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3 on Sailboat Await Rescue Near Hawaii

Sailboat set adrift by Hurricane Julio

(Newser) - Three people stranded aboard a sailboat set adrift 400 miles northeast of Oahu by Hurricane Julio are awaiting rescue. A container ship reached the sailboat early this morning, but crews were waiting for conditions to improve to evacuate the trio, reports the AP . "The seas were really bad and...

Generous Gesture Surprises Campus
Generous Gesture
Surprises Campus
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Aug 10, 2014 5:03 AM CDT

Generous Gesture Surprises Campus

5 most uplifting stories of the week

(Newser) - A college president's generous move and an incredible family reunion highlight the list of the week's most uplifting stories:
  • University Prez Takes $90K Pay Cut to Help Lowest Paid : Kentucky State University's new president has given the lowest-paid workers on campus a pay raise—out of his
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New Tactic Cuts Shark Attacks, Saves Sharks

In Brazil, dangerous ones are relocated to deep waters

(Newser) - Researchers in Brazil say they've found a way to curb shark attacks without culling sharks—which, if true, is good news for conservationists who oppose lethal means of controlling sharks in South Africa and Australia, LiveScience reports. The Brazilian program was tried off and on for nearly 10 years...

Family Finds Girl Lost in Tsunami 10 Years Ago

A chance discovery by the girl's uncle leads to reunion

(Newser) - More than 10 years after a tsunami swept her away from her parents, Raudhatul Jannah is back in their arms again. Raudhatul was only 4 when her home in Indonesia was destroyed by a 2004 tsunami that killed some 230,000. After the tsunami struck, her father put her and...

Crowd Just Shoves Train Off Guy Stuck in Gap
Crowd Shoves Train
Off Trapped Man
Aug 6, 2014 10:02 AM CDT

Crowd Shoves Train Off Trapped Man

A little teamwork saves the day at Australian train station

(Newser) - A guy who fell into the gap between a train and the platform during this morning's rush hour in Perth, Australia, was rescued by none other than his fellow commuters, reports ABC News Australia . Video footage shows the passengers working in tandem to shove the train off him, then...

University Prez Takes $90K Pay Cut to Help Lowest Paid

KSU chief brings campus minimum wage up to $10.25

(Newser) - Kentucky State University's new president has given the lowest-paid workers on campus a pay raise out of his own salary. Before his contract as interim president was approved last month, Raymond Burse asked how many employees earned less than $10.25 per hour and volunteered to take a pay...

Woman Dies a Month After Fulfilling Wedding Wish

Jennifer Hutcheson was terminally ill, but got her day

(Newser) - A young Michigan woman died this week after fighting esophageal cancer for five years, but not before she got to fulfill her last wish: to marry her fiance. As the Detroit Free Press reports, 30-year-old Jennifer Hutcheson wed Allen Korth last month with help from the nonprofit Wish Upon a...

Instead of Saving Himself, Diver Dies by Friend's Side

Ryan Harris to receive posthumous medal for brave act

(Newser) - Two Navy divers "resisted the natural instincts of self-preservation" and asphyxiated together, trapped at the bottom of a pond in Maryland during training exercises last year—and one of them sacrificed his own life in an effort to save the other. James Reyher, 28, was trapped and Ryan Harris,...

Sometimes, a Speeding Ticket Isn&#39;t So Bad
Sometimes, a Speeding Ticket Isn't So Bad
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Aug 3, 2014 5:22 AM CDT

Sometimes, a Speeding Ticket Isn't So Bad

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

(Newser) - Proper etiquette, a good sense of humor, and a selfless gesture are features of some of this week's most uplifting stories:
  • Speeding Granny Sends Ticketing Cop Thank-You Note : Giving stickers and toy sheriff badges to a Seattle woman’s grandkids earned one Idaho state trooper a heartfelt thank-you note
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US Doctor With Ebola Turns Down Serum ...

... so it can go to his colleague instead

(Newser) - The hopeful news for two American charity workers stricken with Ebola in Liberia is that an experimental serum turned up yesterday. The wrenching part is that there was only enough for one of them. That's when Texas doctor Kent Brantly, one of the two ailing Americans, asked that it...

