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Autistic Teen's Grad Speech Wows

Dillan Barmache uses a tablet to speak to his peers

(Newser) - Another one to add to the list of this year's memorable graduation stories : A nonverbal autistic teen got a standing ovation yesterday when he addressed his fellow graduates, reports KABC-TV . "Living without a voice creates almost no way to be heard, but there are people who refuse to...

DC Principal Comes Out as Gay at School Event

Pete Cahall says his own students inspired him

(Newser) - That a principal would address his students during an annual assembly in support of gay rights isn't that unusual. That he would come out as gay during his remarks is a little more so. Such was the case this week at DC's Wilson High School, where principal Pete...

Off-Duty Air Force Pilot Helps Land United Jet

Original pilot on passenger plane suffered a heart attack

(Newser) - Capt. Mark Gongol flies B-1B bombers for the Air Force in his day job, and he had to put those skills to use while returning from vacation with his family on a United jet. About a half-hour into the flight from Des Moines to Denver, Gongol figured something was wrong...

When Homeless Pal Dies, Woman Pays to Bury Him

Bank worker saved 'Smokey' from mass burial in Potter's Field

(Newser) - His name was Smokey, and Juanita Vega woke him up every day for 11 years. In return, he called her "sis" and gave her tchotchkes that he found—a sweet friendship between a homeless man and an employee at the New York City bank where he slept in the...

Grandpa&#39;s Class Act Done for the Grandkids
Grandpa's Class Act
Done for the Grandkids
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Jun 1, 2014 5:14 AM CDT

Grandpa's Class Act Done for the Grandkids

This week, we also got the best goat-burro reunion ever

(Newser) - A grandfather's decision to do the right thing, and a POW's reaction to freedom are on the week's list of the most uplifting stories:
  • Man Returns $125K, Thinking of His Grandkids : Joe Cornell was volunteering at a Salvation Army in Fresno when he noticed a big, orange
...

How 50 Kids Were Saved From Hitler—by a US Couple

Meet Philly's Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus

(Newser) - They're a little like the American version of Oskar Schindler, but most probably haven't heard of Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus. Steven Pressman is out to change that with a new book called 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany,...

Town Unites to Save 'Miracle' Toddler

2-year-old who almost drowned has 'excellent prognosis'

(Newser) - A toddler tumbled into a Utah river and was underwater for some 20 minutes before she was pulled out. At first, health workers didn't think she'd survive a day, a neighbor says; the next day, doctors feared a brain injury. But 2-year-old Avery Allen's MRI looks normal,...

How Bowe Bergdahl Learned He Was Free

He broke into tears after finding out he was in the company of US forces

(Newser) - Lots more details are still to come on the release of American POW Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, but this one will be tough to beat: When he got into the helicopter during the transfer, it was too loud to talk, so Bergdahl found a paper plate and wrote "SF?"...

Taliban Frees US Hostage Held Since '09

Bowe Bergdahl part of a prisoner swap with 5 at Gitmo

(Newser) - Bowe Bergdahl is finally coming home. The Taliban freed the American soldier it has held hostage for five years, and he is now in US custody, reports the AP . The Idaho native went missing on June 30, 2009, in southeast Afghanistan, and had been the only US soldier held...

Man Returns $125K So Grandkids Will Be Proud

Police officer says Joe Cornell is one in a million

(Newser) - Joe Cornell was volunteering on Tuesday at a Salvation Army in Fresno where he attends a rehab program when he noticed something a bit odd. A car had pulled up beside a Brinks truck that was stopped at a light and someone inside said something to its driver. Yet the...

Bus Driver Stops to Save Barefoot Toddler

Kid was wandering near traffic

(Newser) - A bus driver in Portland, Oregon, had to make an unscheduled stop near a busy intersection for a small passenger and a big reason: That passenger was a barefoot, diaper-clad toddler who was wandering toward morning traffic, reports the Oregonian . Veteran TriMet driver Bill Clark pulled over, talked to the...

Rescued Goat Overjoyed at Reunion With ... Burro

Mr. G and Jellybean are together again

(Newser) - The video is like one of those tear-jerker Budweiser Super Bowl ads with animals, but this one happens to be real. It's about a goat named Mr. G who got rescued from squalor and transported to the Animal Place sanctuary in Vacaville, California, reports Fox . Problem was, rescuers didn'...

Barred From Plane, Violinist Plays Bach on Tarmac

Zach De Pue gets revenge in perfect fashion

(Newser) - When US Airways wouldn't let a classically trained violinist bring his violin aboard a plane, he responded in appropriate fashion: He played Bach on the tarmac in protest. More precisely, Zach de Pue of the trio Times for Three played Bach's Prelude from the Sonata in E Major...

Envelopes of Cash Being Hidden Around SF

Real estate millionaire says LA is next

(Newser) - Someone who has made a lot of money in the San Francisco real estate market is giving some of it back—in $20 and $100 bills stuffed in envelopes hidden around the city. All that's known about the anonymous millionaire, who uses the Twitter handle @HiddenCash : He's between...

Woman Graduates 75 Years After Finishing College

Unpaid $5 fee had kept her from receiving diploma

(Newser) - Among this month's graduates: Jessie Jones-White, Class of 1939. Jones-White, 99, was set to graduate from Beal College in Bangor, Maine, 75 years ago, but she didn't receive her degree thanks to an unpaid $5 transcript fee, ABC News reports. She recently told a friend the story; that...

California Undergrad Makes Astronomy Breakthrough

No term exists for Michael Sandoval's stellar discovery

(Newser) - At just 21 years old, a California college student has made an incredible discovery: Michael Sandoval and his astrophysics professor at San Jose State have spotted what they believe is one galaxy that was swallowed up by another. The result is a dense system of stars—apparently the densest ever...

WWII Paratrooper Finally Makes First Jump

He gets his wings more than 70 years after training

(Newser) - More than 70 years after he first trained as a paratrooper, a Canadian World War II veteran has finally jumped out of a plane. Ralph Mayville, 92, served in the elite US-Canadian "Devil's Brigade" for years but was never called upon to jump. On the weekend, he did...

Babies Who Beat the Odds Make Headlines
Babies Who Beat the Odds Make Headlines
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May 25, 2014 5:07 AM CDT

Babies Who Beat the Odds Make Headlines

Stories of newborns and rescued cubs highlight uplifting list

(Newser) - Babies, of the human and animal variety, dominate this week's list of uplifting stories:
  • Comatose Mom Has Baby Boy : A Fresno woman gave birth to healthy baby boy this week, a development making headlines because she herself is in a coma. Melissa Carleton hasn't been conscious for two
...

Comatose Mom Has Baby Boy
 Comatose Mom Has Baby Boy 
May 23, 2014 1:11 PM CDT

Comatose Mom Has Baby Boy

Melissa Carleton suffered seizure 2 months ago

(Newser) - A Fresno woman gave birth to healthy baby boy this week, a development making headlines because she herself is in a coma. Melissa Carleton, 39, delivered West Nathaniel Lande via C-section with husband Brian Lande by her side, reports the Fresno Bee . Carleton was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor...

Bystander Catches Falling Baby

1-year-old climbed onto 2-story window during thunderstorm

(Newser) - Talk about a good catch: A one-year-old boy climbed onto a two-story window in China Sunday—in a possible attempt to look for his mom—and fell out of it, the AP reports, per Fox News . Noticing the boy on the window, a quick-thinking Good Samaritan, identified only as Mr....

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