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Across the Cultural Divide, a Life Saved in Jerusalem

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Aug 18, 2013

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In Jerusalem, a city too often divided among religious and nationalist lines, unusual heartwarming encounters do take place from time to time.

An Israeli volunteer medic, who is also an Orthodox West Bank settler, was reunited Friday with the Arab from Jerusalem whom he saved in the Old City last week.

“No one came to help me, none of the brothers, no Arabs. Only one Orthodox Jewish man came to help me,” the man’s brother recalled him saying upon his awakening.

Race Horses, Virginia Inmates Find Common Bond in Greener Pastures Program

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Aug 18, 2013

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The Deep Meadow Correctional Center houses 800 Virginia inmates. It is also home to 22 horses who like their handlers have often been cast aside.

“It gives you the sense of accomplishing something,” said one of the eight inmate who was chosen to care for the retired race horses. “I’m excited about doing it.”

Tario Holmes was an inmate who passed a long sentence with the horses at the James River Work Center. Now a free man, Holmes returns to the farm every few weeks, teaching other inmates the farrier skills he learned here.

Legacy Pole Honors 20th Anniversary of Haida Nation’s Agreement With Canada

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Aug 17, 2013

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For the first time in 130 years, a new pole will be erected in the Gwaii Haanas area, detailing the history of the region and commemorating two landmark agreements that led to the creation of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and the Haida Heritage Site.

The 13-meter pole, called a legacy pole, was carved by Jaalen Edenshaw to celebrate the 20th anniversary of an agreement between the Haida Nation and the Government of Canada.

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Smithsonian Discovers Cute New Mammal Species

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Aug 16, 2013

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Described as a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear, scientists announced the identification of a new mammal species, the olinguito.

In the raccoon family, Bassaricyon neblina is the first mammalian carnivore species to be added in the Americas in 35 years, scientists at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington said.

The 2-pound olinguito (oh-lin-GHEE-toe), with its large eyes and woolly orange-brown fur, is native to the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.

Boy Scout Finds 5.16 Carat Diamond at Arkansas State Park (LOOK)

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Aug 16, 2013

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A 12-year-old North Carolina boy on vacation with his family found a 5.16-carat diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park, the only diamond-producing site in the world open to the public.

Michael Detlaff didn’t even have to mine for the “honey brown diamond”. He found it simply by searching on the surface of the ground and noticing a pebble that looked different.

“It is thrilling any time a child finds a diamond here at Crater of Diamonds State Park,” said a park employee.

Civil Rights Giant Becomes Comic Book Hero

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Aug 15, 2013

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Among all the fantastical superhero figures parading at this year’s Comic-Con was an elegant and modest man who has earned the moniker “hero” in real life.

John Lewis began life as the son of sharecroppers on a farm in rural Alabama.

He went on to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington and become a U.S. congressman.

His incredible life story is now a graphic autobiography entitled “March“.

Policemen Immediately Go Shopping to Help Crying Girl on First Day of School

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Aug 15, 2013

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Two Phoenix police officers will be held forever in the heart of a young Latina girl who went home on her first day of school much richer than when she’d left.

Officer Ben Carro was assigned to help with traffic control on August 5, the first day of school for Loma Linda Elementary, when he saw a young girl walking alone toward to the school who appeared to be crying. A school aid asked the child, name Leslie Gonzales, what was wrong.

O’Hare Airport Uses Barnyard Goats for Earth-friendly Mowing

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Aug 15, 2013

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One of the largest airports in the world, O’Hare International takes its responsibility toward the environment seriously.

Acres of green roofs have been installed to reduce storm water runoff and cool the air. The airport even hosts 1 million bees living in 28 beehives that produce honey and help replenish declining bee populations.

Now a barnyard band of goats, sheep, llamas and wild burros is munching its way through a steep embankment overgrown with tall grass.

(READ the story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

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Young Greeks Helping Each Other Through Crisis

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Aug 14, 2013

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Young Greeks are combating the euro crisis by setting up self-help initiatives to provide free medical care, repair street lighting and monitor public spending. A new, unprecedented communal spirit is emerging to tackle the hardship of cutbacks and reforms.

With no more money to feed government corruption, things have started changing in Greece — and people are doing more than just complain and strike.

Goodwill Worker Finds $10,000 In Donation Pile And Turns It In

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Aug 14, 2013

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Goodwill employee Lakeisha Williams found $10,500 in cash stuffed inside a book while sorting through donations to the charity. She said she thought of keeping it, but she didn’t.

“My concern was, someone is out that money and I’d like for them to get it back,” she told News 10.

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