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7-year-old boy chooses to meet his bone marrow donor over going to Disney World
Six years after surviving a bone marrow transplant, 7-year-old Gabriel Smith had a choice. He could either go to Disney World for the first time or meet the stranger who saved his life.
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At age 101, this woman released her first collection of poems
After decadeslong careers in landscape architecture and sculpture, centenarian finds art in words
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Woman, 36, abandoned in dumpster as a baby searches for the person who saved her life
A woman who was abandoned in a dumpster as a baby is searching for the person who saved her life. In January 1983, Amanda Jo Jones’ birth parent wrapped her in a blanket and deposited her inside a dumpster near the Prado Business Mall in Atlanta, Georgia. A stranger (or strangers) rescued her, she went into foster care, and was adopted by a family who remain her parents today. Now, 36 years later, Jones is searching — not for her biological parents — but for her guardian angel.
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50 Years After They Met at Woodstock, Couple Finally Finds a Photo of Their First Hours Together
"For 50 years we’ve been looking for a picture of ourselves, and out of the blue one shows up," says husband Jerry Griffin
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Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy
"I want to channel my confusion, frustration and fury into hope," she wrote.
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Holocaust survivor helps buy hospital bed for Polish rescuer, 102
A Holocaust survivor from Israel donated money to buy a $1,200 medical bed for a 102-year-old non-Jewish woman from Warsaw, who risked her life to save Jews from the genocide. Krystyna Danko, who is now deaf and blind, is among the oldest rescuers still alive.
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Message-in-a-bottle author found after 50 years
The author of a message in a bottle has been located some 50 years after he threw it into the Indian Ocean. Paul Gilmore, then 13, dropped the bottle into the ocean while sailing with his family on a liner from the UK to Melbourne. On Tuesday, his note was found in South Australia by 13-year-old Jyah Ellott who was out fishing with his father.
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Cops pay for groceries of Whole Foods shoplifter in emotional act of kindness
NYPD Lieutenant Louis Sojo, Officer Michael Rivera and Officer Esnidy Cuevas, who were on a Fourth of July detail in Manhattan, said they first noticed the woman when security stopped her near the exit of the Union Square store.
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How a video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy
My teenage nephew’s life was short and difficult, but the players and developers of Elite Dangerous came together to bring unexpected happiness to his last moments.
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Seven Reasons To Sell Your Home
There's this feeling of accomplishment and excitement that comes from buying your very first house.
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None of this boy’s friends showed up to his birthday party: 'I felt so embarrassed'
This little boy almost celebrated his 4th birthday alone, until nearly 100 guests surprised him.
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A Utah veteran turning 101 gets over 5,000 birthday cards
OREM, Utah (AP) - When John Frey's family requested 101 birthday cards to celebrate the World War II veteran's 101st birthday in Utah, they were expecting to get 500 at most. At a celebration on June 8, a day after his birthday, Frey ended up with well over 5,000 cards, the Daily Herald reports.
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Dementia rates are falling in Europe and the US and experts think smoking has something to do with it
Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK
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A Korean War vet's family couldn't attend his funeral. So thousands of strangers turned up
Thousands of people, some of whom drove hundreds of miles, packed the funeral of a Korean War veteran they'd never met when they heard his family couldn't come. Hezekiah Perkins had prepared for the funeral more than 20 years ago. He'd prepaid for the ceremony and the burial, the funeral home said on its Facebook page.
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Hiker Amanda Eller found alive after being lost 2 weeks in Maui, Hawaii forest
A 35-year-old physical therapist and yoga instructor who went missing in the Makawao Forest Reserve on Maui, Hawaii, two weeks ago has been found alive, according to her family and a Facebook page devoted to the search. Amanda Eller was found Friday in a creek bed between two waterfalls by three volunteers searching the area by helicopter. The Maui News reported that Eller was injured, but did not elaborate. Photos on the Facebook page showed her with bruised and swollen feet and a smudged, but smiling, face.
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Teenage crane operator saves 14 people from burning building in China
A 19-year-old crane operator is being praised for his quick thinking after he saved 14 people from a burning building in China, Shanghaiist reports. Lan Junze was working at a construction site in Fushun when he saw a seven-story building go up in smoke nearby. In a viral video, Lan is seen using the crane to help residents escape the fire, which appears to have started on the building's ground floor. One of those saved was Dong Xiuyan, who lived on the third floor.
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Are you living or existing?
Are you truly living a life worthy of your greatest self? Or are you just existing, getting by day to day? You should be enjoying yourself much more than you are stressing yourself out. If not, you need to re-evaluate what you are doing.
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Woman, 88, waved to students from her window for years. They gathered outside her home for one final goodbye
Tinney Davidson gave her neighborhood 12 years of warm hellos. And now that she is moving to an assisted living facility, they got together to give her the sweetest surprise goodbye. Davidson, 88, moved to Comox, British Columbia, with her husband in 2007, according to CNN's news partner CBC. Their home was near a high school, and every morning the couple would wave to the students passing by on the way to school.
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99-year-old will finally get to participate in graduation 70 years after earning her degree
Elizabeth Barker Johnson stood frozen in the doorway, gripping her walker tightly, as the lights flicked on, revealing 60 of her closest loved ones. It wouldn’t be the last surprise of the day as the World War II veteran celebrated her 99th birthday. After cake, Johnson was presented with a ruby-red cap and gown and an invitation to finally walk at Winston-Salem State University’s graduation, 70 years after she completed her teaching degree there.
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This couple may have had one of longest marriages of any pair with Down syndrome. And possibly one of the happiest.
Some people who saw Paul and Kris Scharoun-DeForge from a distance felt pity for them. Others discouraged them from getting married. But the couple, both of whom were born with Down syndrome, believed they were the luckiest people in the world. In fact, their family believes they might have had one of the longest marriages of any couple with Down syndrome. And one of the happiest marriages of anyone — with Down syndrome or without.
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