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Top Marine Pledges to ‘Personally Lead’ Gay Integration Following Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal

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General James Amos, US Marine CorpThe head of the US Marine Corps, Gen. James Amos, pledged to lead the effort to integrate openly gay Marines, one day after the Senate voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, a policy that discriminates against gay soldiers.

The Marines were the one branch of the military where service members were not solidly behind the repeal that would let gay members serve openly. But, on Sunday the General vowed to lead the transition “thus ensuring the respect and dignity due all Marines.”

“I, and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, will personally lead this effort,” Amos said. “The Marine Corps will step out smartly to faithfully implement this new policy.”

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Injured Dog Nurses 5 Pups and a Kitten at Local Shelter

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file photo- dog nursing kittenShe was a young, homeless single mom trying to raise a family of five, but true to the spirit of the season there was room for one more.

Esperanza had been badly injured when she was hit by a car, but the young dog — a shepherd-cross with thick white coat — was still managing to care for her newborn puppies — plus a stray kitten.

“It’s amazing when you think about it. You have this dog who is just so giving of herself, caring for these newborn puppies and the kitten, making sure they were cared for even though she was obviously in a lot of pain.”

(Featured on the CBC)

NJ Retiree Takes Delivery of First Chevy Volt

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Chevy VoltA retired airline pilot living in New Jersey is the owner of the first Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric vehicle sold to the public.

The man said he paid about $42,000 for the vehicle, trading in a 2005 Toyota Prius.

The initial launch of GM’s groundbreaking electric car was expanded in response to intense interest in the Volt from customers across the country, according to the General Motors CEO, Ed Whitacre.

The Chevy Volt is capable of about 340 miles total driving range. For trips as long as 40 miles, the Volt gets its power solely from electricity stored in its 16-kWh lithium-ion battery. When the Volt’s battery runs low, an engine-generator automatically engages to extend the driving range to about 300 miles on a full tank of gas.

(READ the story at WTOP News)

U.S. Growth Prospects Look Firmer as Year End Nears

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business-graphic-upThe U.S. economy is gathering steam as the year draws to a close, boosting optimism about prospects in 2011, according to measures published by two separate economic research firms on Friday.

The Conference Board’s measure of leading economic indicators jumped 1.1 percent in November, the biggest rise since March and the fifth straight monthly gain.

(READ the story at Reuters)

Child Prodigy Sings ‘O Holy Night’ at National Christmas Tree Lighting

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National Christmas tree lighting, 2010 NPS photoJackie Evancho, the child wonder soprano who took second place on the fifth season of America’s Got Talent, performed for the Obama family and the public outdoors during the lighting of the National Christmas Tree just outside the White House grounds.

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Madoff Victims Benefit From $7B Recovery

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scalesofjusticeThe widow of a Florida philanthropist who had been the single-largest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff’s colossal Ponzi scheme has agreed to return $7.2 billion in bogus profits to the victims of the fraud, she and authorities announced Friday.

“We will return every penny received from almost 35 years of investing with Bernard Madoff. I believe the Madoff Ponzi scheme was deplorable and… it is my hope that this settlement will ease that suffering,” Picower’s wife, Barbara, said.

(READ the AP story at the News Oberserver)

Coyote Rescued on Wayward Ice in Lake Michigan

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Lake Michigan in winter, photo by GeriA coyote was rescued Friday after floating on a wayward sheet of ice in Chicago’s Lake Michigan.

Because animal control responded so quickly to the emergency call. Fire crews decided to use a fireboat to bring the animal control official out to the coyote.

(WATCH the video or read the story from KGO-TV)

Stem Cell Transplant Accidentally ‘Cures’ HIV

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ebryonic stem cell image by Public Library of Science, CC licenseA US cancer patient who received a stem cell transplant has been cured of HIV, said a team of German doctors whose research was published in the peer-reviewed journal Blood on Wednesday.

“Our results strongly suggest that cure of HIV has been achieved in this patient,” said the study.

The results suggest the first such cure for the virus that causes AIDS.

(READ the AFP story at France24.com)

Retiree Gives $10,000 Back to California, Grateful for Unemployment Benefits

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Sacramento Capitol by Sascha Brcuk -GNU licenseA South Carolina retiree is doing his part to help California close its massive budget deficit.

More than four decades after Dennis Ferguson received unemployment benefits from the state, he wrote a $10,000 check to the treasury to pay back the money, plus interest.

(READ the AP story at MSNBC)

Good Ideas For Bad Times

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wonderIn what sometimes looked like the worst of times, it was actually the best of times for ideas — and these ideas will shape how the world recovers in the years to come.

