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Veterans Volunteer for One More Mission, a Hurricane Sandy Response Team

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Nov 10, 2012

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Armed simply with chainsaws, a corps of military veterans has arrived on the Jersey Shore to help Sandy-stricken residents trapped by a maze of downed trees and debris.

The team members, whose previous tours have included Iraq and Afghanistan, arrived in New Jersey this week from Arizona, where they were serving in the Veterans Fire Corps, a program that helps recent-era vets prepare for careers in conservation. Their recent training in chain saw operation and wildland firefighting made them perfectly suited for the mission at hand.

“We volunteered right away,” says Joseph LiCausi, a former Navy petty officer from Queens, New York. “Cleaning up roads, getting trees out of the way, helping displaced people get food. It feels good to help out.”

Veterans Retrained for Forest Service Grab Chainsaws to Help New Yorkers

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Nov 10, 2012

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Armed simply with chainsaws, a corps of military veterans has arrived on the Jersey Shore to help Sandy-stricken residents trapped by a maze of downed trees and debris.

The team members, whose previous tours have included Iraq and Afghanistan, arrived in New Jersey this week from Arizona, where they were serving in the Veterans Fire Corps, a program that helps recent-era vets prepare for careers in conservation. Their recent training in chain saw operation and wildland firefighting made them perfectly suited for the mission at hand.

“We volunteered right away,” says Joseph LiCausi, a former Navy petty officer from Queens, New York. “Cleaning up roads, getting trees out of the way, helping displaced people get food. It feels good to help out.”

Girl of Nine Dominates Boys in Spectacular Football Highlight Reel

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Nov 10, 2012

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It is unusual to see a highlight reel of a peewee football player whose stats are so impressive – 35 touchdowns, 65 tackles and nearly 2,000 rushing yards. Such numbers would make an NFL scout do a double-take.

What’s even more unusual is that this particular football player is a 9-year-old girl from Salt Lake City named “Sam” Gordon.

100 Milwaukee Area Salons to Hold Fundraiser for Spa Shooting Victims

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Nov 10, 2012

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Nearly 100 Milwaukee area salons and spas are expected to participate in a fundraising effort Tuesday to support victims of a shooting last month at Azana Spa & Salon in Brookfield, and to help raise awareness of domestic abuse.

The goal is to focus attention on the potential for tragedy when domestic abuse isn’t stopped, while donating a percentage of sales that day to help the victims of the spa shooting, said Jan Seybold, one of the organizers of Cut it Out Day.

Female Iraq War Vet Who Lost Legs is Elected to U.S. Congress

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Nov 9, 2012

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Not only is she one of the historic class of 2012 women elected to the US Congress this week. Not only is she the first Thai-American woman to be sent to Capitol Hill. Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs in combat.

The new Illinois congresswoman previously served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and as the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs before that.

The impressive Duckworth was born in Bangkok, Thailand, to an American father, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who traced his family’s roots in America back to before the Revolutionary War. Her mother, a native of Thailand, is of Chinese ancestry. Because of her father’s work with the United Nations and international companies, the family moved around Southeast Asia and she became fluent in Thai, Indonesian, and English.

The Democratic congresswoman credits Republican Senator Bob Dole for inspiring her to pursue public service while she recuperated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

Dole dedicated his biography One Soldier’s Story in part to Duckworth.

Female Iraq War Vet Who Lost Legs is Elected to U.S. Congress

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Not only is she one of the historic class of 2012 women elected to the US Congress this week. Not only is she the first Thai-American woman to be sent to Capitol Hill. Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs in combat.

The new Illinois congresswoman previously served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and as the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs before that.

Speedy NYC Subway Repairs Border on ‘Magic’ After Floods

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Nov 9, 2012

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It has been less than two weeks since the most devastating storm in the New York City subway system’s 108-year history. Seven tunnels beneath the East River flooded. Entire platforms were submerged. Underground equipment, some of it decades old, was destroyed.

The damage was the worst that the system had ever seen. And yet, the subways have come back — quicker than almost anyone could have imagined.

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Baboon Adopts Stray Kitten, Carries it Everywhere (Video)

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Nov 9, 2012

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At a petting zoo in Israel, a baboon has adopted a tiny kitten who recently strayed into its cage and then refused to leave.

The baboon now cares for the kitten, rarely letting the feline out of her sight. Footage shot at the zoo shows that the baboon even checks the kitty for fleas.

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Four Teenage Girls in Africa Have Invented a Generator Powered by Pee

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Nov 9, 2012

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People pee a lot, and four African teenage girls have actually figured out a way to make pee useful.

They created a urine-powered generator — which can turn one liter of urine into six hours of electricity.

They presented their invention this week in Lagos, Nigeria, at the fourth annual Maker Faire Africa.

Host Kristin Chenoweth Presents Hero Dog Awards Tonight on Hallmark Channel

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Nov 9, 2012

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The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards will be broadcast tonight, Thursday, Nov. 8, with the usual pomp and Hollywood stars — like Betty White and Whoopi Goldberg — found at a regular awards show, but with the winners leaving a lot more hair on the red carpet.

“It celebrates our beloved animals, who go above and beyond what they are called to do,” said Chenoweth. “I encourage people to watch it and [challenge] them to not be moved by it.”

