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Rivers Reborn: Alewives Continue to Make a Recovery in the Penobscot Watershed in Maine
Alewife fish populations are continuing to journey back home to Maine's Penobscot River thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which is helping to reconnect and restore fish passages.
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Croatia writes off debts of 60,000 poorest citizens
'Chance for a new start', the Croatian government have gotten creditors on board a plan to erase the debts of some 60,000 poorest citizens. The “fresh start” scheme targets less than 1 percent of the entire debt, but is hoped to boost the economy in the long-term.
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Man wins $14 million in Las Vegas - and donates it ALL to charity
The generous gambler won the cash on a fruit machine after betting just $20.
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Brother and sister separated for years are reunited... after matching with each other on Tinder
An estranged brother and sister were reunited - after reportedly matching with each other on Tinder. Erik de Vries and Josephine Egberts had not seen each other since their parents split up in 1999, when Erik and his twin brother moved to Belgium with their father and Josephine remained in Holland where she had grown up with their mother. Erik had tried to track his sister down in the intervening years without success.
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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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Colorado’s Effort Against Teenage and other Unwanted Pregnancies Is a Startling Success
Birthrate for teenagers across state plunge by 40 percent from 2009 to 2013, rate of abortions fall by 42 percent.
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U.S. grants federal recognition to Virginia's Pamunkey tribe
RICHMOND — More than 400 years after Pocahontas, arguably the most famous Pamunkey Indian, saved the life of Englishman John Smith, the tribe once again made history Thursday by becoming the first Indian tribe in Virginia to be recognized by the federal government.
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You break it, you buy it, or they fix it - Ipswich museum jug smash boy's family 'thrilled' - BBC News
The mother of a little boy who accidentally smashed a historic jug at an Ipswich museum says the family is "thrilled" it has been fixed.
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Woman gives birth, fights off bees, starts wildfire in Northern California
The woman, Amber Pangborn, 35, of Oroville, made a hasty decision to take an unfamiliar shortcut while driving to her parents’ house after going into labor. Instead, she got lost. “I thought we were going to die,” she told KCRA-TV. “And there was no cell service, there was no ... there was nothing.” But Pangborn’s baby wouldn’t wait and she had no choice but to give birth alone. She named her daughter Marisa. And then came the bees and mosquitoes.
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LEGO Is Investing Millions To Ditch Their Oil-Based Plastics In Search Of Environmentally Friendly Alternative
LEGO’s toy dominance over the last half century has been built on petroleum-based plastics. The toy company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to research, development and implementation of new, sustainable, raw materials to manufacture LEGO elements as well as packaging materials. By 2030, the Danish-based toy company says that their plastic bricks will no longer be made from the oil-based plastic in the 60 billion blocks LEGO produces each year.
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Huffington Post to Cover Trump as an Entertainer, Not a Politician
The decision by Huff Post to dump Trump into entertainment section draws cheers and jeers.
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California Teen Collects 25,000 Books in Book Drive, Inspires Others
Reading to kids is not the way most 16-year-olds would spend their morning, but Ryan Traynor is not most kids. The California teenager was just 11-years-old when he started volunteering through his local library, going into schools and reading to children, to earn a Boy Scouts of America merit...
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Kristen Bell's 'Frozen' voice mail to girl with cancer will melt your heart
Kristen Bell helped make one special girl named Avery a princess of Arendelle.
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When He Needed A Hearing Aid, This Mother Went Above And Beyond To Make Him Feel Comfortable Wearing One
Kids can get wrapped up in the smallest things. If they are different in any way, it can become something other kids will pick on. Making them feel different or that they stand out in any way can hurt their self-esteem and some kids can’t take any more than they already have.Sarah Ivermee found a solution when her friend’s daughter was uncomfortable with wearing her hearing aid to school.
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World's Friendliest Restaurant Holds Hug-a-Thon for Charity
To celebrate his birthday, Tim and his family hold an annual hug-a-thon at his restaurant, Tim's Place, to raise money for Firefighters Random Acts, a nonprofit run by Albuquerque firefighters.
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How a Kid Who Can't Tie his Shoes Changed Everything
He wanted to tie his own shoes. Sometimes the best ideas come wrapped in the simplest of sentences like that.
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Ad Campaign Asks People in Other Countries to Donate to Hungry Americans
This ad campaign by Great Nations Eat sheds light on this issue by encouraging people in other countries to donate to hungry Americans.
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Former Tuttle, Oklahoma State standout Cooper Bassett still shares special bond with 9-year-old Taylor Brandt
The picture was among the hundreds snapped the night of Cooper Bassett's wedding. In the picture, you can see the former Tuttle High football standout turned Oklahoma State football standout. He is hugging a little girl. She has oodles of curly red hair. She is wearing a sparkly purple dress. You can't see her face, but you can see his. And in his expression, you can sense how much Cooper Bassett and Taylor Brandt love each other. She is his Taylor, and he is her Cooper.
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Netflix is giving employees a year of paid parental leave so they can binge-watch their babies.
"Parents can return part-time, full-time, or return and then go back out as needed."
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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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