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Teens React Very Differently to Being Told They're Beautiful

People React
Very Differently
to Being Told
They're Beautiful

Dec 8, 2015 7:23 AM CST

People React Very Differently to Being Told They're Beautiful

Not everyone accepts the compliment graciously

(Newser) - What happens when you tell someone they're beautiful? As 18-year-old Shea Glover discovered, all kinds of different things. As a high school senior in Chicago, Glover was playing around with her new camera, taking photos of people she found beautiful, when she realized their reactions to being called beautiful...

Uncommon
Bravery:
5 Great Things
This Week

Dec 6, 2015 5:23 AM CST

Uncommon Bravery: 5 Great Things This Week

The story of how a US soldier saved 200 Jews in WWII was nearly lost to history

(Newser) - An act of bravery and an act of kindness make the list:

Story of How US Soldier Saved 200 Jews Is Finally Told : Roddie Edmonds is the first US soldier to receive Israel's Righteous Among the Nations honor, 70 years after he risked his life to save 200 Jews.

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'I'll Take a Bullet
Before You Do':
San Bernardino
Cop to Workers

VIDEO

Dec 3, 2015 12:49 PM CST

'I'll Take a Bullet Before You Do': San Bernardino Cop to Workers

Video shows tense moments as group is led out of massacre site to safety

(Newser) - San Bernardino office workers trapped in the Inland Regional Center after Wednesday's shootings got some reassurance in the form of a police officer who led them to safety. In a video taken by employee Gabi Flores and provided to KPCC , the cop instructs frightened people to "keep your...

Son Gets WWII
Resistance Fighter's
Farewell Letter
70 Years Later

Dec 3, 2015 11:56 AM CST

Son Gets WWII Resistance Fighter's Farewell Letter 70 Years Later

Peter Will wrote final words to wife, 6 sons on way to concentration camp

(Newser) - The thoughts Peter Will had on his mind before he died en route to a German concentration camp were of his wife and six sons—and surviving family members now know this for sure thanks to a letter delivered more than 70 years after the fact. Although the family wishes...

US Soldier Defied German Officer, Saved 200 Jews

Story of How US Soldier Saved 200 Jews Finally Told

Dec 3, 2015 8:25 AM CST

Story of How US Soldier Saved 200 Jews Finally Told

Roddie Edmonds honored for his remarkable move in POW camp

(Newser) - Roddie Edmonds is the first US soldier to receive Israel's Righteous Among the Nations honor, 70 years after he risked his life to save 200 Jews. The native of Knoxville, Tenn., was captured in the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 and held at German POW camp Staleg...

Coast Guard Rescues 50 Sharks From Illegal Nets

Coast Guard Spots Illegal Boats, Begins a Rescue

Dec 3, 2015 8:09 AM CST

Coast Guard Spots Illegal Boats, Begins a Rescue

50 sharks were set free in Gulf of Mexico

(Newser) - The US Coast Guard rescued 50 sharks caught illegally near Texas' South Padre Island on Tuesday. Coast Guard members were patrolling near the island when they spotted four Mexican fishing boats about 800 yards north of the US-Mexico maritime boundary line, reports WVUE . As the Coast Guard approached, officials say...

Bizarro Image: Donkey
Gets a Police Ride

Dec 2, 2015 12:57 PM CST

Bizarro Image: Donkey Gets a Police Ride

'Squishy' was wandering along a road in Oklahoma

(Newser) - A suburban Oklahoma City police officer is making headlines for picking up an unusual subject found wandering along a rural road. Norman police Officer Kyle Canaan tells KFOR it took a little pushing, pulling, and some animal feed, but he got the miniature donkey nicknamed "Squishy" into the back...

Birthday Cake Photo Strikes
a Chord, for Good Reason

Dec 2, 2015 5:03 AM CST

Birthday Cake Photo Strikes a Chord, for Good Reason

Autistic employee decorates it, and customer keeps it

(Newser) - There's a reason a photo of a birthday cake is burning up the Internet, and it's a nice one. Lisa Sarber Aldrich of Michigan posted the image of the cake, adorned with the phrase "Happy Birthday Mandy," to Facebook with an explanation, reports Fox 5 . The...

This May Be the Greatest
Santa Photo of All Time

Nov 30, 2015 4:09 PM CST

This May Be the Greatest Santa Photo of All Time

Awww

(Newser) - When Donnie Walters took son Zeke to have his picture taken with Santa Claus, the 6-month-old boy couldn't stay awake while they waited in line—so Santa posed asleep with the snoozing child resting on his belly. Walters posted the photos of the sleeping pair on Facebook . The photos...

