Heroic links

The Con Anti-Harassment Project:
http://www.cahp.girl-wonder.org/

Bikers rescue abused animals:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/nyregion/thecity/24pet.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
(spotted by kali921)

Today would have been Jack Kirby's 91st birthday. There's lots of tributes floating around the web, but my favorite is Tom Spurgeon's, which lets the man's work speak for itself:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/jack_kirby_the_king_of_comics_would_have_been_91_years_old_today/