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Lunch lady Bonnie Kimball was fired when she gave a student food in the high school cafeteria when he didn't have money to pay. Celebrity chef Jose Andres is offering her a job at his company.
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Celebrity Chef Offers Job To Lunch Lady Fired For Giving Food To Student Who Couldn’t Pay

Lunch lady Bonnie Kimball says she was fired for serving up kindness. New Hampshire lunch lady Bonnie Kimball says she was fired for giving a break to a high school student who a bridge. Who needed to eat. She says in March a supervisor at Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Manchester, New Hampshire saw her let a student take $8 of food from the cafeteria without paying. The student told her he didn’t have any money with him that

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Former NASA engineer Mark Rober creates a glitter fart spray revenge device to get back at package thieves.
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Glitter-Fart Spray Device Is Genius Revenge Product From Ex-NASA Engineer Aimed At Package Thieves

Because doesn’t the world need more glitter and fewer thieves? Glitter this. Former NASA engineer Mark Rober has found a new way to apply his genius–creating payback for package thieves. He explains in his new YouTube video that he was frustrated that police thought the creeps stealing packages off his front porch were too small potatoes to go after. So, he created a device to stun a thief once he or she opens a box that isn’t theirs. They get

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NFL tight end Jermaine Gresham pays $50 carry on baggage fee so woman doesn't miss her flight.
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NFL Player Jermaine Gresham Pays Woman’s Carry On Baggage Fee So She Doesn’t Miss Her Flight

NFL tight end Jermaine Gresham scored a kindness touchdown this week at Los Angeles International Airport. That’s where recent Arizona State graduate Delilah Cassidy found herself in a stressful situation so many of us travelers can relate to. She’d just arrived on a long trip from Europe. She didn’t realize American Airlines has this dumb policy to charge some classes of service $50 to bring on a carry on bag. Even worse, the AA employees wouldn’t take cash and her

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DoctHERS is making it possible for female Pakistani doctors to keep practicing even after they get married and have children, thanks to telemedicine.
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Brilliant Plan Helping Female Pakistani Doctors Return To Practicing Medicine

70% of Pakistani medical students are women. So you would think there is no shortage of female doctors in the country. Yet, education runs up against cultural expectations. That when a woman has a baby, she gives up her career and stays home. This has meant the end of many promising careers. It also means with fewer female doctors, many women aren’t getting the medical attention they should because they would never go see a male doctor. Along comes two

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Melinda Gates, one of the richest women in the world, says she regrets giving her kids a cell phone too early.
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That Thing You Share In Common With One Of The Richest Women In The World

That was a shock. To discover, I, of all people, have something in common with one of the richest women in the world. Not just me, though. I’m thinking you’re also in on this one, Dear Reader. I’m talking Melinda Gates. Wife of Microsoft founder, Bill Gates. A brilliant, accomplished woman in her own right. Let’s be clear. I’m not talking our bank accounts. I’d recommend calling her, not me, if you’re looking for a spare buck. This commonality is

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Jamarion Styles is a kid with no hands, a huge smile, and big basketball dreams coming true.
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Teen With No Hands Becomes School Basketball Team’s Hero

Jamarion Styles is like a lot of teenaged boys who have big basketball dreams. His was to be included. To be on a team. Which might not sound like the grandest of hoop dreams. Except that Jamarion doesn’t have hands. He’s missing most of his arms, too. What’s a kid like that doing going out for basketball. Only living his dream. And showing the rest of us what’s possible. CBS News’ Steve Hartman once again does a beautiful job telling

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Actor Chris Salvatore is best friend with his 89-year-old neighbor, Norma Cook. When Norma took ill, Chris moved Norma in with him to care for her.
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Actor Becomes Best Friend And Caretaker For 89-Year-Old Neighbor

There’s no telling where you might find your best friend. 31-year-old actor Chris Salvatore found his living across the way in his apartment complex in West Hollywood, CA. Her name is Norma Cook. She’s 89-years-old. Their friendship started slowly. Norma would wave from her kitchen window as Chris passed by. He tells the Today Show that one day she invited him in, offered up a glass of champagne and a friendship was born. It might’ve stayed that way. Except, Norma’s

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Sea World creates a custom wet suit for a penguin with a feather loss problem.
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Custom Wet Suit Stitched Up For Penguin With Feather Loss Problem

It looks so fun to be a penguin. One with a feather loss problem? Not so much. Just ask a little squirt of a girl at Sea World who goes by the name of, “Wonder Twin.” She’s been losing feathers. Chunks of them. Which is a bigger deal than simply a fashion challenge. The Guardian reports this also makes it really hard for her to manage her body temperature and pop in and out of the water with the other

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Shooting survivor Kevin Morton, Jr. was inspired to go to medical school. He's now graduated from Michigan State and will start his residency at the same hospital that saved his life.
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Shooting Survivor Inspired To Become A Doctor With A Wonderful Twist

Shooting survivor Kevin Morton, Jr. remembers the night his life changed forever. He was working at an Arby’s restaurant in Detroit, closing up, when he was shot multiple times during a robbery. His family was told chances were he would not survive. But the doctors at St. John’s hospital and in particular, Dr. Dharti Sheth-Zelmanski, would not give up on this young man. The road back was painful and difficult. The long stay in the hospital also gave Kevin the chance

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You Could Call This The Worst Anniversary Dinner Ever

You could’ve called it the worst anniversary dinner ever. This week, Husband and I were excited to celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Yes, can you believe it? It’s already been three years since this forever-single lady found a perfectly imperfect man who wanted to spend his life with me. Getting hitched at Silver Run Falls, NC. July 2012. We had reservations at a fancy, new restaurant in town. And sure, we could’ve gone there and had the latest “farm-to-table” dishes. But

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