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Aurora Shooting Miracle: Rare Birth Defect Saves Gifted Musician from Bullet in Brain

A gifted musician who was shot in the head during the "Dark Knight" massacre last week will likely not sustain any major brain damage thanks to a birth defect that her pastor called a miracle.

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Hospitals Waive Fees, Co-pay for Colorado Shooting Victims

Three of the hospitals taking care of people wounded in the Colorado theater shooting said Wednesday they will limit or completely wipe out medical bills for the 22 victims. Wednesday they will limit or completely wipe out medical bills for the 22 victims. Some of the wounded, many of them young, are uninsured and face mounting hospital bills.

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The League Of Extraordinary Women: 60 Influencers Are Changing The World for Girls

The previously untold story of how an unprecedented network of high-achieving women from the world's largest companies, innovative startups, philanthropic organizations, government, and the arts combined forces to change the lives of girls and women everywhere.

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MBTA Workers Rescue Girl's Beloved Stuffed Bunny (Video)

Massachusetts Transit workers took time from their busy rush hour jobs to make sure a little girl's stuffed animal was rescued from a crushing blow by commuter trains Wednesday. Michelle Carey-Brown's 3-year-old daughter Riley saw her beloved stuffed animal bunny, Nummy, fall into the pit between the platform and the train. A MBTA worker who […]

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Student Engineering Project Helps Girl Feed Herself

For their their senior project, six Marquette University engineering students chose to design and manufacture a device that would help a young girl to feed herself. Without the device, Kailyn Pieper has to bring her mouth right down to the plate, when eating in the school cafeteria with her friends.

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After Concussion, Man Becomes Musical Genius

When Derek Amato crashed headfirst into the hard bottom of a pool, he was scared about what he might have done to his brain. But amazingly, the accident brought Amato an unexpected gift: it turned him into a musical savant. Amato now plays the piano like a virtuoso, making up melodies from the patterns of black and white blocks that stream across his brain in endless succession.

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Strangers Raise $30,000 on Reddit for Fatally Ill Man to Travel

The social media community of Reddit has once again responded with incredible generosity to a personal story of tragedy posted on their website. Jake Villanueva, 23, was given six months to live after a surprise diagnosis of terminal kidney cancer and he posted his story on the website. Not to ask for anything, but just to talk. What happened next is the stuff of Reddit legend.

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'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish': The Best Quotes From Graduation 2012

Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill, and J.K. Rowling have all lit fires in the bellies of graduates with their words. Whether or not you've walked across that stage, commencement speeches can be helpful to anyone, no matter their age. Here are a dozen inspiring graduation quotes.