Tony Porta, 26, was left with devastating injuries to his face and body after driving over a roadside bomb in Al Asad, Iraq, in 2007. The Marine Corporal, pictured inset before the attack, didn't believe he could find love given the extent of his injuries but new wife Daisy, pictured left, proved him wrong. The couple are now married and have a son named after two soldiers killed in the blast, pictured right with his father.

Ex-CIA director David Petraeus was greeted with applause and a standing ovation as he gave his first public speech after his resignation following the revelation of his affair with his biographer. The former four-star general spoke Tuesday night at a University of Southern California event honoring the military as he relaunches his public image following the affair.

Mom Joann Moser don't know if she should be proud or worried after capturing her son, 2, expertly picking the lock of his sister's bedroom so he could steal her pillow pet.

Katelyn Norman, from LaFollette, Tennessee, has been fighting osteosarcoma for two years but doctors told her last week that it has spread to her heart, arteries, pelvis and spine and that there is nothing more they can do. But in an enormous show of courage, Katelyn is grinning through her last days and has drawn up a list of activities she hopes she complete before passing away.

Pedro Quezada, 44, appeared at a New Jersey Lottery press conference on Tuesday afternoon to talk about his shock at the massive payout, and what he intends to do with it. Mr Quezada, who moved from the Dominican Republic 26 years ago, was joined by his wife Ines Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant, at the podium and spoke through a translator to address the media. He said he would no longer be working at the bodega he has owned in Passaic, New Jersey, and will be buying a new car - 'the one I like'.

A new British documentary, 40-Year-Old Virgins, follows Clive as he flies to the U.S. to meet Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a sex therapist and surrogate sexual partner whose work inspired last year's Oscar-nominated film, The Sessions. Mrs Cohen-Greene, who is married to a 'wonderful, supportive partner' and charges $300 for a two-hour session, performs multiple sex acts on Clive, who has intercourse for the first time after a fortnight of radical sex therapy.

The inspiration for many of Walt Disney's iconic characters including Snow White, Tinkerbell and even Bambi have been revealed. Innovations in technology since Disney started in 1923 have changed how the movies are created, but the company has always sought to base its animated icons on real people - and animals - in order to create realistic and fully rounded characters.

Stephanie and Jess Palmer, were arrested at their Marion County, Florida home after authorities found their children, ages one, three, and five, living in filth. Police also found cocaine residue in the bathroom of the home where Jess Palmer, 31, and his wife Stephanie Renne Palmer, lived with their children.

Police in New Jersey have pieced together a 24-year-old cold case mystery linked to Joel Rifkin, pictured left, one of the area's most notorious serial killers. Yesterday, investigators said that they have positively identified the remains as 25-year-old Heidi Balch, right, a drug-addicted prostitute with the help of DNA and a reconstruction of the woman's face, center.

The solicitation amounted to 'softcore porn,' and resulted Logan Ward being targeted by cyber-bullies who support PETA, his furious father says. Logan is one of six children and the Slidell, Louisiana, family didn't have the money to send him on the trip without raising outside funds.

James Bond actor Daniel Craig has brought Manhattan to a standstill as he launched the brand new Range Rover Sport by driving it to a star-studded reception through the streets of New York. The 007 star took a spectacular spin in the new British-built luxury 4X4 as number of roads in the Big Apple - Land Rover's biggest market - were specially sealed off.

The adopted siblings have joined the Pyle family's three young children in Oldham County, Kentucky to bring the family to eight. Lori Pyle was visiting an orphanage in Sierra Leone in 2009 to deliver blankets when she met the children. When she was back at her hotel one night, the eldest boy escaped the orphanage and found her. He begged her to adopt him and his siblings, revealing they had been the victims of abuse. 'Their story just broke my heart,' she said. Last week she finally welcomed her children home at Louisville airport (pictured inset).

