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Police Officers Take Daughter of Fallen Cop to Father-Daughter Dance

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Some of the finest ‘boys in blue’ from two Arizona police departments escorted the daughter of fallen Chandler Police Officer Bryant Holmes to her Father-Daughter school dance last week.Gilbert-Police-FBpage-dance-spin

These photos posted by Gilbert Police showed officers from both departments making sure young Miss Holmes would have plenty of dance partners twirling her on the floor.

Her father, Officer Holmes was killed in a traffic accident on his way to work last October when another motorist sped through a red light.

Photos via Gilbert Police FB Page

Still Eating Yoplait? General Mills Has Cut the Sugar by 25%

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Yoplait Original-companyimageThe American yogurt culture, so to speak, has greatly benefited from the overwhelming trend toward healthier Greek brands in the past decade. But, if you are still eating the more commercial sweetened types of yogurt, there is a bit of good news for you.

General Mills announced yesterday they are reformulating their Yoplait Original to contain 25 percent less sugar.

The lower sugar recipe cuts the calories from 170 to 150 per cup, with 18 grams of sugar overall, rather than 26.

Another benefit of the reformulation is a higher protein count.

”The brand will now be using more milk in the Original recipe, which actually increases the protein in a 6-ounce cup of yogurt by one gram, from 5 grams to 6 grams,” the company wrote on its blog.

More milk will also increase the fat content from 1 to 2 grams per container. The changes will be evident in products next month.

The sugar reduction is the latest in Yoplait makeovers. Two years ago, the brand removed high fructose corn syrup.

The company says it stopped using milk from cows treated with the rBGH growth hormone in 2009, and, earlier than that, had reduced sugar in three kids’ yogurts – Yoplait Go-Gurt, Yoplait Trix and Yoplait Kids – “by nearly 25 percent.”

(READ more from TwinCities.com)

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Girl’s Dental Hygienist Notices Yellowish Eyes to Save Her Life

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Imagine taking your little girl to the dentist on Wednesday morning for a routine cleaning and having it lead directly to a 9-hour major medical surgery the following Friday. The surgery saved 11-year-old Journee’s life and it was due to the diligence of dental hygienist Rachel Stroble, who was concerned because the whites of the her eyes seemed yellow.

“We took her to the doctor for blood tests and an ultrasound, which then lead to both a CAT Scan and MRI,” said the Oklahoma girl’s mother, Anna Woodard. “The doctors found a grapefruit-sized tumor on her liver and pancreas.”ambulance-drone-YouTube

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ABC News reports the tumor wasn’t cancerous, but doctors said it would have ruptured had they not caught it. “Had this happened while Journee was sleeping, she could have gone septic and never woken up, Woodard said. And it could have happened while Journee, who plays basketball, was on the court.”

(READ the story from ABC Good Morning America)

Photo courtesy of Woodward Family / Story tip from Erika Arreola

Kenyan Marathoner Finishes Third Despite Crawling to the Line

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“After showing herself to be in the elite class of female runners at the Austin Marathon, Kenyan Hyvon Ngetich hit the wall — hard. She didn’t win, despite leading for most of the day. But the way Ngetich finished the race is being celebrated, because she did it by crawling, refusing to quit.”

Her fortitude paid off: After refusing the wheelchair offered to her and inching to the finish line on her knees, Ngetich finished third.

(WATCH the video above or READ the story from NPR)

 Story tip from Joel Arellano

Senior Home Takes Residents to Disney World For Free (WATCH)

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“Magical” was the word of the week as 85 elders from Signature HealthCARE were transported back to their childhoods during an all-expenses-paid dream vacation to Walt Disney World.

“It’s a dream come true to come here,” said one giddy senior.

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This is the fourth consecutive year Signature has raised money to take groups of nursing home residents on the vacations of their dreams.

“I didn’t know nursing homes did things like this,” said one gentleman in the video below. “I just thought they played bingo and things like that.”

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“I wanted to ride Splash Mountain, which they said I probably couldn’t do, but I did,” said a resident, who has this picture to prove it. “It feels wonderful… I broke down crying.”

