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Help Cancer Patients Laugh: Good News Network Author Enters Hospice

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Jul 18, 2012

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I’m reprising the 2011 article below because its author, Lori Hope is in hospice today. She wrote a book, 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know. One of the key reminders is: They want to laugh. Let’s send an avalanche of laughter to ease her pain and thank her for the articles and support on the Good News Network. Please send your funniest jokes and cartoons — post them today on her Facebook page, or at her blog, Lorihope.com. We love you Ms. Hope.

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It’s not just an “old adage” that tells us laughter is the best medicine these days. Scientists, doctors, mental health professionals, and patients themselves call humor a remedy for any ailment — at least temporarily.

Several studies show that humor builds hope, and hope is particularly crucial to people with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Author and journalist, Lori Hope, drew from a very personal challenge — her own cancer diagnosis — to create a practical guide for people who want to comfort and support a friend with cancer, but don’t know what to say.

Best Prank Ever: Aussie Gent Wears Wig of Own Hair

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Jul 18, 2012

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Two and a half million people around the world have been laughing at an Australia man’s prank to trick his friends and family using a wig of his own hair.

The idea:

Step 1: Cut off my long hair of three years
Step 2: Hot glue it into a wig
Step 3: Wear that wig, my friends thinking it’s my hair
Step 4: Pull it off suddenly and presto, friends freakout!

Watch the hair-larity ensue, reposted on YouTube after Jozaeh got permission to use the music.

Teresa Project Update: 375 Birthday Cards Deliver Well-wishes to Homebound Sister

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Jul 18, 2012

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We received an update on the “Teresa Project” birthday card campaign. As of today, Teresa, whose brother sought to flood her mailbox with birthday cards this year, has received 375 cards and letters, along with gifts from all across Florida and Tennessee and two dozen other states, as well as Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, Germany and The Netherlands.

Aaron’s Dying Wish: Family Leaves $500 Tip for a Pizza

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Jul 18, 2012

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A dying man’s last wish was to impact a stranger, to make their day with a lasting gift.

While alive, 30-year-old Aaron Collins, a computer technician, didn’t have the means to make it happen. After his death on July 7, Aaron’s family set about to fulfill his wish, ordering a pizza and leaving the waitress a $500 tip.

Charlie Sheen Gives $1 Million to the U.S.O. to Support Military Families

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Jul 17, 2012

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Actor Charlie Sheen will donate at least $1 million of profits from his show, “Anger Management”, to help the nation’s injured troops.

The “Platoon” star announced Monday that he’ll donate 1 percent of the profits from the show, with no cap on the final amount, to the United Service Organizations. Popularly known as the USO, the group called the gift one of the largest donations ever from a private individual.

Czechs Fly 4 More Endangered Wild Horses to Mongolia

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Jul 17, 2012

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The Prague zoo on Monday shipped out four rare Przewalski’s wild horses sending them to their ancient homeland in the Mongolian steppe as part of an ongoing project to save the critically endangered species.

Of four horses reintroduced last year, two mares have already given birth in the steppe.

The Czech zoo runs a breeding program and is charged with keeping records for the equines which previously survived only in captivity since becoming extinct in the wild in 1969.

Mexican President Says Drug Murders Down 15-20 Percent

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Jul 17, 2012

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Mexico’s president said homicides dropped in Mexico by 15-20 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period of 2011.

“Today, violence related to rivalries between criminals is declining,” President Felipe Calderon told the newspaper El Pais.

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New Procedure Saves Dog Poisoned By Mushrooms

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Jul 17, 2012

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Veterinarians in Berkeley and a Santa Cruz doctor teamed up to save a dog who was poisoned by mushrooms — trying a procedure that may help save human lives, too.

California owner Helen Abel was told her dog, like so many toadstool-eating dogs before him, would die after eating death cap mushrooms.

But, weeks later the two-year-old Mini Australian shepherd is still alive thanks to innovative doctors.

(READ the story from CBS San Francisco)

Photo by badeendjuh via Morguefile

Ships Rerouted to Save Whales in San Francisco Bay

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Jul 16, 2012

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Federal maritime officials have approved a plan to protect whales in and around San Francisco Bay.

Shipping industry representatives joined with whale researchers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish new cargo lanes that will likely take effect next year for one of the world’s busiest ports.

Ships Rerouted to Save Whales in San Francisco Bay

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Jul 16, 2012

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Federal maritime officials have approved a plan to protect whales in and around San Francisco Bay.

Shipping industry representatives joined with whale researchers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish new cargo lanes that will likely take effect next year for one of the world’s busiest ports.

‘Quiet Hero’ Took in Abused, Abandoned Kids and Raised Them to be Successful

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Jul 16, 2012

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80-year-old Ruby Dunson has been raising abandoned children for 42 years — a job she first embraced after she agreed to babysit and the mother never returned for her infant.

