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Fast-Acting Motel Manager Saved Dozens

Tonya Hinds happened to be a former volunteer firefighter

(Newser) - A fast-acting manager who evacuated a Washington motel minutes before a massive explosion is being credited with saving dozens of lives, including some who were staying in rooms that were reduced to rubble. The blast Tuesday night critically injured a gas company worker and knocked back firefighters, but the guests...

Husband's Tribute to Late Wife: 400 Acres of Sunflowers

Iowa's Don Jaquish will sell the seeds to benefit cancer research

(Newser) - Sunflowers were her favorite, so when Babbette Jaquish died last year, husband Don knew the perfect tribute: The Wisconsin farmer planted 400 acres of them in Eau Claire along Highway 85, reports ABC News . He owned some of the land, and neighbors rented him the rest at a good price....

Cops Stop Speeder, Deliver Baby

Girl was 'determined to beat medics to the scene'

(Newser) - Seattle police officers who pulled a vehicle over for speeding and running a red light ended up delivering a bundle of joy instead of a handful of tickets. Officer Anthony Reynolds pulled the vehicle over at around 3:45am Sunday and called for an ambulance when the driver shouted that...

Why John Oliver Has Started His Own Church

He's skewering profit-seeking televangelists

(Newser) - There's a new church in town, courtesy of John Oliver. On his HBO show, Oliver created the awesomely named Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, reports the Wall Street Journal . As the name suggests, Oliver is using it to skewer mega-churches that exploit their followers for money in exchange for...

Chick-fil-A Owner Pays Staff During 5-Month Remodel

Jeff Glover even gave his 50 employees raises for hanging around

(Newser) - A popular Chick-fil-A in northwest Austin reopened Wednesday after a five-month renovation that doubled its footprint, making it the largest in the Austin area at 5,700 square feet. But that isn't what's making headlines. Franchise owner Jeff Glover, who's run the restaurant for 15 years, has...

LeBron's Best Move Yet: 5 Great Things This Week

Inner-city kids are getting a free ride to college

(Newser) - Not all the news was doom and gloom this week. Here are five stories in the opposite camp:
  • LeBron's Announcement Stuns Ohio Families : LeBron James had some amazing words for inner-city kids in Ohio this week: "We're giving you guys free scholarships." There's a few
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US Hostage Gave Up Chance to Escape to Help Girls

Kayla Mueller 'was like a mother figure to them'

(Newser) - Despite being sexually abused by the leader of ISIS over a period of 18 months, US hostage Kayla Mueller is said to have turned down a opportunity to escape in order to give two young girls a better chance to survive, the Independent reports. A 14-year-old Yazidi girl who was...

LeBron's Announcement Makes Ohio Families Gasp

Basketball star's foundation, U. of Akron to offer free rides to college

(Newser) - "As a kid growing up in the inner city ... you don't really think past high school. You don't really know your future." Those were the words of LeBron James in Sandusky, Ohio, yesterday as he announced how he plans to change that outcome: by offering full...

Child Taken From Mother by Nazis Finally Finds Her

Margot Bachmann was placed in a children's home shortly after her birth

(Newser) - One of the countless millions of family bonds severed by the chaos and horror of World War II has been made whole again after 71 years. Margot Bachmann's Italian mother was living in a forced-labor camp in Germany in 1944 when she was impregnated by a German soldier she...

Teens' Rudeness Leads to Heartwarming Gesture

Man's effort to spruce up neighbor's home goes viral

(Newser) - Thanks to an Oregon resident who was always taught to respect his elders, one community transformed the casual rudeness of a couple teenagers into a heartwarming gesture for a neighbor. CBS News reports that Union Pacific employee Josh Cyganik worked across the street from 75-year-old Leonard Bullock's home for...

Dog, Owners Reunited— After 9 Years

Welcome home, Boozer

(Newser) - If it's not a record, it's got to be close: A Tennessee family has been reunited with a dog that went missing nine years ago, reports NBC 9 Colorado . The amazing tale of Boozer began when the Boxer disappeared from his family's yard at the age of...

NYC Told a Pregnant Cop 'No'—She Fought Back

'I wanted that opportunity,' says Akema Thompson

(Newser) - The sergeant's exam is a crucial step for anyone looking to rise in the ranks of the NYPD, and it's offered on an "as needed" basis, reports Justia.com . In fact, the test held Oct. 19, 2013, was the first time it had been given in two...

Super 5-Year-Olds: 5 Great Things This Week

Including some young lightning-strike survivors

(Newser) - Some of the week's most uplifting stories have a common theme—very special 5-year-old girls:
  • Community Gives Girl Best Birthday Ever : Five-year-old Lila May Schow has a rare form of cancer, and when doctors informed Lila's family she likely had only months to live, they threw her the
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Lightning-Struck Teens Saved by Holding Hands

Without that light PDA, they could have suffered serious injury

(Newser) - There was electricity in the air—literally—on a high-school couple's date Thursday in Claremont, California. It's just a good thing they were holding hands. CNN reports Lexie Varga and Dylan Corliss were struck by lightning while walking to get burgers and were likely saved from serious injury...

A Lesson on Life, Fatherhood From Steve Jobs
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A Lesson on Life, Fatherhood From Steve Jobs

Nick Bilton passes it along after the birth of his son

(Newser) - The birth of his son has Nick Bilton thinking about the lessons he'd like to pass along, and he relays one in the New York Times courtesy of the example of Steve Jobs. It begins when Jobs had lunch with a mutual friend, and he twice sent back orange...

10-Year-Old Girl Taking on World's Best Swimmers

Bahrain's Alzain Tareq is competing in Swimming World Championships

(Newser) - For anyone whose greatest athletic accomplishment as a 10-year-old was not choking on an orange slice after your pee-wee soccer game, meet 10-year-old Alzain Tareq from Bahrain. She is doing slightly better than that, competing in the 2015 Swimming World Championships as the youngest swimmer ever to do so, USA ...

Parents Have 'Visual Bucket List' for Girl Losing Sight

With an airline's help, Rome is now on the list

(Newser) - The parents who created a "visual bucket list" for their 5-year-old daughter who is slowly going blind started by showing her wondrous sights close to their Ohio home. They never dreamed she'd get to see Rome someday. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Myers and her family will travel to Italy...

Community Gives Dying Girl Best Birthday Ever

Lila May Schow has a day fit for a princess

(Newser) - A community's outpouring of love and support gave a 5-year-old girl with terminal cancer a birthday/prom/wedding fitting of a princess and brought her father to tears last week in Hood River, Oregon. ABC News reports Lila May Schow was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, three...

Deputies Save Driver Seconds Before Train Hits

Dramatic video shows rescue

(Newser) - A California driver is very lucky that two deputies happened to be nearby after he crashed and ended up on railroad tracks yesterday. Because, yes, a train was bearing down on him. San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputy Erik Rueppel ran toward the train to try to slow it down...

Girl, 5, Flags Down Help for Mom in Wreck

Lexi Shymanski climbed an embankment in her bare feet

(Newser) - A little girl in Canada saved her mom and her brother by taking extraordinary action after a car accident in June, the CBC reports. Lexi Shymanski, 5, was strapped into the back seat beside her baby brother when their mom, Angela—soothed by a lullaby CD playing for the kids—...

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