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(WATCH the sweet video below) Story tip from Heather Finney

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From Dishwasher to Restaurant Owner, Haitian-American Succeeds With Help of Stranger

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A hopeful 20-year-old Haitian immigrant was brought to the United States in 2000 by his father, a taxi driver in Philadelphia. But with no English skills the young man had no better luck here finding a job than in his impoverished homeland.

One day, when nearly all hope was lost, his father told a passenger about Ricardeau’s difficulty finding employment.

The stranger told the cab driver to have his son meet him outside the Saladworks restaurant, where he knew the owner. When Ricardeau Scutt showed up, the kind stranger walked him inside and introduced him, and he was given a job as a dishwasher.Mos-Bows-CEO-is-12yo-cropped

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Through studious hard work at the restaurant and in ESL English courses at the Community College of Philadelphia, the young man progressed quickly toward success in his adopted country. At Saladworks, Ricardeau advanced within three years to become the general manager. He also became a proud U.S. citizen while supporting his family both in Philadelphia and back in Haiti.

His hard work really paid off in November after Saladworks executives entered him in a Food Network hidden camera reality show and he won. Without even knowing he was being judged, he was rewarded with his own Saladworks franchise in the Andorra section of Philadelphia.grandfather-with-kangaroo-cup-invented-fro-him-FB.jpg

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In the end, it was through his own hard work that Ricardeau earned success, but he holds a debt of gratitude for the kind man in the taxi who went out of his way to do a favor for a stranger.

(READ more about Ricardeau in the Philadelphia Daily News)

Wife Gets Valentine’s Flowers From Husband After His Death

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After being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor a year ago, a Wyoming husband made secret arrangements with a local florist so that his wife will always be remembered on Valentine’s Day.

Shelly Golay received a delivery of mixed roses Thursday with a card from her late husband, Jim — the first of an annual promise of bouquets that will grace her Valentine’s Day until the year she dies.

“Happy Valentine’s Day Honey
Stay Strong!
Yours Forever,
Love Jim”

She learned of his loving scheme after calling Nick’s Florist in Casper to find out more about the flowers.

(WATCH the video above or READ the story from KCWY)

Daring Rescue: Firefighters Free Dog Wedged in a Cliff (WATCH)

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A dog, out for a walk yesterday with its owner, is lucky to be alive today. The 18-pound animal bolted into the bushes after a squirrel and slid off the precipice of a giant cliff in Santa Monica.

Luckily it became wedged in a crevice half way down and firefighters were able to perform a rescue by ladder truck.

The scene was caught on camera from the NBC news helicopter.

(WATCH the video below from NBCLosAngeles.com)

Justin Bieber Picks Up Dinner Tab for NYC Police Officers

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The sometimes troubled pop star Justin Bieber had an encounter with New York City police officers recently, and it created a headline he’d be proud to tell his mother about.

Bieber was eating at the Comfort Diner on Friday night, reports TMZ, and when it came time to pay for his meal, he said he wanted to cover their tab — around $200.

He posted this picture on his Shots photo sharing account.

(Source: TMZ)

US Factories Are More Active Yet Spewing Far Less Pollution

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Here is a significant but under reported environmental success story from the US economy: Between 1990 and 2008, output by US manufacturers grew by one-third, yet air pollution from their factories was reduced by about two-thirds.

Vox reports, “Georgetown economist Arik Levinson estimated that more than 90 percent of the drop in US factory pollution since 1990 was due to companies adopting cleaner production techniques — things like switching fuels, becoming more efficient, recycling, or adopting pollution-capture technology.”

(READ the story from Vox.com)

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Tearful WWII Vet Reunited With Love Letter Penned to Future-wife 70 Years Ago

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A World War II veteran broke down in tears and nostalgia when an old love letter made its way back to him, written while at war 70 years ago, to woo his future-wife.

A Colorado woman found the letter inside an old record she bought at a thrift store. She asked the local news media to help find the owner. Surprisingly, the letter’s author was a 90 year-old widower still living and located in nearby Aurora.

“My darling, lovable, alluring, Bernadean,” began the letter, dated 1945. “I ran out of space, but I could have written a lot more adjectives describing you. You are so lovely, darling, that I often wonder how it is possible that you are mine. I’m really the luckiest guy in the world, you know. And you are the reason, Bernadean. Even your name sounds lovely to me.”

It is the only surviving love letter between the two, who were married for 63 years.