In all, she raised 10 successful children in her small brick home on Detroit’s west side, eight of whom she agreed to take in after they were abandoned at birth or abused as kids.

Polish Citizens Who Rescued Jews in WWII Hailed as Heroes

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Jul 16, 2012

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Dozens of elderly Poles who helped save Jews during World War II have gathered in Warsaw to be recognized by Jewish representatives who hailed them for their heroism.

The meeting, over a kosher lunch Sunday in an upscale hotel, comes amid a growing appreciation in Poland for the thousands of people, most of them Roman Catholics, who risked their lives to help Jews during the brutal six-year-long Nazi occupation of Poland.

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13-Year-old Recycles Cooking Grease into Heating Oil for Needy Families

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Jul 15, 2012

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After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin of Westerly, Rhode Island discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of five seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families.

Started in 2008, TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel) works with local biofuel companies to recycle the grease from residents and restaurants, and refine it into biodiesel. The award-winning project has been collecting more than 36,000 gallons of waste cooking oil a year, bringing an estimated value of $60,000 of alternative energy that keeps 92 needy families warm in the winter.

13-Year-old Recycles Cooking Grease into Heating Oil for Needy Families

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Jul 15, 2012

Cooking oil recycling station kids project-TGIF

After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin of Westerly, Rhode Island discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of five seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families.

Started in 2008, TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel) works with local biofuel companies to recycle the grease from residents and restaurants, and refine it into biodiesel. The award-winning project has been collecting more than 36,000 gallons of waste cooking oil a year, bringing an estimated value of $60,000 of alternative energy that keeps 92 needy families warm in the winter.

Man Plants Heart-shaped Tribute to Late Wife Using 6000 Oak Trees

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Jul 15, 2012

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A bereaved husband painstakingly planted a tribute to his late wife, Janet using 6,000 oak trees to imprint a giant heart-shaped meadow in the middle of his 112-acre farm in South Gloucestershire, England.

In a sudden flash of inspiration to mark her legacy, Winston Howe hired a gardener and spent weeks planning and setting out each oak, carefully creating an acre-long heart, which points in the direction of Janet’s childhood hometown.

The huge heart, with hedges planted around the perimeter, was spotted by a hot air balloonist soaring over Mr. Howe’s estate.

(WATCH a slideshow below or READ the story in the UK Sun)

Man Plants Heart-shaped Tribute to Late Wife Using 6000 Oak Trees

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Jul 15, 2012

Heart planting of trees Scotland-Andy Collettp-SWNScom

A bereaved husband painstakingly planted a tribute to his late wife, Janet using 6,000 oak trees to imprint a giant heart-shaped meadow in the middle of his 112-acre farm in South Gloucestershire, England.

In a sudden flash of inspiration to mark her legacy, Winston Howe hired a gardener and spent weeks planning and setting out each oak, carefully creating an acre-long heart, which points in the direction of Janet’s childhood hometown.

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El Salvador’s Gang Truce Cuts Murder Rate Dramatically

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Jul 15, 2012

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Gang leaders in El Salvador declared an unprecedented truce that authorities say has cut the homicide rate in half in just four months.

In March, rival gangs surprised the country by releasing a joint statement declaring an end to violence and pledging to freeze recruitment of new adolescent members, especially in poor neighborhoods and around schools.

Since then, the change has been dramatic. Murder rates are down by more than half, and on April 14, El Salvador recorded its first day in three years without a single murder.

(READ the Reuters story in the Chicago Tribune)

Imprisoned gang member in El Slavador, by Moisen Saman, Sony World Photography Award 2008 – CC Flickr

State Patrol Trooper Rescues Orphan Fawn Near Highway

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Jul 15, 2012

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A baby deer whose mother likely was killed by a car in Bellingham, Washington, nuzzled up to a state trooper on the scene of the accident, apparently choosing him to be her caretaker.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Scott Brown put the fawn in his car and drove it to a wildlife rescue center on Tuesday, July 10, after he believed the two-month-old deer might not make it on his own.

Reverse Begging: Man Gives Away Money at Intersection (Video)

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Jul 14, 2012

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Many drivers commonly see homeless people carrying cardboard signs asking for money at intersections, but commuters who passed Doug Eaton on Wednesday were surprised instead that he was handing out money.

In honor of his 65th birthday, Eaton decided to distribute free money to people, advertising his giveaway with a hand-painted sign that read: “I have a home and a car and a job. Do you need a few bucks for some coffee?”

The Oklahoma City man gave away five-dollar-bills for 65 minutes to anyone who wanted to take them.

He told the ABC news crew it was the best birthday gift ever. “It’s just been fantastic. Some people who don’t take the money say, ‘Man, I love what you are doing. Give it to someone who needs it.’”

(WATCH the video from KFOR below)

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