Huge Check in Kettle
Stuns Salvation Army

Nov 30, 2015 2:20 PM CST

Huge Check in Kettle Stuns Salvation Army

Half a million dollars

(Newser) - An anonymous couple in Minneapolis just raised the bar in a big way for all those dropping spare change into Salvation Army kettles. They quietly dropped in a check for $500,000 outside a Cub Foods store, reports the Pioneer Press . "The check did clear and was deposited in...

Calif. Man Pulls
Off Good Deed
Before His Death

Nov 30, 2015 11:42 AM CST

Calif. Man Pulls Off Good Deed Before His Death

Matthew Jackson, 28, paid for a mom's groceries day before he died in car wreck

(Newser) - A declined credit card, not enough cash to pay a $200 grocery bill, a long line of annoyed customers behind you, and a crying baby. It's enough to make most parents want to sink into the floor, and probably how Jamie-Lynne Knighten felt one night earlier this month at...

A Sharp-Eyed Savior:
5 Great Things This Week

Nov 29, 2015 5:16 AM CST

A Sharp-Eyed Savior: 5 Great Things This Week

TV viewer goes above and beyond

(Newser) - A TV viewer who followed a hunch and a daughter's moving gesture toward her dad were among the good-news stories of the week:

Observant Viewer Saves TV Host : Tarek El Moussa, the co-host of HGTV's real estate and renovation show Flip or Flop, is in remission after a

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A Viewer
Saved This
HGTV Star's Life

A Viewer Saved This HGTV Star's Life

She noticed a cancerous lump on Tarek El Moussa's neck

(Newser) - Tarek El Moussa, the co-host of HGTV's real estate and renovation show Flip or Flop, is in remission after a battle with thyroid cancer and has an observant viewer to thank. Back in 2013, El Moussa visited a doctor about a lump that had appeared on his neck, but...

A Recluse Dies, a Nonprofit Gets Surprise $125M

Surprise donation is major boost to San Francisco's LightHouse for the Blind

(Newser) - The email was short, and it caught Bryan Bashin's attention. "A businessman has passed away," it read. "I think you might want to talk to us." The executive director of San Francisco nonprofit LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired says his organization had just...

4 People Meet for First Time After Kidney Swaps

Nov 27, 2015 2:41 PM CST

4 People Meet for First Time After Kidney Swaps

It was an emotional meeting for Connecticut group

(Newser) - Four people have met for the first time since a pair of kidney swaps at a Connecticut hospital. The Hartford Courant reports the family of 3-year-old Jeremy Orellana, as well as Fred Ferris, Beth Mix, and Julissa Canales, had an emotional meeting for the first time on Wednesday following the...

Family Celebrates Baby's Recovery After Pope's Kiss

Nov 27, 2015 6:32 AM CST

Family Celebrates Baby's Recovery After Pope's Kiss

Gianna's tumor appears to be shrinking

(Newser) - Baby Gianna Masciantonio developed a rare brain tumor just weeks after her birth last year when her red blood cells attacked her brain stem. After multiple chemotherapy treatments, an August brain scan revealed that the tumor was still there, and parents Joey and Kristen Masciantonio decided to do one more...

Daughter Weds
in Hospital So
Dad Can Give
Her Away

Nov 26, 2015 4:10 PM CST

Daughter Weds in Hospital So Dad Can Give Her Away

It was the family's 2nd hospital wedding in a week

(Newser) - Jubal Early Kirby, 49, is terminally ill with a lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis and has spent three weeks in a hospital in Charlotte, NC. So Kaila Kirby, the younger of his two daughters, decided to move her July 2016 wedding up a bit—to Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving,...

Soccer Team Jerseys Drop Sponsor, Add Paris Tribute

Nov 25, 2015 9:25 AM CST

Soccer Team Jerseys Drop Sponsor, Add Paris Tribute

'Je Suis Paris' to temporarily take place of Emirates Airline on Paris team's shirts

(Newser) - The Paris Saint-Germain soccer team wanted to show the world that its thoughts are with its home city and the victims of the recent terror attacks —so it has (temporarily) ditched a major sponsor from its jerseys and replaced it with a message of solidarity instead, reports For the...

Cruise Ship 'Miracle Baby' Finally Goes Home

Nov 24, 2015 2:44 PM CST