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First Health Clinic in San Francisco to Care for Uninsured

San Francisco's first medical clinic staffed by volunteers is full of health professionals who've failed - at retirement. The Clinic by the Bay opened Tuesday to serve uninsured residents as the first free clinic in Northern California.

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Strangers Pay It Forward Today in Largest Kidney Swap, Saving 28 Lives

The civilians behind the National Kidney Registry website have organized transplants for record numbers of kidney patients over the last three years. Today, the momentum will continue with the largest kidney chain to date, a swap that is expected to save 28 lives, thanks to strangers paying it forward.

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Wealth Makes Us Happier, But Why?

People say they've been getting slowly happier. In 45 of 52 countries, happiness has risen during the past 30 years. This coincides with people getting richer. Contrary to myth, rich countries have slightly happier citizens than poor countries. What is it about prosperity that brings happiness?

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Dusty Vase Found on Bookshelf Fetches Record $69 Million at Auction

After her brother died in Britain a woman in her 70's was cleaning out his flat and came across a dusty oriental vase propping up books amid cobwebs on the man's tall book shelf. One month later when it was put up for auction in London, it sold for a record $69 million (plus fees) and was called unbelievably rare, with nothing like it outside the Palace Museum in Beijing.

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Arab-Americans are Detroit's Unlikely Saviors

What others see as an urban disaster zone, Nafa Khalaf views as a land of opportunity. The Motor City, he says, gave him chances that would have been inconceivable in his native Iraq. The Arab community is growing and prospering alongside Detroit's decay as one of the largest concentrations of Arabs outside the Middle East.

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Grandma's Superhero Therapy

French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn't stop smiling.

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Gates Foundation Gives $50 Million to Smithsonian to Reach Youth

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed $50 million to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. The gift, announced Wednesday night by the Smithsonian, sets aside $30 million to create the Youth Access Endowment to reach underserved youth

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3 Teenagers Found Alive After 50 Days at Sea

Three New Zealand teenagers have been rescued after 50 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean in a tiny boat. The trio survived by drinking rainwater and sharing raw fish and a seagull that landed in their boat.