, a remote village of 30 people in the Aleutian Islands, is losing its school, jeopardizing the fate of an entire community. (NYT) View

A free national classical-music program helps keep Venezuelan youth away from a life of drugs and crime. (ABC Australia) View

Haitian activist Rea Dol isn't waiting for outside help to feed and care for a poor and neglected Port-au-Prince neighborhood. (NYT) View

The Best Videojournalism Stories of 2009 ... Celebrating excellence in video, journalism and storytelling. View

With the release of the quirky alternative-rock duo's latest children's album, they reveal the appeal, and challenges, of entertaining kids. (Time) View

University students experiment with new ways to create music -- or at least 'sculpt sound' -- by hacking their smartphones. (NYT) View

Two inseparable high school wrestlers, one nearly blind and one with no legs, discover the true meaning of friendship. (ESPN) View

A quasi-military academy run by the National Guard gives at-risk teens a second chance at graduation. (WP) View