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Inspiring Cricket Player Competes Doing Everything Without Arms -Watch

Nothing stands in the way of this young cricket player going international – not even the trials of losing both his arms in an accident.

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Panera to Open Another Pay-What-You-Want Cafe, This Time in Portland

Panera Bread will open its third nonprofit restaurant Monday in Portland where customers can pay what they want for food. Panera opened community cafes last year in Clayton, Mo., and Dearborn, Mich., owned and operated by a nonprofit arm of the national restaurant chain. So far, customers have stepped up in a spirit of generosity.

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To Break Stereotypes, Young Graduate Works Behind a Lens

University graduate Caleb Barclay is on a mission to break cultural stereotypes throughout the world and cast a positive light on misinterpreted cultures.

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The Awesome Foundation Offers Cash for Crazy Ideas

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Alaska Natives Throw Potlatch Celebration for Deploying Troops

Native-American Alaskans hosted a traditional potlatch on Tuesday for about 400 soldiers and officers getting ready to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. Donations of moose meat and fish came from throughout the area. Although food was a highlight, the troops also enjoyed traditional songs and dances.

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Mother Meets Recipient of her Son's Heart, Gains New Family (Video)

Last August, Renee Varela's 18-year-old son was killed by a drunk driver and she donated his heart to a father who needed a transplant. Recently Varela held a stethoscope to his chest and heard her son's heart beating. Tragedy brought the two families together -- an extended family now bound by an act of grace.

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7 Construction Workers Win Millions 7 Years After Playing Lotto Super 7 and Being Defrauded

After 7 years, Canadian lottery officials say they've finally awarded to the correct people a multimillion-dollar jackpot that authorities say was fraudulently claimed by someone else. Seven construction workers who played the lottery together in December 2003 were awarded $12.5 million plus $2.35 million in interest after being declared the rightful jackpot winners. "After more […]

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Thank You Notes Change Man's Life

An L.A. attorney who, for years, was experiencing a lot of bad luck in his life heard an inner voice telling him to start writing Thank You notes. John Kralik wrote a thank-you card every day for an entire year -- and it changed his life.