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Thursday May 23 2013

Top Story Stood up on Prom Night Tearful Girl Meets a Prince Charming at the Burger Joint Wednesday, May 22, 2013 A gallant young man working at a burger joint saved a heartbroken teen from one of the most humiliating nights of her life as she was stood up on prom night. All dressed up in a gorgeous orange gown, Kelsey Baker would have stayed home after getting the dreaded last-minute text messa... (Read more)	Leading Headlines Project Ships Blankets, Stuffed Toys and Bedtime Stories to Oklahoma Children Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Project Night Night has begun delivering its comforting "Night Night bags" to children in Oklahoma, detouring from its regular work of providing them to kids in home... (Read more) Global Software Firm Hiring More People With Autism Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Software giant SAP yesterday announced a new employment push to hire more people with autism after a successful pilot program showed increases in office productivity... (Read more) 120 Banks Pledge to Lend More to Veterans Wednesday, May 22, 2013 The Small Business Administration said today it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending for an additional 2,000 veterans with loans totalin... (Read more)
More News Veterans to the Rescue in Oklahoma, Doing the Heavy Lifting in Tornado Ravaged Towns Tornado Survivor Finds Buried Dog During TV Interview (WATCH) 18-Year-old's Invention Can Charge a Cell Phone in 30 Seconds Plea to Save Home of 91-Year-old Vet Raises $138,000 on the Internet Just Confirmed: New Energy Source Could Power the World With Clean Efficient Fusion 8-Year-old Girl Wouldn't Stop Until Old Soldier Got His Medals Solider and Stray Cat Save Each Other in Afghanistan Sheriffs Lend a Hand to Stranded Swedish Family in California SF Giants Pitcher Returns $500,000 After Noticing Mistake in Contract $25,000 Dropped Off Anonymously at Animal Shelter in Canada
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On this date ten years ago, Swedish professional golfer Annika Sörenstam became the first woman to play on the PGA Tour in 58 years (2003)
- U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Actrestoring full civil rights to most Confederate sympathizers (1872)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running US children's television series, aired its first episode (1967)
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US Gun Crime Plunges Over Last Two Decades

Mirroring the fall generally in violent crime, gun homicides and crimes involving guns have fallen sharply over the last two decades in the United States -- down 39 percent since 1993, reports the Justice Department. (Reuters)
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"Positive information benefits us emotionally, physically, and mentally. It contributes to a happier, healthier life."
- Tal Ben-Shahar, Harvard

Good news is good for what ails you.

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Stood up on Prom Night Tearful Girl Meets a Prince Charming at the Burger Joint

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Project Ships Blankets, Stuffed Toys and Bedtime Stories to Oklahoma Children

Global Software Firm Hiring More People With Autism

120 Banks Pledge to Lend More to Veterans

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