After a massive tornado hit Joplin, Missouri last year, thousands of families whose homes were destroyed lost their most treasured mementos.
But thanks to the dedication and hard work of Abi Almandinger, tornado survivors have been reunited with thousands of old photographs that were blown away in the wind and found by strangers.
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland is offering forgiveness and a funeral service for a homeless man who killed himself after fatally shooting a priest and church secretary last week.
Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton and an academic expert on forgiveness likened the diocese’s attitude to that of the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pa., that forgave the man who fatally shot five school girls there in 2006.
(READ the AP story in Baltimore Sun)
A Twitter user who threatened to commit a “real-time suicide” with live commentary was rescued by social media followers who became concerned by her online messages.
The Tweeter claimed to be a transsexual video producer, and told followers at around 7pm: “Stockpiled my meds – tonight is the night…”
Then added: “YAY! get ready for a real-time suicide – cuz i can’t be arsed with this unending bullshit… triple dose to start…”
(READ the story from The Week)
U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Jeremy Cooney had been told that his son, Michael, born cerebral palsy, would never walk. But when the soldier returned home from Afghanistan, his 6-year-old son had a big surprise for him.
While Jeremy was deployed, Michael discovered how to stand up unassisted. His teachers then began trying to teach him how to walk with a cane. Michael did them one better: he took several steps on his own.
When the soldier returned home to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he didn’t know his son could walk. He was taken to a gymnasium, where he watched his son begin hobbling across the basketball court straight into his arms.
Tom Frankenburg wants to give away a holiday trip for two to Malta. He booked the $1,600 trip before he and his girlfriend split, and is now hoping to pay it forward.
“I genuinely want to get rid of this holiday and after a lot of thought, I thought this would be the best way to do it,” said the young British bloke on his YouTube page. “It’s going to be something I’ll remember forever and I think it’s going to be fun.”
Since 1997, researchers have been able to quantum teleport photons. In 2010, a team from the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai successfully teleported a photon over 16km. Now that same team has released new findings, in which they claim to have teleported photons or over 60 miles (nearly 100km).
Canines have a sense of smell 1,000 times better than humans. So, you might imagine how amazing a dog could be at finding unwanted sewage draining into urban storm sewers. Such discharges usually come from failing infrastructure or illegal connections in sewage systems and result in nasty point-source pollution being flushed into area rivers.
Now, Milwaukee Riverkeepers has partnered with Environmental Canine Services to sniff and test over 50 manholes around Milwaukee.
A retired man in California is one of three winners of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation’s Kindness Challenge.
The wood-working carpenter is bringing smiles to the faces of hundreds of kids with handmade toys created in his workshop garage.
His wife died 10 years ago and he needed something to keep him busy.
“I just love making things for people.”
(WATCH the inspiring video below from Storytellers for Good)
A retired man in California is one of three winners of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation’s Kindness Challenge.
The wood-working carpenter is bringing smiles to the faces of hundreds of kids with handmade toys created in his workshop garage.
His wife died 10 years ago and he needed something to keep him busy.
“I just love making things for people.”
Exploratory drilling in Haiti has uncovered gold and silver deep inside the country’s northeastern mountains that may help relive centuries of poverty in the Caribbean nation.
Now, a Haitian engineer and his firm, SOMINE, is drilling around the clock to determine how to excavate the precious metals, potentially worth $20 billion.
Traffic deaths for all age groups continue to plunge at a record-shattering pace across America.
But the drop among teen drivers is especially important, given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
Teenage driving deaths, registering a historic decrease, dropped 64 percent since 1975.
The funeral of a 28-year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead.
Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, after he suffered a heart attack while working.
The burial ceremony was about to begin when a doctor was called in to sign the death certificate.
(READ the story from News.au)
The community of Laramie, Wyoming came together with strangers across the country in a touching tribute to a US soldier who never got the chance to finish a project which was to become a significant gift for his wife.
Before being deployed to Afghanistan with the National Guard, Captain Bruce Hays paid an auto mechanic $17,000 to transform the rusty shell of 1959 Chevy truck into a surprise gift that would remind his wife of fond memories with her father, who drove the same model.
While Bruce was serving overseas, he was killed by a roadside bomb. To make things worse, the unscrupulous mechanic had left town with all the money.
The truck remained a heap of unfinished business and sorrowful regret until word spread and the community rallied to deliver one last gift for the fallen husband and father.
A website was set up and auto enthusiasts from across the country joined the project donating car parts, like these, to help complete the restoration of the antique pickup. As a token of thanks, each contributor received a commemorative gift for their involvement. A ceremony was held unveiling the truck, with dozens in attendance, as the keys were turned over to Bruce’s wife.
(WATCH the video below, or read the story from 9-News)
The community of Laramie, Wyoming came together with strangers across the country in a touching tribute to a US soldier who never got the chance to finish a project which was to become a significant gift for his wife.
Before being deployed to Afghanistan with the National Guard, Captain Bruce Hays paid an auto mechanic $17,000 to transform the rusty shell of 1959 Chevy truck into a surprise gift that would remind his wife of fond memories with her father, who drove the same model.
Scooby, the two-year-old bull terrier of Staffordshire, dubbed Scotland’s saddest dog, was back to his bubbly best yesterday after being found a new home.
Last week, the Daily Record revealed how Scooby had been in kennels for so long she was “dying of depression”.
When you think of Olympic heroes, you think of those gold-medal winning performances. That record-setting swim race. The lightning-fast relay. The winning gymnastic routine.
But a new video ad from Procter & Gamble puts the spotlight on an entirely different hero: The Olympic mom.
They are the ones who got up earlier than everyone else to feed and drive their little athletes to pre-dawn practices for all those years. The ones who logged millions of miles chauffeuring to games and competitions; the ones who sat on the sidelines and in bleachers and cheered louder than anyone else.
“We are in an era now, for the the first time, when we can foresee the end of the AIDS epidemic.” said an expert speaking about the new pill, Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people that was just recommended for use by a US advisory panel.
Studies from 2010 showed that Truvada reduced the risk of HIV in healthy gay men – and among HIV-negative heterosexual partners of people who are HIV-positive – by between 44% and 73%.
An unemployed man down on his luck was browsing in a Columbus thrift store for items he could restore and resell when he spotted a Picasso poster with the word “Exposition” written across the front, some French words, and the image of a warped round face.
He paid $14.14 for what he saw as a nice commercial print.
Some Internet searches later — and a closer look at markings on the lower right area — and he sold what’s believed to be a signed Picasso print for $7,000 to a private buyer.
(READ the AP story from CSNEWS)
A Yugoslavian-born custodian at New York’s Columbia University will be trading in his uniform for a cap and gown this weekend when he graduates with honors after working on his degree for 12 years.
Gac Filipaj, 52, will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in classics with honors from Columbia’s School of General Studies.
He fled to the United States from war-torn Yugoslavia in 1992, leaving behind his parents and siblings. Arriving in New York speaking virtually no English, he asked where the best school was and his friend pointed him to Columbia.
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A Yugoslavian-born custodian at New York’s Columbia University will be trading in his uniform for a cap and gown this weekend when he graduates with honors after working on his degree for 12 years.
Gac Filipaj, 52, will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in classics with honors from Columbia’s School of General Studies.
He fled to the United States from war-torn Yugoslavia in 1992, leaving behind his parents and siblings. Arriving in New York speaking virtually no English, he asked where the best school was and his friend pointed him to Columbia.
