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Charlie Sheen Makes Good on Promise, Sends $25K to Alabama Tornado Relief

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Charlie Sheen in Alabama hat, during tornado visit

“Actor Charlie Sheen quietly donated $25,000 in December to help tornado relief in Alabama, making good on a pledge to help survivors of the deadly twisters even though some had doubted his promises,” reports CBS.

The head of Tuscaloosa’s tourism agency, Don Staley, said a representative of Sheen recently turned over money that came in through a fundraising website that the actor set up after tornadoes last spring killed about 250 people in Alabama, including 52 in the west Alabama city. Sheen wrote a check that covered about $15,000 of the total amount given.

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Africa’s Rainforests ‘More Resilient’ to Climate Change

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papayas photo by Sun StarTropical forests in Africa may be more resilient to future climate change than the Amazon and other regions, a gathering of scientists has said.

An international conference agreed that the region’s surviving tree species had endured a number of climatic catastrophes over the past 4,000 years.

As a result, they are better suited to cope with future shifts in the climate.

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Businessman Gives $5,000 to Disabled Man After Specially-altered Car Stolen

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wheelchair and car replaced for Miami manA businessman has come forward to write a $5,000 check to Armando Fontaine, a disabled Miami man whose car was stolen on Monday night.

After seeing a news report on NBC Miami, the Coral Springs businessman – who wishes to remain anonymous – made the donation to help replace the car with wheelchair lift which is still missing.

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Beyond War Horse: Other Heroes of World War I Include Pigeons and Garden Slug

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WWI pitbull, Sgt Stubby Wikimedia photoSteven Spielberg’s release of “War Horse” has provided us with an opportunity to re-examine the vital role played by animals in World War I.

Set on the battlefields of the Great War, the movie tells an inspiring tale of love and devotion between man and animal.

Besides the horse, dogs, pigeons, and even garden slugs played important roles in winning World War I.

The most famous animal to emerge from the war was Sgt. Stubby, a bulldog terrier with a short, stubby tail connected with the 102nd Regiment.

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New Yorkers Give $1.9M for Daughters of Slain Hero

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Policeman, Peter Figoski, and his girlsNew Yorkers rang in the new year with continued generosity as donations kept pouring in for the scholarship fund for the children of slain NYPD cop Peter Figoski with totals nearing $1.9 million.

Figoski, was gunned down on Dec. 12 while backing up other officers at a home-invasion.

The Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund was launched by The New York Post and New York City Police Foundation.

(READ the update in the New York Post)

Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.5% With 1.6 million New Jobs in 2011

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Unemployment Rate 2010-2011, US Bureau of Labor Statistics200,000 jobs were added in December, pushing the unemployment rate, down to 8.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade, manufacturing, health care, and mining.

The jobless rate continued its downward trend declining by 0.6 percent since August, as 100,000 jobs or more were added in each of the last six months. That hasn’t happened since April 2006, according to the Associated Press.

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Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.5% With 1.6 million New Jobs in 2011

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Unemployment Rate 2010-2011, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Unemployment Rate 2010-2011, US Bureau of Labor Statistics200,000 jobs were added in December, pushing the unemployment rate, down to 8.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade, manufacturing, health care, and mining.

The jobless rate continued its downward trend declining by 0.6 percent since August, as 100,000 jobs or more were added in each of the last six months. That hasn’t happened since April 2006, according to the Associated Press.

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Cash Grants Allow Cutting Edge Science Experiments in UK Schools

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Students Science experiment in UKSchools are being encouraged by the UK’s top scientific body to bring cutting edge science into the classroom.

Projects, funded by the Royal Society, include a bioreactor being built by secondary pupils in Cornwall to test the viability of getting fuel from marine algae and a particle accelerator being built by a team of Nottingham teenagers.

The Royal Society offered £45,000 in grants to bring science alive.

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Cancer Rates in U.S. Keep Falling: American Cancer Society

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breast mammogram - photo by NIHCancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent per year in women, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday.

The drop is significant, even though it is small, because it has continued falling each year for the past 10 years.

Advances in cancer screening and treatment have prevented more than a million total deaths from cancer since the early 1990s.

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Online Trivia Game That Feeds Hungry Reaches One Million Users

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free rice logoThe hunger-fighting game FreeRice.com announced yesterday that it has reached a milestone of one million registered players, who together are feeding the world’s hungry through donations of rice to the UN World Food Programme.

Since the game’s launch in 2007, Freerice players have already triggered the donation of nearly 100 billion grains of rice —enough to feed almost five million people for a day.

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Hero Attorney Who Caught Arsonist: ‘This Is A Lot More Exciting Than My Day Job’

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Police deputy caught arsonist-LATimesvidIt wasn’t a veteran detective or even a full-time cop who finally caught the man suspected of lighting 52 fires in Los Angeles last week.