(WATCH the video above or READ the story from the Denver Channel)

Story tip from Erika Arreola

Teen is Called Hero After Saving Woman from Jumping off Bridge

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A Menominee, Michigan teenager is being called a life-saving hero after preventing a woman from jumping off a bridge.

Brennan Bardowski was driving home when he saw a woman climbing over the rail of the Hattie Street Bridge.

He turned the car around and approached her with caution, offering a string of comforting words asking her to come back over the barrier.

“There will be a lot of people devastated if you do this,” he told her. “I was like, ‘Why don’t you come on over?’ and I just kept comforting her like that.”

(WATCH the video above or READ the story from WRIC)

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Can’t Sing? Keep At It, Practice May Be Key

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If you’ve ever been told that you’re “tone deaf” or “can’t carry a tune,” don’t give up.

New research out of Northwestern University suggests that singing accurately is not so much a talent as a learned skill that can decline over time if not used.

The ability to sing on key may have more in common with the kind of practice that goes into playing an instrument than people realize, said lead researcher Steven Demorest, a professor of music education at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.

“No one expects a beginner on violin to sound good right away, it takes practice, but everyone is supposed to be able to sing,” Demorest said. “When people are unsuccessful they take it very personally, but we think if you sing more, you’ll get better.”

Published in a special February issue of the journal Music Perception, the study compared the singing accuracy of three groups: kindergarteners, sixth graders and college-aged adults. One test asked the volunteers to listen to four repetitions of a single pitch and then sing back the sequence. Another asked them to sing back at intervals.

The study showed considerable improvement in accuracy from kindergarten to late elementary school, when most children are receiving regular music instruction. But in the adult group, the gains were reversed — to the point that college students performed at the level of the kindergarteners on two of the three tasks, suggesting the “use it or lose it” effect.

Singing on key is likely easier for some people than others. “But it’s also a skill that can be taught and developed, and much of it has to do with using the voice regularly,” Demorest said. “Our study suggests that adults who may have performed better as children lost the ability when they stopped singing.”

By eighth grade, just 34 percent of U.S. students participate in elective music instruction — a number that declines throughout high school, says Demorest. Children who have been told they can’t sing well are even less likely to engage with music.

Better data could also be used to determine whether an inability to imitate certain pitches is linked to communication deficits or language impairments. Only a tiny subset of the population is truly tone deaf (a condition known as amusia), which means they can’t hear most changes in pitch. For these people, singing becomes difficult.

Teens and adults need to have low-stakes opportunities in music that don’t require the commitment of time that playing in a band or an orchestra does, Demorest added.

(SEE the full article by Julie Deardorff, Northwestern)

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Thrift Shopper Unwittingly Buys $20,000 Vince Lombardi Jacket

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A tattered vintage sweater from West Point bought at a Goodwill outlet store for fifty-eight cents could fetch more than $20,000 at auction.

The sweater belonged to legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who had served as an assistant coach at the school just before landing his role with the champion Green Bay Packers.

Sean McEvoy, who purchased the sweater in North Carolina, later saw a TV documentary about Lombardi and saw a photo of the coach wearing the same sweater.childes-nativity scene-jefftaylor-submitted

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He told his wife and she remembered seeing a tag inside with a name written in ink. Lombardi: the name honored every year when the Super Bowl victor wins ‘Lombardi Trophy.’

The circa 1950 sweater is now being auctioned online at Heritage Auctions.

(WATCH the video above or READ the story at WLOS-TV)

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Man Writes 10,000 Love Notes to His Wife Over Last 40 Years

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74-year-old Bill Bresnan has written a love letter to his wife Kirsten every day for nearly 40 years.

The proof is found in the more than 10,000 notes filed chronologically in 25 boxes at the couple’s home in Toms River, New Jersey.

(WATCH the video above, or READ the love story at KRQE)

Story tip from Joel Arellano

Love Advice From Seniors: How to Keep Your Relationship Going & Going

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For Valentine’s Day, Sunrise Senior Living polled its residents across the nation to find the key to achieving a long and happy marriage.

The results were compiled into these Top 10 Love Tips and Relationship Advice.

1) Take Your Time

Love yourself first before you commit to another person and make sure the emotion involved is love and not simply infatuation. Follow your heart, but also use good judgment so that you aren’t rushing into anything.

