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Newlywed Refugees In Canada Get Surprise Wedding Party From Town

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A Syrian refugee couple had more to celebrate at this reception than just a wedding. They were feting new friendships with sympathetic strangers in Saskatchewan, a place they now call home.

A CBC reporter had interviewed the couple about a story on mental health and refugees. Chatting after the interview, Eman Bare learned Mohamad Al-Noury and Athar Farroukh fled bombings in their hometown just days after their wedding and spent their honeymoon in a refugee camp, before making the journey to Canada.

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Athar had mentioned she didn’t even get the chance to have wedding pictures taken, so Bare offered to snap some of the bride in a few days.

 

Once the story hit social media, people in Saskatoon decided to set things right.

One woman baked a wedding cake, another donated a wedding dress and suit for the groom, and a hotel gave the party a banquet room.

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The couple thought they were on their way to their impromptu wedding photo shoot when Bare surprised them with the news, as they opened the door.

“We’re blessed that we’re in Saskatoon and we’ve seen a lot of great things and met a lot of great people and it’s a dream come true for us,” Farroukh told CBC News.

Photo: Eman Bare, Twitter

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Ivory Prices Fall By 50%, as Chinese Demand Dries Up

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The price of ivory in China has dropped by nearly 50% in the last 18 months, as public opinion shifts and the government ramps up a complete ban on its sale.

Once seen as a sign of people’s wealth, fewer Chinese are buying ivory — a tradition that had fueled elephant poaching in Africa.

A new study by wildlife group Save the Elephants shows public opinion in China has swung wildly against the ivory trade since 2012 when less than half of the population thought it posed a problem. Today, 71% oppose the trade.

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That appears to be driving an 85% plummet in the number of Chinese ivory purchases since 2012, and the subsequent price cut from $4,600 a pound to $2,400.

“The ivory price collapse in China is much-needed good news for Africa’s elephants,” WildAid CEO Peter Knights said.

He told the Washington Post it makes all the difference between “the light at the end of the tunnel and extinction.”

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Part of the change comes from government action, including President Xi Jinping signing an agreement with the U.S. to ban ivory sales and crack down on poachers. Another part comes from a blitz of public service announcements by wildlife groups.

China’s state run media has given $42 million in free airtime to organizations battling the trading of ivory, rhino horns, and shark fins. The WildAid announcement below, featuring basketball star Yao Ming, Britain’s Prince William, and soccer legend David Beckham, ran more than 70 times in a single day.

(WATCH the video below from WildAid) — Photo: VaughanLeiberum, CC

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Homeless Man Wants to Buy Skis And Hit the Slopes After Winning Big

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A homeless man’s luck turned on a dime, with a scratch-off lottery ticket winning him a half-million dollars.

Michael Engfors had been homeless for six years when he bought the ticket Friday at a grocery store in the skiing resort city of Aspen, Colorado — the town where he’s lived all his life.

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Before winding up on the streets, he’d lost his business, gone through a divorce, and struggled with alcoholism.

He wants to use the money to reconnect with a daughter he hasn’t seen in 20 years, get a place to live, and — since it’s Aspen — buy a new pair of skis.

(WATCH the video from KUSA News below) – Photo: KUSA video


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Autistic, Deaf, or Tired, Santa Proves To Be Perfect Lap For Any Child

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Whether children on his knee are autistic, deaf or just plain sleepy, Santa Claus has a knack for knowing just what to do to bring ‘comfort and joy’ to a child.

In Cleveland, Ohio, when an excited little girl hopped on Santa’s lap, her mother made sure to tell the jolly old elf about her daughter being deaf.

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Santa promptly tapped the girl on her arm to get her attention and the two carried on a Christmas conversation in sign language in front of a beaming parent.

 

When six-year-old Landon Johnson worried his autism would put him on Santa’s “naughty list,” Santa delivered the perfect reply to put the boy’s mind at ease.

“It’s OK to be yourself,” Santa told the Grandville, Michigan boy.

Saint Nick talked to Landon for five whole minutes and made sure the little boy knew he’s been “a very good boy being who he is.”

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And sometimes the hustle-bustle of the holidays just wears a kid out.

When six-and-a-half-month old Zeke Walters had to wait a hour to have his photo taken with Kris Kringle in Evansville, Indiana, the toddler fell asleep in his parents’ arms. Santa had the perfect pose — catching a few needed minutes of nap time himself. Check out the Inside Edition video below.