Speeding Granny Sends Ticketing Cop Thank-You Note

Seattle grandma thankful for trooper's professionalism and kindness

(Newser) - Giving stickers and toy sheriff badges to a Seattle woman’s grandkids earned one Idaho state trooper a heartfelt thank-you note … even though he gave the woman a speeding ticket. "Kids are always really inquisitive when the guy with the big hat walks up to their car on...

Guy's Hilarious Obit: 'Don't Email Me, I'm Dead'

Adman Kevin McGroarty leaves his loved ones cackling

(Newser) - Kevin McGroarty worked in advertising for some 30 years. His final project: a hilarious "500-word mini masterpiece," AdWeek reports— his own obituary . McGroarty, who died last week at 53, kicks it off with a bang—"McGroarty Achieves Room Temperature!"—before explaining he died "after...

Teen Invents Way to Prevent Hot Car Deaths

System tracks parents as they leave the vehicle

(Newser) - An inventor has developed a possible solution to the recurring problem of kids left in hot cars—and she did so before even graduating from high school. Alissa Chavez, 17, came up with the basic idea for her lifesaving contraption for a school science fair, the Washington Post reports. (Yes,...

Official Says Women Shouldn't Laugh, Country Cracks Up

Turkey's deputy PM blasts 'moral collapse'

(Newser) - Turkey's deputy leader doesn't like it when women laugh in public, but he's caused plenty of hilarity across the country. In a widely mocked speech attacking "moral corruption," Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc slammed women for spending too much time talking on the phone, said...

Helping Hands Reach Out to Animals, Humans
 Helping Hands 
 Reach Out to 
 Animals, Humans 
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Jul 27, 2014 5:17 AM CDT

Helping Hands Reach Out to Animals, Humans

5 most uplifting stories of the week

(Newser) - People trying to cheer up a seemingly lonely bear, along with a pair of individuals who literally carried someone in need, highlight the list of the week's most uplifting stories:
  • Thousands Sign Petition to Help 'Lonely Bear' : Arturo might feel better if he knew how many people want
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In Traffic Jam, Cop Carries Injured Man to Hospital

Mumbai officer hailed as a hero

(Newser) - A Mumbai police officer is getting the hero's treatment for bringing a seriously injured man to the hospital the only way he could: He carried him on his shoulders. As the Mumbai Mirror reports, the man suffered leg and head injuries when he apparently fell from a train. Constable...

Boy, 8, Carries Disabled Brother Through Triathlon

6-year-old has rare brain condition

(Newser) - Because of a rare brain condition, 6-year-old Lucas Aldrich has a shortened life span and doesn't have the ability to walk, talk, or eat by himself—but the Idaho boy has got a pretty amazing older brother. Noah, 8, is his best friend and tries to involve him in...

17 Siblings Will Split $20M NJ Lottery Jackpot

They say lottery pool was in honor of late mom

(Newser) - A huge Norwegian-American clan in New Jersey has a huge $20.1 million lottery jackpot to divvy up. The 17 Endreson siblings, ranging in age from 53 to 76, started a lottery pool a decade ago after the death of their mother, who dreamed of buying homes on the Jersey...

Stranger Returns Mark Ruffalo's Lost Wallet

'Another point for the decency in people,' Ruffalo tweets

(Newser) - Mark Ruffalo has a new hero: a stranger by the name of Ross McHale. Ruffalo apparently lost his wallet in Chicago last week while in town to serve as a grand marshal at a race at Chicagoland Speedway, Us reports, and McHale just happened to find it. Though he didn'...

'Slender Man' Victim Gets Purple Heart Medal in Mail

Anonymous donor sends it to Wisconsin girl who was stabbed

(Newser) - Since her release from the hospital in June, the 12-year-old girl from Wisconsin who was stabbed 19 times (allegedly by two friends) in a “Slender Man”-inspired attack has received gifts and cards from all over the world—many of them made out of purple hearts, the girl’s...

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