Perched 3,200 feet over the valley, Overhanging Rock had been the must-see attraction on trips to Glacier Point ever since the first trails were built in the area in 1857. In the 1880 and 1890s, Overhanging Rock was often used by travelers for group shots sometimes involving horses or cars, but there were also many thrill-seekers willing to risk their life and limb by performing acrobatic tricks on the edge.

In a frightening display of ignorance, 10 students at Torrington High School posed in an Instagram photo, right, in the school gymnasium making hand gestures which spell out '21,' the football jersey number of one of the accused, 18-year-old Edgar Gonzalez, pictured top left. Gonzalez' fans have also started the Twitter hashtag #FreeEdgar to post messages and pictures in defense of the alleged rapist, who remains in custody at New Haven Correctional Center and is due back in court on April 2. Fellow footballer Joan Toribio, bottom left, and an unidentified 17-year-old was also arrested in the ongoing case, which bares similarities to the recent Steubenville, Ohio rape case, and has made national headlines.

The Kennedy Presidential Library has released a collection of photos showing the first family enjoying the outdoors at the rustic Naval retreat at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland on March 31, 1963 - fifty years ago this weekend. A toddler John F. Kennedy Jr. (left, aged two) is captured taking the controls of the presidential helicopter while Caroline Kennedy (center, aged five) goes for a ride on her pet pony, Macaroni. JFK Jr. pets his sister's small horse as the President and Mrs Kennedy look on. The charming commander in chief is pictured at ease, relaxing in the fresh air at the mountainous getaway (right, with Under Secretary of the Navy Paul 'Red' Fay).

Leon Raymond Walls, 41, has been charged with attempted homicide after the vicious attack, which ended with several customers wrestling a bloody kitchen knife out of his grasp and calling police. Witnesses said Walls grabbed Allison Meadows, 16, by her hair and repeatedly stabbed her with the knife in front of her family as they stood in line at an East Liberty store.

Blanca Regalado started crying hysterically and yelling at the judge when she was brought in front of him in a Miami-Dade courtroom. She was arrested three days earlier when police found she and her husband having suffered multiple stab wounds, though his proved fatal.

Stonegate, located in Tacoma, Washington, is one of a few number of bars, cafes and private clubs catering to the stoner class in Washington and Colorado since voters last fall made them the first states to legalize marijuana. Both states bar the public use of marijuana - which typically would include bars and restaurants - and most bars are steering clear of allowing pot use at least until officials come up with rules for the new weed industry.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The Arizona Democrat's husband, Mark Kelly, is seen running to the bloody scene in Laguna Beach, California and shaking the fatally-injured animal from the dog's jaws. Although the sea lion was freed, it later died and was removed from the beach. The attack happened on Saturday afternoon near the exclusive Goff Cove Beach in Laguna Beach where former Rep. Giffords, her husband and his daughter are staying.

A video of the ear-splitting lupine recital was recorded at the Wolf Creek Habitat in Brookville, Indiana, showing the rescued animals joining their voices in a single heart-chilling howl. The wolves, held in separate enclosure areas, seem to call out to one another by emitting piercing, primal wails. In one of the pens, a quintet of white and grey animals jump onto a wooden platform as if they are singers ascending the stage.

Mark Yaffe reportedly agreed to offload his custom-built mansion in the exclusive enclave of Avila in Tampa, Florida to pay off multimillion dollar debts. He is head of troubled coin wholesaler National Gold Exchange. The mansion covers 29,000-square-feet and took four years to build to its detailed specifications with marble archways, balconies and 14 fireplaces.

How you edit your pictures says more about you than the images you actually take, marketing company Marketo claims. An infographic explains the psychology behind the top 10 Instagram filters, and profiles the personalities of the photographers who use them.

Hundreds of tourists have flocked to witness the eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano located on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula in the far east of the country. The volcano, which began erupting in November after lying dormant for almost 40 years, has unleashed huge jets of lava up to 200 metres into the sky.

Giant male walrus Odin and female Dyna are among four walruses who have just arrived at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany from a zoo in Moscow, Russia. The new arrivals were pictured swimming around the polar enclosure as they got to acquainted with their new surroundings.