Photo: Donnie’s Daddy Day Care, Facebook

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Jon Stewart Returns as Daily Show Guest Urging Aid for 9/11 Responders

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Question: What could ever drag Jon Stewart back to the Daily Show? Answer: His long-time fight for full health care coverage for 9/11 first responders.

Police, firefighters, and other first responders working in the rubble of the World Trade Center in 2001 have suffered a multitude of health repercussions in the last 14 years, believed to be related to hazardous substances in the wreckage.

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Stewart’s constant shaming of Congressional members as host of the Daily Show in 2010 was instrumental in getting lawmakers to pass the Zadroga Act, finally providing first responders full health benefits.

Now, the fund created by the act is running out of money, and Congress has failed to re-authorize spending.

That inaction brought Stewart back to the old studio, ready to fight a second round.

He said first responders had to travel to Washington, DC “at their own expense, hundreds of times” to get Congress to take action.

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The segment ended with current Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, suggesting Stewart reassemble the guests he interviewed in 2010. The scene shifted to Stewart, three empty chairs, and only one of the original first responder panelists. One of the others had passed away and two were too sick with complications from their 9/11 response to show up.

At the end of the scene, Stewart called on viewers to pressure Congress to reauthorize the health package using a social media blitz with the hashtag #WorstResponders.

(WATCH the video above from CBS News, or WATCH the full segment from the Daily Show below) — Photo: Comedy Central video

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Stranger Takes Beautiful Photo of Wedding Proposal and Internet Helps Locate Couple

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It was a picture-perfect proposal that might have remained only a memory–had not a random lady snapped a photo that captured all the romance of a young Scottish couple in the middle of a snowy, Icelandic street.

She offered to send it to them, but Michael John Kent was so nervous after popping the question to his girlfriend, Fiona, he was left trembling. That’s probably why he typed in the wrong email address on the phone, making the first mistake in a long married life.

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When he realized his mistake hours later, he was not ready to admit defeat–not if there was any way possible to be reunited with the snapshot portraying the most romantic moment of their lives.

So he rushed back to the scene and snapped his own picture of the empty street and began a frantic social media search.

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A local newspaper, the Reykjavík Grapevine, reported on his campaign, and soon enough, they found the photographer.couple with photographer Facebook Michael John Kent

The newly engaged couple were able to meet up with photographer Jessica Bowe before leaving Iceland.

And yes, they took one last picture– with their special engagement photographer on the same street.

Photos: jrbowe, Instagram; Michael John Kent, Facebook

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Seinfeld Cast Makes Dying Man’s 67th Birthday One To Remember (WATCH)

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For a television show about nothing, the cast members sure know how to give a little something to a dying man in celebration of his 67th birthday.

Jim Calder had been battling lung cancer for two years leading up to this November birthday. His son, James Calder, felt inspired to throw a virtual party and began asking his dad’s favorite people to send in videos. Then he reached out to the actors of Jim’s favorite show–Seinfeld–asking for happy birthday wishes.

Responses from the sitcom’s actors poured in, including Larry Thomas, ‘The Soup Nazi’, exclaiming “No cake for you!” and Wayne Knight, the actor who played Seinfeld’s neighbor Newman, saying a snide “Hello Jim!” in classic character.

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Michael Richards, who played the eccentric Cosmo Kramer, said he wanted to make a phone call instead, while Frank Costanza, played by Jerry Stiller, sent a video but requested it only be kept private within the Calder family.

Jim’s health suddenly took a turn for the worse, while the family was keeping their secret surprise–and waiting for more videos to arrive. They decided it was time for the big reveal. At the last minute, a special delivery arrived, from the one and only Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played Elaine. In the video below, she congratulates Jim on doing such a good job raising his son. “He clearly adores you,” she said within a very touching message.

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“He was shocked and mystified about how we were able to reach the Seinfeld cast members,” James wrote in a blog post on the Huffington Post.  “He really felt the love and support.”

Jim died the next day, on November 7th, three days before his birthday. His wife said she took it as ‘a sign’ that one of his favorite Seinfeld episode was on television that day.

…Or, it could be a Festivus miracle. (Watch the funny messages below)

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Grandmother Runs–and Drinks– to Become Oldest ‘Beer Mile’ Finisher

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An 81-year-old grandmother not only became the oldest finisher at the beer mile world championships, she outran her daughter.

Beer mile runners are required to finish drinking 12-ounces of suds before each lap–four times during the mile race.

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Elvira Montes (pictured second from right above) took up running at age 60 and has competed in several races in the past 21 years, but she’d never heard of a beer mile. Her daughter talked her into competing in the 2015 FloTrack Beer Mile World Championships in Austin, Texas.

