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Couple With 12 Boys Gets Lucky No. 13

The Schwandts aren't ruling out a 14th, either

(Newser) - A Michigan couple who already had 12 sons have kept the all-male streak alive with the birth of boy No. 13. Jay Schwandt says his wife Kateri gave birth yesterday morning, four days after her due date. The Rockford couple, both 40, had said they were sticking to the tradition...

Dead Diner Leaves Waitresses a Wild Tip

Robert 'King of Ming' Ellsworth hands the 2 Maureens $50K apiece

(Newser) - When famed art collector Robert "King of Ming" Ellsworth passed away last August, the 85-year-old was said to have been worth an estimated $200 million; now, two employees of his favorite NYC restaurant have something big to remember him by: $50,000 each. That's what Ellsworth, a decades-long...

Success! Rare Conjoined Twins Separated in Fla.

Parents elated 5-month-old Connor and Carter are 'doing very well'

(Newser) - "My word of the day is awesome." That was Bryan Mirabal's reaction to the surgery that successfully separated his conjoined 5-month-old boys last week, per the Florida Times-Union . The 26-year-old and his 24-year-old fiancee Michelle Brantley are celebrating the procedure on their boys, Connor and Carter, which...

Teachers' Happy Surprise: 5 Most Uplifting Stories

Stephen Colbert provides a lesson in flash funding

(Newser) - A celebrity good deed and a quick-thinking mom were at the heart of some of the week's most uplifting stories:
  • Stephen Colbert Becomes Teachers' Favorite : Stephen Colbert describes himself as a product of South Carolina public schools, and this week he showed his gratitude. He announced funding for every
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Teen Takes His 93-Year-Old Great-Grandma to Prom

Drew Holm has special date with Kathryn Keith

(Newser) - An Indiana teenager who took his 93-year-old great-grandmother to his junior prom says he had a great time, even though her early bedtime cut the date a little short. Drew Holm says his classmates thought it "was pretty cool" that he asked Kathryn Keith to the Crothersville High School...

Colbert Helps Fund Every SC Teacher Request

He teams up to grant 1K wishes on crowdfunding site for about $800K

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert describes himself as a product of South Carolina public schools, and today he showed his gratitude: He announced funding for every single request from his home state's teachers on the crowdfunding site DonorsChoose . That's good for nearly 1,000 requests from more than 800 teachers, for...

Utah on Verge of Wiping Out Chronic Homelessness

It's simple, really—just give the homeless a home

(Newser) - Utah makes it sound so easy: Solve the state's chronic homeless problem by just putting them in homes. That's the goal of Utah's Housing First initiative, a program that has since 2005 cut the number of chronically homeless down from 1,932 individuals to a mere 178—...

Pomp and ... Patience: 5 Most Uplifting Stories

Including a remarkable kidney donation

(Newser) - A mature high school graduate and a modest church donation were among the week's good-news reads:
  • She Gets Her Diploma After 63 Years : When 80-year-old Susan Bostik Reynolds went to Clearview High School with her family this week, her kids surprised her with the news that the school was
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Surprise: She Gets Her Diploma After 63 Years

Ohio's Susan Bostik Reynolds missed out because of gym class.

(Newser) - The folks running Ohio's Clearview High School back in 1952 were sticklers for accuracy, as 80-year-old Susan Bostik Reynolds recalled on a trip to the school yesterday:
  • “You know why I missed my graduation? I needed a quarter of a credit. I was sick. I had to go
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Woman Who Loves to Help Redditors Goes to Extreme

Kayla Davis needed a kidney; Jennifer Moss gave her one

(Newser) - Kayla Davis, 26, has had kidney disease from age 10, and went on dialysis in September 2011. She needed a kidney, and family members weren't good matches; a Facebook page set up to look for a donor yielded no one. Then, "almost like a last resort," the...

