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The 50th Anniversary Of The Peace Symbol

The peace sign was created 50 years ago by artist Gerald Holtom in London for an anti-war protest, incorporating the flag signals (semaphores) for the letters N and D --for Nuclear Disarmament.

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Disabled Veterans Serve in New Mission Tutoring Disadvantaged Kids

Amidst the flood of young disabled veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a group of older veterans organized themselves to help ease the return of the soldiers to civilian life. VeteranTutors.org was set up as a way to sponsor these young veterans and help train them for new careers.

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Neighbors Bestow RV on Homeless Man Evicted From Treehouse

Last week the city took action to evict a homeless man from an amazing treehouse, but his concerned neighbors who benefitted with his presence (the vacant lot was always kept clean and the crime rate kept low as he looked after the place), have rallied together to buy him a used RV.

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Disney Workers Wade Through Trash To Find Missing Rings

Disney employees including executive housekeeper Drew Weaver and seven of his staff were determined to help and waded into the bags of garbage. They miraculously found the rings.

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Pronounced Dead, Man Takes 'Miraculous' Turn

"Some four hours after doctors declared Zack dead, something about his appearance that made cousins think he wasn't as dead as doctors said." They scratched him with a pocketknife and realized he was alive.

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Kindness of Strangers Brings Hope to World's Tallest Man

The Worlds's Tallest Man couldn't afford custom shoes to fit his frame of 8 feet 5 inches, but found new hope in the kindness of strangers who sent a giant bicycle to help with transportation and oversized shoes and clothes -- even a computer with internet service -- to help with daily life.

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Hero Miner to be Godfather of Baby He Saved

"The hero miner who risked his life to save a mother and her baby from raging floodwaters near Rockhampton last week has been asked to be the child's godfather."

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Groups Respond to Obama's Call for National Discussion About Race

The speech on race and religion that Senator Barack Obama delivered Tuesday has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube and has prepared the ground for further discussions in schools, in churches, and around the water coolers and kitchen tables throughout America. Race and religion, the two most electrified rails in American politics, […]