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“I tried to drink the first one really fast but I couldn’t,” Montes told Runners World. “The second one went down really smooth; the third, even better. The fourth was alright.”

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Montes doesn’t even like beer — she prefers scotch — but finished the mile, and her beers, in 20:24. That’s 50 seconds better than her daughter. Her son-in-law never made it over the finish line.

After the race, Montes took the family out to celebrate with chicken wings — and scotch.

(WATCH the video below from NTDTV) – Photo: FloTrack Beer Mile World Championship, Facebook

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St. Peter’s Basilica Lit With Breathtaking Climate Change Art Projections (WATCH)

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On Tuesday December 8th, everyone in the world who is connected to the internet can tune into a live stream from Rome for a heavenly surprise.

Starting 1pm EST, the face of St. Peter’s Basilica will be lit up with breath-taking projected images of our beautiful planet – a multi-media show to raise awareness for climate change.

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The public art display known as “Fiat Lux: Illuminating Our Common Home” marks the start of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, an almost year-long Catholic celebration of divine mercy. The projection on the Basilica is being presented as a gift to Pope Francis who has encouraged positive action against global warming.

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The images, of ocean life, flowers in bloom, wild animals, and indigenous people, many taken by National Geographic photographers, are meant to deepen the meaning of the Paris climate talks, COP21, as well as the Jubilee, and are intended to demonstrate humanity’s dependency on the planet and its dire need for immediate attention.

“We are honored to be working with the Vatican to raise awareness of an issue so critical to our shared goal of ending extreme poverty,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim about their support for the art display. “The poorest people in the world are disproportionately affected by the effects of a warming climate and are most vulnerable to natural disasters and extreme weather. This impressive initiative will draw global attention to the urgency of tackling climate change for the sake of people and our planet.”

Hockey Team Gets Record 28K Toys Tossed At Them For Needy Kids-WATCH

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The artificial fur was flying at a world record pace when the Calgary Hitmen scored their first goal of the night Sunday.

The goal was a signal for Canadian hockey fans to toss stuffed animals onto the ice– and the “avalanche of fur” went on for nearly two minutes, setting a new world record in the sporting world’s most unique holiday tradition.

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The junior hockey players, ages 16 and 21, may be considered amateur athletes, but they were pros at rounding up toys for underprivileged kids after being showered by 28,815 stuffed animals on the rink.

The toy drive is set up for a Christmastime game each year, and this year, the charity was off the boards. There were 9,500 more toys than people at the game.

 

Players dove into the toy piles and posed for photos on the fluffy donations for charity.

The team donates what they collect every year to 50 Canadian charities which distribute toys to kids in need. The Hitmen have donated more than 300,000 stuffed toys in the past 21 years.

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“It’s a great opportunity as players to give back,” Hitmen player Jacob Bean said in an article on the team’s website. “There are a lot bigger problems in the world, but if we can help in whatever way we can then we’re more than happy to do that.”

(WATCH the video from the Calgary Hitmen below) – Top photo via Hitmen Instagram

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IKEA Lights Up Kids’ Faces in Refugee Camps Installing Solar Lights

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Thousands of refugees fleeing Syria have been welcomed in Jordanian camps, but they’ve left behind more than their homes and businesses – they have also left behind electricity.

IKEA is illuminating that problem one lamp at a time.

For every LED product that is bought by a customer in one of their giant furniture stores, one euro is raised for IKEA’s ongoing program to make refugee camps brighter and more sustainable.

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Since IKEA partnered with the UN Refugee Agency for their Brighter Lives For Refugees campaign in 2010, 18.5 million euro has been raised to build sustainable solutions in the camps and erect 500 solar LED street lights brightening the Azraq refugee settlement in Jordan. (See the new streets in the video below.)

Without the luxury of lamps to light their way at night, families are forced to give up hours of meaningful activities, like reading and studying, especially when it gets dark sooner in winter.

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Out of the 15 million Syrians living in the camps, half of the refugees are children who – with a little light – will be able to study and play safely at night, thanks to the campaign

One of the planned proposals to go into construction is a solar farm that will store electricity ready to be distributed throughout the National Grid to families living elsewhere in Jordan, thus creating jobs for the asylum-seekers.

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“Thousands of refugees are now able to move around safely at night thanks to all of you who helped the campaign,” says UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini.

If you need any LED supplies–bulbs or lamps–visit an IKEA store through until December 19, to help brighten the lives of refugees.

