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93-Year-Old Man Gets High School Diploma

Harold Pugh, a 93-year-old man from Minnesota, has finally received his high school degree.

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Refugee Doctor 'Making a Difference' for Thousands in Burma

Burmese refugee, Dr. Cynthia Maung, runs a small, modest public health clinic near the border in Thailand, and is making a difference in her community by providing essential services not available to most residents of the poor region.

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Inspirational 'Last Lecture' Professor Dies (Video)

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose 'last lecture' about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday at the age of 47, but his inspiring message lives on.

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Autistic Savant Draws Amazing Detailed Buildings After Viewing Them Once

Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant. He is also an extraordinary artist, able to draw an entire city skyline in detail (and perfectly counted windows) after seeing it only once from a plane.

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Mom's Disaster Unit For Kids Who Live Through Tornadoes (Video)

A mother who lost her own son in a tornado helps other children in devastated towns with her mobile daycare unit, named for the 2-year-old The CBS Early Show featured the inspiring voluntary effort in its week-long series, "Extraordinary People." Video

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U.S. Soldier Fulfills His Mission of Getting Iraqi Girl New Legs

A U.S. soldier couldn't walk past an 11-year-old Iraqi girl who was "in a large decrepit wheelchair, the stumps of her legs crusted with dried blood... He stopped to talk and he came back every day for six months, bringing her toys, gauze for her legs, a new wheelchair... When she asked for legs, that became his mission, too."

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Kindness Tornado Rips Through Town

Biddeford, Maine experienced a tornado of kindness on Thursday. Residents were lifted up and spirits were tossed into unfamiliar territory as Michael Chase of the Kindness Center churned up a whirlwind of "100 acts of kindness in 100 minutes".

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Hero is Saving Children from Cambodia's Trash Heap

CNN Heroes: Cambodian's poorest kids are going to go to school now that a woman quit her job and spent $30,000 of her own money to build a school for them...