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Mentoring Program Gives Girls Strength to Succeed

A former corporate worker now helps troubled girls to transform their lives through her Diamond in the Rough program.

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Sorrow For My Wounds? Go Elsewhere, Says Soldier.

A Navy SEAL lieutenant was shot through the face in Afghanistan. Recovering through surgeries in a US hospital, he has hung a sign on his door so inspiring and so positive that we are compelled to find the man and meet his optimism. The sign on the wall reads:

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Hero on One-Man Mission to Fight Crime

The streets are littered with villains and Superman and Batman are nowhere to be seen. But help is at hand because do-gooder Vincent Oligbo is on a one-man mission to fight crime.

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Drawing Instead of Walking a Testament to Recovery

Christine Greif, was training for a triathalon 10 years ago when hit by a drunk driver. She suffered permanent brain injuries, yet, amazingly, with patient tutoring from a neighbor she learned to draw

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Bystanders Help Out When $15,000 From Armoured Car Hits the Road in New York

"Three bystanders helped pick up $15,000 in dollar bills that flitted across a Long Island road after falling out of an armoured car on Halloween, according to two volunteer police officers at the scene."

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Anonymous Santa Gives $100 Million to Struggling Town

In a beautiful story, an unnamed 'friend' gives $100 million to the struggling old industrial city of Erie, Pennsylvania, to be divided among its 46 charities including the food bank, a women's center, and a group for the blind, and its universities.

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$1 Million Award for Activist Who Aided Refugees

"A Roman Catholic activist who has helped provide education to thousands of African refugees displaced by ethnic bloodshed has been awarded a $1 million prize recognizing unsung humanitarians," AP reported.

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Illegal Immigrant Rescues Boy in the Desert, Jeopardizing Own Freedom

"A 9-year-old boy whose mother died in a car crash in the Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day."