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Heroes in School Shooting and Bridge Collapse Receive Prestigious Medals

three national winners this week were awarded the Above & Beyond Citizen Honor, a unique award because they are personally presented to unsung heroes by our nations most honored heroes, the 109 living Medal of Honor recipients themselves -- along with Gen. Colin Powell and Brian Williams

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Ugandan Boy Brought to US for Surgery Attracts Support From Locals

This is an ongoing story of merit, accomplishment, and community caring. A Ugandan boy was brought overseas for surgery and now the whole town in Southern Oregon is chipping in to help his family to buy food back home. (Mail Tribune w/ photo ) Thanks to Jim for submitting this story!

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Random Acts of Kindness Kick Off First Ottawa Kindness Week

For one week, February 15 to 24, Ottawa is choosing to be kind. The city will be celebrating, encouraging, and even keeping a web journal to showcase the simple acts of kindness brought to life throughout the community this week.

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200 Converge on Grand Central Station in Guerilla Comedy Mission (Video)

On a recent Saturday two hundred New Yorkers sycronized their watches, converged on the grand concourse of the world's largest train station and froze in place like statues while hundreds of travelers gawked in awe at the Grand Central Station spectacle.

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If You Expect the Worst From Strangers this Story is for You

My faith in human nature has never been so inflated as it was last weekend after our family get-together in Vail. Here's the story.

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The Friendliness of Canada Returns my Lost Blackberry

I am enamored of all things Canadian right now because of the kindness of someone I was visiting. That kindness seems to exude from all corners of her country… When I recently visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my Canadian friend, at my request, stopped her busy workday to take me to Banff. I don't ski or […]

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Waiter's Flawless Service Rewarded With Full College Scholarship

A full scholarship to a $34,000-a-year private college for an excellent waiter! Always doing your best pays off.

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Arab Women Break Tradition by Touring Their Country Alone

The Emirati Women's Traveller Group are four young Emirati women who have toured the country in a car breaking tradition by travelling alone without a male relative.