Art Teacher Cheers Up Stressed-Out Students By Hosting 'Bob Ross Flash Mob' With Wigs and Paints
As a means of rewarding her students for their hard work, this teacher facilitated a "Flash Bob" for all 48 of her art students.
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After Cheerful Young Walmart Cashier Pays for Stranger's $110 Grocery Bill, Community Repays Him Ten-Fold
When this 19-year-old Walmart cashier happily picked up the tab for a struggling customer, his community decided they wanted to thank him for his kindness.
From No Cure To No Trace, Texas Girl's Inoperable Brain Tumor Disappears
A Texas girl's inoperable brain tumor has vanished-and her doctors have no explanation as to why the scans show no sign of disease.
When Cancer-Stricken Farmer Can't Go Outside, Neighbors Complete His Weeks of Work in a Few Hours
When this community heard about a sick farmer's inability to harvest his crops, they finished half a million dollars worth of work in a matter of hours.
Cheetahs From Zoo Get Workout at Horse Track
As the world's fastest animals, the big cats can run up to 65 mph and need to get up to speed to burn off metabolic compounds. But the two who live at the Houston Zoo don't have much opportunity to do that. Until now. In early November, an entourage of 10 people took a pair of 5-year-old cheetah brothers to the Sam Houston Race Park.
Preteen Designer Hailed at Fashion Week for Style — and Brains
Fashion prodigy Isabella Rose Taylor isn't just an artist, painter and designer, the pre-teen girl from Austin is a super student who just started college. But she is being celebrated this week for her style line at this week's NY Fashion Week.
Texas Superman Cop Drives 11 Hours to Illinois to Surprise Sick Boy
A Dallas police officer dressed like Superman and drove all the way to Illinois to make a seven-year-old cancer patient feel better.
Amy Poehler Online Community, Smart Girls, Urges Teens to Be Themselves
Comedic actress Amy Poehler launched Smart Girls, an online community which is thriving by encouraging every girl to 'change the world by being yourself.'
While Injured, Baseball Star Works For Kids Who Stutter Like He Once Did
Houston Astros' player George Springer is using his down time wisely, helping kids at a camp cope with stuttering, like he once did.
"Friends for Life" Connects Caring People To Lonely Seniors In Need
The group Friends For Life cares for elderly people who are living alone or in nursing homes without visitors, because everyone should have someone who cares.
Expanding Coverage to More Pregnant Women in Texas
A U.S. program expands prenatal care access for women in 9 states: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Washington, and now Texas
After False Arrest for Bringing Clock to School, STEM Student Gets Celeb Treatment
President Obama and a former astronaut have both invited a teen to science events after his electronics project frightened teachers at his school.
Some Police Officers REALLY Care- Here's a Photo of One in Texas
This photo posted on Facebook shows an El Paso Police Officer helping out a homeless man in need during a recent snowstorm. Officer Jose Flores noticed that he needed shoes, he went into the store and bought him a brand new pair of snow boots, socks, and gloves.
Texas Olive Garden Pays Couple's Tab Before Soldier Deploys
It had been a normal Sunday night for Dawn Ward, a waitress at the Olive Garden restaurant in Lubbock, Texas. Then, a married couple were seated and Ward thought they deserved ultra-generous care. They said they had a special event happening and they wanted to spend it here at Olive Garden, Ward said. And so I inquired what it was and they said that he was going to be deployed the next morning.
And the Happiest City in the United States is…
Which big cities in America have the most people who are thriving? According to the 2014 Well-Being Index, there are ten that are probably the happiest metro areas in the country.
Woman Makes Sure 19,000 Cancer Patients Have a Clean House
This woman has helped thousands of cancer patients receive $5.5 million in free house cleaning services over the past ten years.
Boss Suggests His Employee Take a Sick-Day-and It Saved His Life
Not feeling well at work, his boss's suggestion to take a sick day-and see a doctor-saved his life.
Students Reserve 50 Tickets So Veteran Families Can Watch Baseball For Free
Veterans who have enrolled as students will be the guests of honor with their families at a Texas university baseball game.
Biker Saves Abused Dog on Side of Road, Gains a "Co-Pilot"
This biker turned around to rescue an abused and abandoned dog on the side of the road and now has a ready riding buddy.
Cancer Cells Self-Destruct With New Therapy, Patients Live Longer
Cancer cells alert the body's immune system in this "suicide gene therapy" doctors devised to lengthen the life of those with prostate cancer.
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