Photo by Rusty Stewart, CC

Vietnamese Boat People Reach Out to Help New Refugees, ‘We Never Forget’

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An older generation of refugees are rallying support for those fleeing the Syrian conflict.

Vietnamese boat people — refugees who fled that country as it fell to communists after the Vietnam War — are launching donation drives in the far-flung countries where they landed and settled.

Mountains of donated socks, coats, and other cold weather gear – 5,000 items for refugees in all – piled up at Cafe Soya, a restaurant run by a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee family in Birmingham, England.

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“Overwhelmed by all the kind support,” wrote the cafe proprietors on their business Facebook page, where they posted pictures of donations received, including 80 coats from one individual alone.

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The cafe teamed up with nonprofit Project Tom and The Birmingham Chinese Evangelical Church to collect donations. Their gifts for a new generation of refugees were shipped to Greece Friday by the Convoy of Hope for Humanity.

Across the Atlantic, Mathew Koyanagi has been helping with his parents’ annual Christmas charity drive. The 35-year-old was a baby born to Vietnamese refugees when his Canadian parents adopted him.

The family’s living room is stacked high with all kinds of donations, and his mother is assembling “baby kits” — packed with nightshirts, diapers, safety pins, blankets, and cold weather clothes — for the hundreds of Syrian refugee families expected to arrive in their province of British Columbia this winter.

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Dozens of one-time boat people turned out for a fundraiser December 3, at an Alberta, Calgary Vietnamese restaurant. They raised $10,000 to help settle and relocate the 2,500 Syrian refugees expected in their province soon.

Many talked about how their experiences 30 to 40 years ago must mirror those of refugees today.

“We never forget it and even we come here and live in Canada for 20 years and after that we still have the dreams about how we escaped,” Peter Phan told CBC News. “Very grateful when we come to the freedom country.”

Photo by Cafe Soya, Facebook

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Cops Go ‘Above & Beyond’ for Pregnant Driver Stranded by Engine Trouble

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When a Florida woman’s car broke down, she found out that Tampa police officers are serious about the “protect and serve” mantra.

They took on the role of full service auto mechanics to get her back on the road.

Justine Bowen is seven months pregnant and stays busy shuttling between doctor appointments, her job, and university classes. She also drives her little sister to school and her mother to work.

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But her car wasn’t going anywhere when it blew a radiator hose at a convenience store parking lot. What’s worse, she had no money with her for a new part.

Fortunately for her, Tampa police officers Wendy Glaros and William Cain happened by and offered to help.

Glaros stayed with the young woman while her partner went to an auto parts store and bought a new hose with his own money. The officer even installed it when he returned.

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“This man went above and beyond for me today out of the kindness of his heart and I truly couldn’t be more thankful,” Bowen posted to her Facebook page.

(Photo: Justine Bowen, Facebook)

Ringo Sells Beatles Drum Kit, Other Treasures, Raises $9.2M for Charity

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How much would you pay for a scratchy vinyl version of the The Beatles’ White Album covered with fingerprints? How about three-quarters of a million dollars?

That’s what someone paid for Ringo Starr’s copy — $790,000 for the disk that was the first ever copy to come off the presses.

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It set a record price for a one-of-a-kind audio recording and it was just one of 1,300 items the former drummer for The Beatles auctioned off Saturday to raise money for the Lotus Foundation. That’s the foundation Starr and wife Barbara Bach created to support animal welfare and people dealing with substance abuse, cancer, cerebral palsy, domestic abuse.

The two decided in September to auction off items that had been in storage for years.

“We’re fed up with having the stuff in storage when it could be put to some good use and also give a lot of people joy,” Starr told the Associated Press at the time.

Starr’s drum kit used on hits like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” sold for nearly $2.2 million, and a 1964 Rickenbacker guitar John Lennon gave Starr raised another $900,000.

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Whoever bought the White Album, serial number 0000001, will find it’s in pretty much the same shape as any 1968 copy you could pick up in a used record store–but this disk will have something special.

“Whoever gets it, it will have my fingerprints on it,” Starr said.

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Frat House Writes Name of 12-yo Girl w/ Cancer in Christmas Lights –Watch

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A 12-year-old cancer patient has become the sweetheart of a California fraternity.

Lexi Brown posted a sign in her hospital room window asking for a pizza delivery. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house was directly across the street and the brothers decided to serve up more than just pizza.

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The University of California–Los Angeles chapter showed up in her hospital room with red roses and a guitar and serenaded the young girl. They also began visiting to play card games, which helped her pass the time.

