When the Pakistan Taliban’s campaign of terror arrived in the land formerly ruled by her late husband’s family, homemaker Mussarat…
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Man with the ‘Golden Arm’ Saves 2 Million Babies in Half a Century of Donating Rare Type of Blood
An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives…
Gashaw Tahir Plants One Million Trees in Ethiopia
Ethiopian-born American citizen Gashaw Tahir traveled back to his homeland several years ago and was shocked at the massive deforestation…
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I found this list on the internet and thought it was nice. Maybe you will too. Take a 10-30 minute…
Obama Gives His $1.4 Million Nobel Prize to Charities
President Barack Obama named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans…
Thought for the Day
Friendship is a sheltering tree. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Teaching Kids to Read from the Back of a Burro
To the unaccustomed eye, a man toting 120 books while riding a stubborn donkey would seem nothing short of a…
New Tech Tools Aid Those in Need
Hundreds of tech volunteers spurred to action by Haiti’s killer quake are adding a new dimension to disaster relief, developing…
Man Wakes from Coma When Wife Tells Him He Became a Grandfather
David Russell was induced into a coma after he fell 12-feet from a barn roof and had to undergo a…