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Woman Is Reunited With Her Lost Dog After Seeing Her On A Beer Can
Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton recently teamed up with Manatee County Animal Services to help spread the word about adoptable dogs. One of the dogs pictured on a beer can, Day Day, is going to her forever home, but she wasn't adopted.
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This Chick-fil-A employee has become a local celebrity after a video of his drive-thru demeanor went viral
A Chick-fil-A employee in Wilmington, North Carolina, has caught the attention of his community with his infectiously upbeat customer service and bright attitude. A regular customer took video of employee Jeremiah Murrill one day as she placed her drive-thru order at the restaurant.
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Grandfather buys bus to take his 10 grandchildren to school
A grandfather in Oregon wanted to do something special for his grandkids this Christmas, and his idea makes for a pretty unique gift that can be used for years to come.
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California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am
Students of California, go ahead: Hit that snooze button. A new law signed by governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday will push back public school start times in an effort to help kids get more sleep.
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A mom buys 1,500 pairs of shoes in closing Payless for kids in need
Carrie Jernigan of Alma, Arkansas, took her daughter to a Payless going-out-of-business sale to get her a new pair of shoes. She ended up leaving with every pair in the store. At Payless, Jernigan’s daughter 4th-grade daughter, Harper, saw a pair she wanted to buy for her friend, whose shoes she had noticed were too small.
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Classmates learn sign language to support fellow kindergartener who is deaf
A kindergartener from Maine got a very warm welcome at her school this week. Six-year-old Morey Belanger is deaf, and her classmates learned phrases in sign language so they could support her. Morey came to Dayton Consolidated School in 2017 and became its first deaf student, according to reports. The school wanted Morey to feel welcome, so over the course of the school year, they started learning sign language.
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Abandoned dog is now K-9 cop, sniffing for explosives
Karma was abandoned and left for dead last year. Now, she’s officially a K-9 with the Denver Sheriff Department.
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Childhood sweethearts separated as kids reunite years later and get married
Natalie Crowe was a bored teenager during the summer of 2012 when she stumbled across her mother's old address book in a storage bin and decided to search for a specific name. The first person to pop into her head was Austin Tatman, who was her best friend when they were 5 years old. The two had lost touch after she moved from Florida to Connecticut with her mother and siblings.
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How a simple act of kindness transformed a boy's birthday
How do kids behave when there are no grown-ups around? Donette Mabes of South Brunswick, New Jersey, says you never really know. "Because you're not watching them at that moment, and at that time," she said. She had always just assumed her son was good -- until recently, when 13-year-old Gavin Mabes got caught on tape showing his true character.
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Middle-school volleyball players prevent suicidal California woman from jumping off bridge
Members of a middle-school boys volleyball team prevented a 47-year-old Fresno woman from jumping to her death from a bridge on Thursday. The boys, who are in grades 6, 7 and 8 at Keppler Neighborhood School were jogging when they saw a woman on the Tuolumne Street Bridge about to jump to the railroad tracks nearly 100 feet below, according to 6ABC.
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Teacher who donated most of his salary to the poor wins $1 million global prize
A Kenyan teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor won a $1 million prize on Sunday for his work teaching in a government-run school that has just one computer and shoddy Internet access. The annual Global Teacher Prize was awarded to Peter Tabichi in the opulent Atlantis Hotel in Dubai in a ceremony hosted by actor Hugh Jackman.
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5-Year-Old Girl Now Cancer-Free After Dentist Noticed Tumor in Her Jaw During Routine Visit
Visiting the dentist isn’t just good for your oral health — it could save your life. During a routine check-up last year, Dr. Harlyn Susarla, ordered a panoramic X-ray for Hunter Rose Jonesthis link opens in a new tab, then 4, when she noticed the child had several loose teeth, which was unusual for her age, ABC affiliate KOMO Newsthis link opens in a new tab reported. The Washington-based dentist then discovered a tumor growing in the child’s jaw.
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Teacher Spots Elementary Student Biking to Get Help for Diabetic Dad
A South Carolina student may have saved his father’s life after his teacher spotted him biking on the road, searching for help. Cameron, a young student at Ellen Woodside Elementary in Greenville County, was able to get his diabetic dad the help he desperately needed, thanks to his former teacher, Keller Sutherland.
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The Serenity Prayer
For one of my classes this semester I had to sit in on an (open) Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and they ended with the Serenity prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. We recited it as a group, holding h…
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Parents thought their son was nonverbal. Then a dentist helped him speak
The Motz family of Katy, Texas, says their lives changed after a visit to the dentist’s office. Mason Motz, 6, was at Dr. Amy Luedemann-Lazar’s office to get teeth pulled when the pediatric dentist noticed a different issue. Mason had suffered from speech delays his whole life. He was born with Sotos Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects growth and development.
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She ran from abusive step dad, wound up with a pimp until a Christian family adopted her
Jadyn’s mom was a meth addict who died when she was in high school in 2010. She lived with her step-dad, who abused her. A teacher found out and called Child Protective Services. Jadyn moved …
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Heroic bus driver rescues baby wandering streets alone in the cold
An on-duty bus driver in Milwaukee knew what she had to do when she saw a young boy when a baby wandering around alone near busy streets. Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) driver Irena Ivic spotted the boy, wearing only a red onesie and no shoes, running down the sidewalk at 8 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2018. Surveillance video from the bus shows Ivic's view of the boy as he ran over a freeway overpass. Another security camera captured her reaction in the driver's seat.
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What Yeshiva Kids Are Actually Studying All Day
I have been researching ultra-Orthodox education for 15 years. Here’s what I’ve found.
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We All Have Moments of Forgetfulness, But........
Well ok, forgetfulness may not be something to joke about. Or is it? I guess it depends on the person and the to the degree we forget things. For most of the population to forget things is an every day annoyance.
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7 Times Life Gets Real At 25 & Just Like That, You're An Adult
What's your definition of "adult?" For some, it's a person who talks about work and paying bills on time. For others, it's when you stop having petty arguments and start knowing how to handle sticky situations. Growing up, you may have assumed that…
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