NC Church Gets 'Simple but Powerful' Gift: 18 Cents

Anonymous homeless man's gesture touches officials

(Newser) - The note was as simple as the five coins that accompanied it: "Please don't be mad I don't have much. I'm homeless. God bless." Rather than anger officials at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC, the words scribbled on the back of an envelope...

Developer May Have to Rebuild Old Pub It Razed

London officials preparing unprecedented order after destruction

(Newser) - Those who rail against developers for valuing the almighty dollar over character can raise a glass to this story out of London: Local officials will try to force developers to rebuild an old pub they tore down without permission, reports the Evening Standard . It seems that Tel Aviv developer CLTX...

Nepal Miracle: Singing, Dazed Teen Rescued After 5 Days

Man, 18, was dehydrated but otherwise uninjured

(Newser) - Finally, a glimmer of good news is emerging from the grim in Nepal as the quake's death toll tops 5,500, USA Today reports. Jubilant rescuers pulled an 18-year-old man from the remains of a Kathmandu building today, five days after it collapsed around him, the AP reports. While...

Rubella Wiped Out in Americas
 Rubella Wiped Out in Americas 
Apr 30, 2015 12:03 AM CDT

Rubella Wiped Out in Americas

We'll kill off measles next, health chiefs say

(Newser) - Goodbye and good riddance to rubella, which has joined smallpox and polio in being completely eradicated from the Americas. The disease, also known as German measles, has devastating consequences for unborn children, including blindness, deafness, and heart defects, when pregnant women catch it in the first trimester. In a big...

Girl's Dog Found —3 Years Later, 1K Miles Away

Yorkie Sam makes a waggy return home

(Newser) - With smiles, tears of joy, and lots of licking, a Yorkshire terrier picked up as a stray in Iowa was reunited today with the 14-year-old girl from whom he was stolen in 2012, 1,000 miles away in New Orleans. Karisa Lambert was in tears when an animal control worker...

Locals Sweep Up Shattered Baltimore

Volunteers come together to clean up damage from yesterday's violence

(Newser) - Some Baltimore residents aren't standing by idly in the mess after yesterday's violence . Volunteers took to the streets today to clean up their "Comeback City." Gawker has culled a series of tweets showing images of helpers picking up debris on the roads and sidewalks, sweeping up...

Firefighter Saves Ducklings— via Ringtone

Duck call ringtone saves the day for 6 stuck in storm drain

(Newser) - Quack! Quack! A duck call ringtone helped a Louisiana firefighter rescue six ducklings from a storm drain. Spokesman Chad Duffaut of St. Tammany Fire District #1 says even with realistic quacking sounds coming from his cellphone, it took Firefighter Cody Knecht about 90 minutes to catch the first four baby...

The Ultimate 'Promposal': 5 Most Uplifting Stories

A memorable birthday party also makes the list

(Newser) - It doesn't get much more uplifting than this: Girl Scout cookies literally saved lives this week.
  • Straight Teen Asks Gay BFF to Prom in Bighearted Way : As a member of the student council at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas, Anthony Martinez has helped out plenty with planning
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Lost Sisters Survive 2 Weeks on Girl Scout Cookies

2 women got stranded in snow in remote Michigan

(Newser) - Two sisters who got stranded in the snow in remote Michigan managed to survive on Girl Scout cookies and cheese puffs for 13 days. Lee Wright, 56, and Leslie Roy, 52, were rescued yesterday after a police helicopter caught a glimmer of light reflecting off their windshield, reports mlive.com...

Future Groom Proposes at Age 102
Future Groom Proposes
at Age 102
Apr 24, 2015 5:02 PM CDT

Future Groom Proposes at Age 102

His 91-year-old girlfriend says yes

(Newser) - When George Kirby and Doreen Luckie get married in June, some impressive numbers will be in the mix. He's currently 102 and she's 91, and their combined age on the big day will be 194 years and 281 days, easily making them the world's oldest married couple,...

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