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Attorney Gives Jena 6 Teen Chance at New Life

An attorney in the racially-charged trial of the Jena-6 rescued the youngest of the incarcerated youth, bringing him to New York to live with his family.

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Elephant Whisperer Saves the Baghdad Zoo in Wartime

In 2003 while the US armed forces were invading the Iraqi capital, a Zululand conservationist undertook a wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo and all its animals. In his book, Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, Lawrence Anthony describes how he, along with the zoo's former deputy director and several brave workers, risked daily danger to save the bears, lions, tigers, monkeys and birds.

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Retired Doctors Give Free Medical Care at their Community Clinic (Video)

Two boyhood friends who know what it's like to struggle in lower income families, together made it through medical school and now, 60 years later, they've come together again to provide free medical care to their community.

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S. Korean President Gives His $26M Fortune to Youth Scholarship Fund

South Korea's president will donate about 33.1 billion won ($26 million) — almost all of his personal fortune — to establish a new youth scholarship program, his office said Monday.

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Retired Man Fights Armed Robber (Video)

A 68-year-old pensioner fights a knife wielding robber who attempted a raid on a bookmakers in Farnborough, England. He came to the aid of two women cashiers and despite getting stabbed twice, he fought on. Due to his efforts, police were able to identify and charge the man.

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Flowers Clean Sewage at Scotland Eco-haven

Flowers help clean the sewage at Europe's first organic waster water installation in Findhorn, a Scottish community with the lowest ecological footprint on record in the industrialized world.

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Saying Goodbye to Walter Cronkite: A Video Retrospective

Walter Cronkite, once called the "most trusted man in America" has died at the age of 92.

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Giving Hate a Bodycheck

A former racist skinhead who inspired Ed Norton's character in the film American History X, now runs Harmony Through Hockey, a program that encourages racial harmony through sport. Frank Meeink turned to hockey after a prison term during which he met some African-American ball hockey players and realized they had a lot in common… (Read […]