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A guy left a $3,000 tip on a $40 bill after his server said she was going to get kicked out of her apartment
A guy left a $3,000 tip on a $40 bill after his server said she was going to get kicked out of her apartment. "Don't let 'pay it forward' end with you." This was the advice on the back of a New York City restaurant receipt left by a man named Mike for his favorite waitress. The bill, which came to about forty bucks, had a hefty tip attached — $3,000 — after the waitress told him she had been served with an eviction notice earlier in the month.
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Local students build tiny house for homeless
City leaders estimate on any given night that about 4,000 people sleep on the streets or in shelters across Portland. Local students are hoping to make a small dent in that statistic.
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A cancer survivor created wonderfully honest ‘empathy cards’, and now they’re going viral
YOU’D BE HARD pressed to find someone who hasn’t been effected by cancer in some way or another. But what do you even say when you discover a loved one is going through it? Emily McDowell, a former creative director, decided to create a range of cards to help you find some words. McDowell herself went through nine months of chemo to beat Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma at just 24.
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Medicine Hat becomes the first city in Canada to eliminate homelessness
Medicine Hat, a city in southern Alberta, pledged in 2009 to put an end to homelessness. Now they say they've fulfilled their promise. No one in the city spends more than 10 days in an emergency shelter or on the streets. If you've got no place to go, they'll simply provide you with housing. "We're pretty much able to meet that standard today. Even quicker, actually, sometimes," Mayor Ted Clugston tells As It Happens host Carol Off.
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German woman, 102, gets doctorate – 77 years after Nazis stopped her first attempt
A German woman has officially passed her doctorate aged 102, after the Nazi government refused to let her sit her final exams the first time round. Neonatal expert Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport became probably the oldest person in the world to get their PhD, after the University of Hamburg awarded her the title on Wednesday – 77 years after finishing her thesis. Dr Rapoport was born in Berlin to a Jewish mother, famous pianist Maria Syllm.
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Dog, owner reunited in Eastern Oregon after 4 years
After Crystal Sullenger's dog vanished four years ago, she gradually gave up hope she would ever see Star again. Sullenger had stepped out into her fenced yard one day to check on her 11-month-old pit bull only to find her dog was gone. Distraught, she plastered her North Portland neighborhood with photos of the sweet, high-energy puppy. She drove slowly down neighborhood streets, gradually expanding the search to a 10-mile radius.
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After Historic Fight, Pacquiao Volunteered At Las Vegas Orphanage, While Mayweather Spent $1.2 Million On Champagne
Pacquaio, 36, didn’t stay for the festivities after his grueling twelve round battle with Floyd Mayweather. Bruised, but not broken, he had another fight on the line. It wasn’t covered by HBO. It wasn’t worth the record-breaking $300 million the pay-per-view event generated. It was worth much more. Changing into a crisp blue blazer and gray slacks, he’s snuck out the back of MGM Grand Garden Arena by his assistant David Sisson and into what...
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How I feel being able to now post in 4 tribes at once
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GoPro Captures Dramatic Apartment Fire Pet Rescue
A GoPro camera captured two friends stepping in to save residents and pets from apartment complex fire in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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WWE's John Cena is the world’s biggest Make-A-Wish superstar
Nick Santillo was born with half a heart, but he puts all of it into his love of John Cena, the 15-time World Wrestling Entertainment champ who has been the face of the brand for more than a decade. “He’s my hero,” says Nick, who lives in Runnemede, NJ. The 10-year-old — whose condition makes it difficult to breathe and has resulted in so many surgeries his father gave him the wrestling nickname “Nick the Stitch” — is one of the hundreds of kids a year who...
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Watch: Beachgoers help rescue stranded great white shark
A great white shark that became stranded on a Cape Cod beach now swims free thanks to beachgoers who kept the shark wet until rescuers arrived.
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‘Disabled’ undercover cop waits for robbers in Vancouver but only finds kindness
Vancouver police staff sergeant Mark Horsley wanted to make at least one bust. Very much. It would have made his year, taking down one of the creeps responsible for assaulting and robbing disabled Vancouverites. People in wheelchairs, getting smacked around, mugged. It’s hard to imagine any crime more despicable or cowardly.
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Thai refugee eyeing Premier League with Sheffield United
In the prison-like surroundings of a Thai refugee camp on the Myanmar border, 10-year-old Kler Heh would play football in bare feet with family and friends dreaming of a new life elsewhere.
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CEO shares $27 million with staff after selling his firm
This is what profit sharing should look like. The CEO and co-founder of a Turkish food delivery company has paid out $27 million to 114 employees after selling the firm. Nevzat Aydin told Turkish newspaper Hurriet his employees deserved to benefit from the sale. "If there is a success, we have accomplished it all together," he was quoted as saying. Aydin sold Yemeksepeti to Germany's Delivery Hero for $589 million in May. The bonus is worth $237,000 on average.
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Manchester City fan gets Manchester United tattoo after raising £10,000 to help his sick son
A Manchester City fan has done the unthinkable and had the Manchester United badge tattooed on his leg – after raising £10,000 for charity to help his sick son.
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Truth About Rats: Rat Tricks
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Dad gets tattoo of his deaf daughter's cochlear implant so she doesn't feel like the odd one out
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Whole Foods $6 Asparagus Water Is the American Dream at Work
The internet scoffed again this week: “Six dollars for a bottle of water with asparagus in it? Whole Foods has gone too far.” But the bougie grocery chain is doing God’s work by ripping off the foolish.
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After losing parents, 6-year-old embarks on smile mission
Jaden Hayes is determined not to let sadness overcome him or anyone else
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As lines grow, tree house brewing is ready to expand
A line is a good sign when looking for something to eat or drink. Waiting is an inconvenience, but when it comes to food and beverage is also emblematic of a product worth sticking around for.
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