To remind her of their caring, they wrote it in Christmas bulbs: They spelled her name in lights on the frat house roof, so she sees “Lexi” in bright yellow whenever she looked  out the window at night.

“I thought it was really cool,” the girl told WCBS News.

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Lexi went home from the hospital, but the brothers of SAE promise to keep her name burning brightly all through the holiday season– a seasonal display of the fraternity’s stated goal to “always be gentlemen.”

(WATCH the video below from WCBS) – Photo: WCBS video

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Muslims Raise $102,000 to Donate to San Bernardino Families

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American Muslims are donating tens of thousands of dollars to help families of the San Bernardino, California shooting victims.

“We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action,” said Faisal Qazi, who set up the fundraising campaign after the man and woman responsible for the senseless killing of strangers turned out to be Islamist radicals.

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“Muslims United for San Bernardino Families” quickly surpassed its goal and has raised more than $102,000 since December 3. It’s now the hottest trending page on Launch Good, a Muslim-focused crowdfunding site.

The immediate goal was to help families with short term expenses including funeral arrangements. Qazi now wants to use the money exceeding the goal to also help with long term costs. There are 22 days left on the campaign.

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Money raised will be given to MiNDS (Medical Network Devoted to Service), a Southern California community development center that has set up a Victims Fund for families of the shooting victims.

[UPDATED on December 8 to reflect a jump in donations, up from $58,000 in one day.]

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President Known For Kindness is Cancer Free After 4-Month Treatment

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Jimmy Carter has some great news to put in his Christmas card this year… he’s cancer free.

The 91-year-old former U.S. president made the announcement at the start of a Sunday school class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. The announcement was met with applause from the class members.

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“My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones,” Carter said in a statement later in the day. He says he’ll continue immunotherapy treatments every three weeks.

Doctors found several spots of cancer on Carter’s brain in August, but all were gone in his latest scan last week. The diagnosis and treatments failed to slow the former president’s schedule as he kept up his annual Habitat for Humanity house building mission recently in Memphis, Tennessee and other responsibilities with his nonprofit Carter Center, which works for world peace and the eradication of disease.

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Stuck to a Tree, Wild Sheep’s Majestic Horns Freed By Jogger (WATCH)

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While out for a run, a Polish man encountered a mouflon sheep with his horns entangled in a small tree.

Krystof Wlodarczyk called up some courage to geWhile out for a run, a Polish man who encountered a mouflon sheep with horns entangled in a small tree, called up courage to get close enough to helpt close enough to the frantic wild animal to help set it free.

The man’s reaction to his success needs no translation: “YES!”

Recorded in a forest near Konin in March, 2015, the video was making a resurgence on social media.

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New Law Guarantees All Military Working Dogs Retirement on U.S. Soil

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Cheer up, pup.

Tucked inside a massive defense bill signed two weeks ago by President Obama was a provision that will allow U.S. military dogs to return to the United States after their retirement overseas.

Previously, these working dogs were ineligible for military transport home to the U.S., and soldiers who wanted to adopt their canine colleagues had an extremely difficult time getting them back to America.

The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act changes that—and gives the dogs’ military handlers first choice of adopting them.

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The American Humane Association estimates each military dog saves the lives of between 150-200 servicemen and women by detecting IEDs and hidden weapons caches.

The new law requires that military working dogs be returned to U.S. soil when they retire, which can make a huge difference to the veterans who need to overcome wartime trauma and readjust to civilian life.

“This is a great day for military heroes on both ends of the leash. We believe all our veterans–two-footed and four-footed–should come back to a hero’s ” Humane Association President Robin Ganzert said.

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Receiving thanks are Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, and Congressman Frank LoBiondo, a Republican in New Jersey, who introduced the provision into the Authorization Act.

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$2 Photo Bought At Thrift Shop Could Fetch $5Mil At Auction

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A newly discovered photo, showing the famed outlaw Billy the Kid playing croquet at a wedding in 1878, has led to another mysterious image, also purchased at a thrift store, that may depict the gunman sitting with his killer.

An auction house in October verified that the croquet photo bought for just two dollars at a Fresno California junk shop contained legendary American Old West outlaw Billy the Kid, and could fetch $5 million at auction.

What luck, huh?

Now, attorney Frank Abrams believes that a 3¼-by-3-inch tintype he bought at a flea market in North Carolina might depict both Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, the sheriff who killed the notorious outlaw in Fort Sumner in 1881.

(Watch the video below and READ more about the new photo in the Albuquerque Journal)

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