2) Embrace the Romance

Do not be afraid to fall in love with someone and once you do, never forget the reason why you fell in love initially. One resident put it best, “Love is grand if you have the right person.”

3) Spend More Time Together

Companionship was their favorite aspect of being in love. Many couples enjoyed sharing interests, trying new things together and especially traveling with one another, which all help to keep the love alive.

4) Express Your Love

Whether it is a kiss goodbye or saying “I love you” every night before bed, it is important to remind your partner of your feelings toward them, especially the intimate ones.

5) Be with Someone Who is Kind

Love can be a beautiful thing, but kindness is necessary for a successful relationship. According to one resident, “Kind people will love you with all of their heart and don’t forget it.”

6) Love is a Two-Way Street

A successful relationship takes teamwork. Do away with the “me” and focus on remaining true to the person you love. Trust and understanding contribute to a happy, healthy relationship!

7) Be Patient With Each Other

Partners must have a lot of patience. Be understanding and supportive of each other’s dreams and take one another’s advice. Listening to one another is important.elderly-banana-smiles

8) Communicate Emotions

Be comfortable enough with each other to express your feelings, most importantly when you’re upset. Discuss things that are bothering you, instead of making them guess what you need so that you never go to bed angry.

9) Respect is Key

A majority of residents said that respecting their partner was an integral part of their relationship’s success. Respect and be true to each other even if opinions may differ.

10) Never Give Up

A successful relationship takes work. One resident explained how, “You don’t always have to like each other, but always love each other.” Working together will help the relationship overcome any difficulties.

Oklahoma Boy Sends Valentine to Every Girl in School – More Than 1000

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An Oklahoma boy delivered anonymous candy and Valentine’s Day cards to every girl at his school on Friday to make sure no one was feeling left out.

The student secretly surprised all 1076 girls at Edmond High School, but eventually everyone learned who the Romeo was.

Dan Williams, an Eagle Scout who doesn’t have a girlfriend of his own, worked all summer to raise enough money for his Valentine’s Day surprise.

“To know somebody out there cares about them,” Dan pondered. “That’s one of the best feelings in the world, I think.”

(WATCH the video above or READ the story from KFOR)

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Mom Prays, and Sees “Dead” Son Comes Back to Life

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“He was ‘dead’ for 45 minutes.”

That’s what doctors said after treating 14-year-old John Smith, who spent 15 minutes underwater in an icy lake. Now they are calling his recovery a “miracle.”

Dr. Kent Sutterer and his team performed CPR on John for 27 minutes with no success, reports KSDK-TV.

After wondering how long they should continue, his mother was called in to the room. She came in and started praying loudly.

“They hadn’t been getting a pulse at that time,” said Joyce Smith of St. Charles, Missouri. “All of a sudden I heard them saying, ‘We got a pulse, we got a pulse.'”

(WATCH the video below or READ the story at WTSP *Note: Adjust your speakers for auto-play video)

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Double Decker Driver Reverses So Man Can Jump From Burning Building

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Bus driver Andy Waterman backed-up his double-decker so a man could make the jump from a burning top floor flat to safety.

“The naked man, who is thought to have been in the shower, leapt 10ft (3m) from a second-story window in Braintree, Essex,” reports the BBC.

Waterman will receive a chief fire officer’s commendation for his actions.

(READ the story from the BBC)

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Unsold Flowers Become Bouquets for Hospice Patients on Valentine’s Day

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17 volunteers busily sorted through roses, carnations, lilies and other flowers Tuesday morning, discarding wilted plants, trimming stems, and arranging flowers into bouquets destined for hospice patients.

With the help of florists and grocery stores that donate unused flowers, The Bloom Project in Oregon works with 20 hospices to brighten the surroundings for people nearing the end of their life, and gives them something pleasant to talk about.

“Berkman, a former meeting and event planner, founded the nonprofit in Bend in 2007, after she noticed perfectly good flowers being thrown away after events,” The Oregonian reports. “She heard about restaurants giving away leftovers to food banks, and thought she could apply the idea to flowers.”

The nonprofit has gifted more than 78,000 bouquets to Hospice patients since 2009.

(READ the full story from The Oregonian or Watch their video below)

Photo via The Bloom Project FB Page / Story tip from Mike McGinley

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