 Driven by the need to do more with less, the year’s boldest innovators turned up better, simpler ways to use our shrinking resources to improve global quality of life.

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Tale of Blind Cat Strikes a Chord in Tough Times

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Gwen and Homer, the blind cat and subject of her bookHomer started out with a lot against him. Abandoned as a tiny kitten, a virulent infection meant he had to have both eyes removed to save his life.

His fortunes changed when he was taken home by Gwen Cooper, an avid cat lover who was instantly charmed by the kitten’s energy and enthusiasm for life despite his problems.

Eventually she wrote a book, “Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat,” sharing what Homer taught her about trust, love and taking risks.

(READ the story in Reuters)

IRS Wants Millions in Refund Dollars to Reach Taxpayer Pockets

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Photo by Cohdra, via morguefileIRS officials are strongly encouraging taxpayers across the country to claim their money.

Tens of thousands of refund checks mailed out for 2009 tax returns, were returned to the IRS undelivered because of out-of-date mailing addresses or other issues.

For instance, more than 4,400 taxpayers in North and South Carolina are due about $5 million in federal tax refunds.

“We want to make sure taxpayers get the money owed to them,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman stated.

If you think you are missing a refund, you need to update your address information, so your money can be properly delivered.

(READ about Carolina refunds at ENCToday.com)

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Success Against Malaria in Africa Could End Deaths by 2015

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Global Fund net recipient, EthiopiaA new report finds malaria control programs have saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the past decade. The World Health Organization, which has just published its World Malaria Report 2010, says malaria deaths could end by 2015 if the gains being made are maintained.

WHO says results from malaria control programs during the past two years have been spectacular.

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Operation Gratitude Sends 600,000th Package with Keys to Motorcycle

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soldier-driving-motorcycle-opGratitudeA charity rally to “Support the Troops” got very loud with two thousand cheering Operation Gratitude volunteers and the arrival of a very special gift to be sent in the organization’s 600,000th Care Package: A 2011 Victory motorcycle.

Wearing fatigues, Elizabeth Cowie, the co-founder of the organization, drove in the bike and added the vehicle’s key, along with other gifts, to the milestone package, which was proudly assembled and held by Ann Kurachi, a volunteer from Trabuco Hills High School.

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Men Escort Pedestrians Home From Subway in Wake of Robberies

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photo by dharder via morguefileAfter a spate of recent muggings and robberies, a group of 20 Bedford-Stuyvesant men started escorting people home as they got off the train and are walking through the neighborhood reaching out to young men.

They’re not part of a political club, they don’t come from any one church and they’ve never been particularly active in the community – until now.

They also sponsored a neighborhood outreach walk earlier this month, stopping to talk to young men hanging out on the corners.

(READ the story at NY Daily News)

Thanks to Denise for submitting the story!

Bosnia’s Progress a Tribute to Holbrooke

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Richard Holbrooke, State Dept., died this week of complications from heart surgery

Richard Holbrooke, State Dept., died this week of complications from heart surgeryRichard Holbrooke believed in Bosnia. As we mourn his passing, we also mark the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, the agreement that culminated his efforts in the Balkans, Denis Prcic, the president of the American University in Bosnia, wrote yesterday in CNN International.

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Ten Kids Who Showed Us How to Act in 2010

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Photo by Sun StarThere are traits we wish we could teach our kids — like generosity, bravery, and honesty — that are especially inspiring, particularly in a year when the media focused on examples of the worst kind of humanity.

Even despite hardship, tragedy, or accident of birth, these ten kids can teach a lesson to every adult. As 2011 nears, let’s look to our youth for inspiration while we nurture these traits in ourselves:

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Among Latest Billionaires to Pledge Their Wealth to Charity

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photo by Jason McELweenie under CC licenseSeventeen more of the wealthiest Americans have joined billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charities while still alive.

Among the latest of the super-rich to sign up is Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

“People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?” said Zuckerberg.

The Giving Pledge has now logged 57 signatories, whose gifts could generate $600 billion dollars for charity.

(READ the story at the Daily Mail)

Thanks to Rob Kanzer for submitting the link!

Endangered Rhino Population Doubles in Past Decade With New Habitat

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black rhinoConservation efforts have more than doubled the number of black rhinoceros in African reserves over the past decade.

There are currently about 4,700 of the critically endangered rhinos, up from a low of nearly 2,100 in the early 1990s.

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Endangered Rhino Population Doubles in Past Decade With New Habitat

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black rhinoConservation efforts have more than doubled the number of black rhinoceros in African reserves over the past decade.

There are currently about 4,700 of the critically endangered rhinos, up from a low of nearly 2,100 in the early 1990s.

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