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When Doctors Say Your Child Will be 'a Vegetable'

For the past 25 years Dick, who is 65, has pushed his son, severely disabled since birth, in hundreds of marathon races to impart to him the feeling of being a participant in sports.

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Teacher Keeps Wealth Secret, Donates $4.3M on Death to Conservancy

An unassuming school teacher in Toronto, hid her riches -- gained through shrewd savings and investments in stocks and bonds. But she always gave large donations to those in need.

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9-11 Special: Healing the Soldiers' Wounds

The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped worked with two dozen veterans of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this summer, in hopes of helping them work through their emotions and feelings of loss..

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A Grieving Mother's Incredible Forgiveness

The mother of a young teen who was gunned down asked if she could hug her son's killer. A great story of compassion

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Generosity of a Stranger

A woman was caught short of money at the pharacist and is assisted by a stranger handing her the money she needed.

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One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Peace One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson is an anti-terrorism warrior in the Islamic strongholds of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his main weapon is schools. Mortenson has built 55 schools in those two countries in the past 13 years, educating 24,000 children.

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Woman Returns Lockbox Containing $40,000

Teresa Stiles saw a lockbox, which she didn't know contained about $40,000, fall off a Brinks truck. Nobody seemed to see what happened and no one was responding. So, Stiles grabbed the box and nervously drove straight to the police.

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The Greatest Canadian Ever

Who is the Greatest Canadian? After being hospitalized at the age of 10 and threatened with the loss of his leg due to his family's inability to pay for specialized care, Tommy Douglas followed a life path into politics and refined his skills as a fiery speaker.