The stories focus on the eight dogs that won in different categories, like service dog and family pet. But it was Gabe, a big yellow lab in the military dog category, that took home the grand prize. His handler, Sgt. Charles Shuck, began working with Gabe in 2006 when, believe it or not, he was told to go to the local shelter and pick a dog. After training, he completed 210 missions in Iraq sniffing out explosives and ammunition.

Gabe is now retired along with Sgt. Shuck and they live — and mostly play — in South Carolina.

Among the other winning stories is that of the law enforcement dog winner, Jynx of Shillington, Pa., who tried to pull his handler, Sgt. Kyle Pagerly, and another officer to safety when a criminal shot at them.

The Gala in Beverly Hills was taped last month by the Hallmark Channel for broadcast on cable. Find a channel near you at this link.

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Dying Wife Gives Husband a Final Gift, 29 Cobra Sports Cars Show Up to Give Him a Ride

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Nov 8, 2012

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They both have terminal cancer but Kathleen Rinard has only days to live and wanted to give her husband one final gift.

He always wanted to ride in a Cobra convertible sports car, so Kathleen called an auto club to see if they could help.

Instead of a single convertible rolling up to their Mesa, Arizona hospice, 29 Cobras arrived revving their engines along a neat row outside.

Of all the gorgeous cars, her husband, Dayton, recently diagnosed with fatal prostate cancer, chose a blue one with a big white racing stripe down the hood.

This story was produced in February by Phoenix’s ABC affiliate, but recently earned renewed attention when it was added to the Fark website. Thanks to Chris Cloud for telling the Good News Network about it.

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Dying Wife Gives Husband a Final Gift, 29 Cobra Sports Cars Show Up to Give Him a Ride

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They both have terminal cancer but Kathleen Rinard has only days to live and wanted to give her husband one final gift.

He always wanted to ride in a Cobra convertible sports car, so Kathleen called an auto club to see if they could help.

Instead of a single convertible rolling up to their Mesa, Arizona hospice, 29 Cobras arrived revving their engines along a neat row outside.

GOP House Speaker Boehner Says He Wants to Help President Succeed

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Nov 8, 2012

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Congressional leaders unveiled a more conciliatory tone of cooperation in the face of a new Washington landscape that is suddenly more Democratic.

In an 11-minute speech, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) hinted that the days of partisan “my way or the highway” may be over. Reading from a teleprompter, he suggested that he would work with Obama on the imminent fiscal issues.

Kenyan Mom Names Twins Barack and Mitt After Giving Birth on Election Day

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Nov 8, 2012

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In the spirit of bipartisanship, a mother in Kenya named her twins after the two U.S. presidential candidates. Giving birth on election day, Millicent Awuor, a 20 year-old housewife said, “I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt.”

She said she wanted to remember the day of the vote, Kenya’s Standard newspaper reports.

Kenyan Mom Names Twins Barack and Mitt After Giving Birth on Election Day

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In the spirit of bipartisanship, a mother in Kenya named her twins after the two U.S. presidential candidates. Giving birth on election day, Millicent Awuor, a 20 year-old housewife said, “I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt.”

She said she wanted to remember the day of the vote, Kenya’s Standard newspaper reports.

Historic US Election Result: A Record 20 Women Will Serve in U.S. Senate

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Nov 8, 2012

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A record number of women will serve in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives after sweeping victories in Tuesday’s election.

Five new women elected from diverse backgrounds to the Senate will boost the total number of female lawmakers in the upper chamber to a historic level – twenty of 100.

Even with some outcomes still undecided, at least 81 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives will also be women.

Teacher Brings Yoga to Juveniles Behind Bars

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Nov 7, 2012

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Leslie Booker began her career in the fashion industry but exchanged the runway for a juvenile detention center in the Bronx. As a dedicated yoga instructor, she is busy changing the lives of incarcerated teenagers.

She works with The Lineage Project, an organization that places yoga and meditation instructors in detention centers, public schools, and other community sites around New York. Their mission is to share these practices with youth who are at risk fall of falling victim to crime and violence.

Where Compassion is Contageous (Video)

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Nov 7, 2012

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers are flocking to Rockaway Park to help one another out.

The low-income Brooklyn housing project is still without power but a bakery and dairy truck are bringing free deliveries for the families.

Another business is pumping basements dry for homeowners in the neighborhood at no cost.
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Where Compassion is Contagious

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers are flocking to Rockaway Park to help one another out.

The low-income Brooklyn housing project is still without power but a bakery and dairy truck are bringing free deliveries for the families.

Another business is pumping basements dry for homeowners in the neighborhood at no cost.

Resuscitated Voter Almost Dies, Asks, ‘Did I vote?’

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Nov 7, 2012

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Sometimes dead men really do get to vote.

An elderly couple in Southfield Township was filling out long absentee ballots in Michigan.

“His wife screamed for help.”

Luckily, a registered nurse was nearby. He laid the victim on the floor and went to work trying to resuscitate the man.

“He was dead. He had no heartbeat and he wasn’t breathing.”

Upon regaining consciousness, the senior citizen only cared about one thing — voting.

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