The hero is an Iranian-born real estate attorney by day, who patrols the LA streets by night as a “reserve deputy” working for the sheriff’s office on nearly a volunteer-basis.

The sheriff called Shervin Lalezary a “true hero,” saying his salary remains $1 a year.

The reserve deputy, who qualified in December to ride a car solo, was beyond his eight-hour shift when made the “arrest of his career.”

(READ the story in the LA Times)

Kate Middleton Picks Five Charities to Donate Her Time, Energy

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Kate Middleton by Pat Pilon Flickr -CCThe Duchess of Cambridge has chosen the good causes that will benefit from her publicity and volunteer work.

Kate Middleton did the research herself and chose to support youth hospices, a group working with addiction, a group that boosts kids through art, the National Portrait Gallery, which reflects her love of photography and painting, and the Scout Association’s outdoor programs.

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Safest Decade in US Aviation History

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California Pacific Airlines jetThe past 10 years have been the safest in history for the US aviation industry with a remarkable tenfold improvement in safety rates.

A more experienced workforce has helped the industry learn from past mistakes: New planes and engines are designed with prior mistakes in mind. Investigations of accidents have led to changes in procedures to ensure the same missteps don’t occur again.

Other improvements, like computer technology, has led to a greater assurance of safety.

US Passengers have more than a 99.99% chance that they will reach their destination safely.

The worldwide aviation industry is also improving.

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Syria Releases 500 Political Prisoners in Nod to Arab League Peace Plan

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Flag of SyriaSyrian authorities have released more than 500 prisoners accused of involvement in anti-regime activities, state TV reported Thursday, in what appeared to be another gesture to comply with the Arab League plan to end the regime’s 9-month-old crackdown on dissent.

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Why A Teen Who Talks Back May Have A Bright Future

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arguement sillouette by mzachaIf you’re the parent of a teenager, you likely find yourself routinely embroiled in disputes with your child. It’s a vital part of their growing up.

Now researchers suggest that those spats can be tamed and, in the process, provide a lifelong benefit to children.

Researchers from the University of Virginia want parents to think of those arguments not as a nuisance but as a critical training ground for learning how to resist negative peer pressure.

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U.S. Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in 6 Months

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factory recycling factory, KnowasteManufacturing grew in December at the fastest pace in six months, the latest sign that the US economy gained momentum at the end of last year. Manufacturing has expanded for more than two years. Factories were one of the first areas of the economy to start growing after the recession officially ended in June 2009.

Stocks rose sharply this week as investors returning from the holiday were encouraged by this and other positive economic reports from the United States and around the world.

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Yellowstone Wolves Help Trees Rebound

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Aspen treesScientists say in a new study that the return of gray wolves has dramatically altered the landscape in portions of Yellowstone National Park by curbing foraging elk herds that prevented new aspen, willow, and cottonwood trees from taking root.

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995 and 1996 after being killed off early last century.

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Wasabi Gives Health Boost as a Fiery Condiment

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sushi rolls and wasabi by Reverendb via MorguefileWasabi lovers may want to add more than a small pinch to their soy sauce the next time they go to their local sushi bar. The green paste, made from a fiery root called Wasabia Japonica, it is not only the perfect accompaniment to raw fish – it has also been found to possess numerous health benefits.

In ancient times the now popular condiment was used more as a medical herb than a complement to food.

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Dallas Cowboy Football Star Battles Domestic Violence

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Football star Jason Witten - SCORE Foundation photoJason Witten, the Cowboy tight end superstar, is seeking to break the cycle of family violence by encouraging male mentors to volunteer in domestic violence shelters, be positive role models for women and children, and coach boys on how to treat girls.

Witten’s mother thankfully fled from a violent household, taking Jason and his two brothers with her.

As an adult, Witten established the SCORE foundation four years ago to fund education programs and building projects. His 2011 domestic violence prevention program called “Coaching Boys Into Men” launched in high schools across Arlington, Texas this year to train coaches to educate their players on the dangers of dating violence.

Over the holidays, he brought his team’s quarterback to help deliver Christmas cheer and gifts to all the transitional families in the local shelter.

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Kick-starting Your Healthy 2012 Habits (One Way To Succeed, Keep Quiet About It)

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Scale overweight Clarita via MorguefileTelling everyone about your New Year’s diet — or exercise plan or whatever your big 2012 goal may be — may hurt your chances of actually doing whatever it is you intend to achieve, say a slew of psychology studies, some dating as far back as the 1920s.

The pats on the back that you receive when announcing your resolutions to others, psychologists call “social reality”. Those social rewards essentially trick the brain into thinking what you intended to do has pretty much already been done.

READ the report from Today, click here, BUT ALSO WATCH some of these motivational New Year videos below, with tips to help kick-start your new habits…

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