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Soldier Who Suffered Severe Injuries in Iraq Inspires Town with Positive Attitude

When the students in a U.S. history classes learned that local war hero Jerral Hancock had once got stuck in his modest mobile home for half a year when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, and that the hallways of his tiny house were so narrow he couldn't get his wheelchair through most of them, they decided to build him a home. And, that's just what they did.

Tennessee Town Unites to Make Wishes Come True for Dying Teen

Dying of cancer, Katelyn Norman, 14, created a bucket list. She wanted to dance at her prom and learn to drive, so her Tennessee high school organized ‘Light the Night for Kate,' preparing an elegant evening with all her favorite things and lining the road with candles for her to drive home.

Worldwide Deliveries of Handmade Snowflakes Flood Newtown School

The Connecticut Parent Teacher Association reached out to fellow PTA members across the country, requesting handmade Snowflakes for Sandy Hook to create a winter wonderland at the new school the kids moved into. Now on day 25, and the entire lobby of the state association is stuffed floor to ceiling. The office is crammed end to end with boxes of every size.

Lottery Winners Buy New Prosthetic Leg for 13-year-old Olympic Torchbearer

Crowds cheered as Kieran Maxwell, donning a cane and heavy prosthetic leg, carried the Olympic flame through northeast England in June. During the torch relay, the young teen who became an amputee after a battle with a rare form of cancer tripped and fell. His parents had been fundraising to buy him a lighter replacement limb, and this week Britain's biggest lottery winners stepped in to supply the money.