# Heroes

Good Samaritan Hands Out Food to Stranded Highway Drivers

Following a series of crashes that shut down one of the busiest highways in America last Wednesday, Monroeville, Ohio residents John and Sharon Ambrose gathered as much food as they could, and delivered it to motorists who had been stranded for hours.

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New Jersey Letter Carrier Returns Wallet with $4,800 in Cash

A Jersey City letter carrier found $4,800 in crisp $100 bills inside a wallet on the sidewalk while delivering mail on the day after a big snowstorm. The first thought that came to Marcario "Mark" Panuil was, I need to give it back to the owner. His Postal Service coworkers and the local Postmaster honored him as a great inspiration in a ceremony this week, where he refused to take a reward.

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Pharmacist Prescribes Anti-monster Spray for Child Who Can't Sleep

After a six-year-old girl in North Dakota mentioned that she was having trouble sleeping at night, a kind pharmacist decided to prescribe the antidote for her fears of monsters lurking in the room. The Examiner reports that pharmacist Jeff Dodds gave the girl a prescription spray bottle that he said would take care of the problem.

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Spree of 318 Random Acts of Kindness Across Boston

Cathy O'Grady wasn't planning on being identified. But somehow, the media caught wind of her random acts of kindness all over the city this winter after pictures surfaced online of dozens of blankets with $5 gift cards she left out for the homeless in December. Recently she planned a spree of 318 good deeds in honor of a friend, Chad, who survived for that many days after his cancer diagnosis.

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Police Officer's Kind Note Eases Fears of Sleepless Girls

Two sisters in Edmond, Oklahoma were having trouble sleeping, fraught with worry over whether their home was safe from crime. Their mother even began showing them the locked windows and doors each night and allowed them to sleep with baseball bat under the covers. Then, Lt. Paul Barbour, on his night shift patrol for the local police department, took a few minutes to pen a hand-written note to the girls assuring them that everything looked good in their neighborhood. He taped the note to the door.

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Indigenous Athlete is Australian of the Year for Anti-racism, Youth Work

Aboriginal AFL player and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes has been named the 2014 Australian of the Year. Goodes, a decorated Sydney football champion, was chosen from a diverse field of nominees that represented the best of scientific, medical, arts and community leaders.

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Mystery Knitter Ties Scarves Around Statues in Frigid Canada

An anonymous do-gooder trying to keep Ottawa residents warm has been leaving dozens of handmade scarves outside wrapped around the necks of city statues, brightening the landscape of Canada's war heroes. In response to deeply frigid temps in Ontario, the scarves include friendly notes that read: "I am not lost! If you are stuck out in the cold, take this scarf to keep warm."

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Woman Can Buy Her Home Thanks to the Honesty of a Stranger

On January 10, a Portland woman dropped in a store parking lot an envelope containing $2,000 in cash and a $38,000 cashier's check. It was the down payment she needed for a house. Lucky for her, Brian DiCarlo, a 23-year-old aspiring teacher, found the envelope.