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James Patterson Gives a Million Dollars to Independent Bookstores

81 independent bookstores across the United States got an early holiday gift from bestselling author James Patterson, who earlier this year began his campaign to give one million dollars to some 170 booksellers.

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20 Reasons Why People Are Seriously Amazing: BuzzFeed Video Clips

Buzzfeed threw together some tiny video clips of people doing amazing things, like turning one's morning toast-making experience into sublime artistic expression, and waterskiing on one's hands.

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In Money-tight Britain, Artists Decorate the Streets

Since 2009 street artist Christiaan Nagel has placed over a hundred giant mushrooms on derelict rooftops around the London's East End to be enjoyed and photographed by passers-by. Unauthorized art in public places is booming in austerity Britain, as public funding dries up

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Most Valuable Find Ever for Antiques Roadshow in Oklahoma

Chinese rhinoceros horn cups brought to the Antiques Roadshow on Saturday in Tulsa became the highest-value appraisal ever made by the PBS television show in its 16 year history. The unidentified man, who started collecting the carved cups inexpensively and had no idea of their worth, was told they were valued at 1-1.5 million dollars.

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S is for Sculpture: Father Teaches Alphabet And Inspires Street Art

A father using street names to teach his daughters the alphabet inspired an animal street art movement in Washington, DC.

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Diddy Pushes Youth to Vote Once Again

Hip-Hop legend Sean P. Diddy Combs campaigned across the country four years ago to get young people to vote and is at it again in 2008 trying to awaken a sleeping giant in an effort to make change.

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Personal Songs Offer Musical Medicine to Sick Kids

An Iowa girl, whose stubborn leukemia is blasted every week with chemotherapy, jumped at the chance to receive a song made especially for her. It's called Songs of Love.

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Hungarian Dancers Tell Amazing Story With Just Shadows

There won't be a dry eye in your house after watching the Hungarian shadow theatre company Attraction perform on Britain's Got Talent. Stunning dance dramatics feature only the shadows of their bodies.