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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
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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....

Man Who Saved Newborn Gets Reunion at Graduation

It's a 'speechless' surprise for the teenager

(Newser) - One of the better graduation-day stories of the season: A man who played a hunch and rescued an abandoned baby in frigid temperatures got to see her again for the first time at her high school graduation, reports WFIE . The couple who adopted Skyler James managed to track down Charlie...

Woman Headed to Mom's Funeral Saved Newborn

Iria Wolnick delivered dying woman's baby

(Newser) - Iria Wolnick was on her way to her mother’s funeral when she ended up preventing another. The 36-year-old came upon a fiery crash on a highway in rural Texas after midnight last July 5, and her heroics were honored by Texas law enforcement yesterday morning. The San Jose woman...

Hero Cat &#39;Throws&#39; First Pitch
 Hero Cat 'Throws' First Pitch 
May 21, 2014 6:51 AM CDT

Hero Cat 'Throws' First Pitch

But she probably shouldn't quit her day job

(Newser) - The heroic cat who protected her owners' 4-year-old son from an attacking dog was honored last night in a rather odd way: The cat, Tara, "threw" the first pitch at a Bakersfield Blaze game in California, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The family lives in Bakersfield, and the local...

Mama Bear Saves Cub From Highway

Cub was trapped on other side of concrete barrier

(Newser) - A tornado hunter driving through British Columbia's Kootenay National Park stopped to film a bear cub by the side of a highway—and captured the moment its mother hauled it to safety. Ricky Forbes says the bear cub was trapped on the wrong side of a concrete barrier and...

Reviewer Wants Female Servers to 'Show Skin,' Owner Caves*

*By offering a very cheeky special

(Newser) - A West Virginia restaurateur digging through the pits of depravity, er, troves of wisdom, more commonly known as "online reviews" stumbled upon a charming little screed on UrbanSpoon demanding that his female servers "show some more skin." But instead of sending his thoughtful patron directions to Hooters,...

Saints Sign Paralyzed Player
 Saints Sign Paralyzed Player 
May 18, 2014 8:43 AM CDT

Saints Sign Paralyzed Player

Inspirational Devon Walker says it's like a dream come true

(Newser) - Devon Walker had a pretty big day yesterday, graduating Tulane University within hours of landing an NFL contract with the New Orleans Saints. Adding to Walker's feat: He's wheelchair bound and uses a ventilator, after having been paralyzed from the neck down in a 2012 on-field collision. That...

Twin Has Her Sister&#39;s Back
 Twin Has Her Sister's Back 
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May 18, 2014 5:09 AM CDT

Twin Has Her Sister's Back

Moving gestures and some notable cats make headlines this week

(Newser) - Two public gestures, one by a twin on behalf of her sister and another by a widow toward the driver who killed her husband, highlight the list:
  • Twin Carries Her Sister to the Finish Line : The best finish to a track meet in a while took place in Trenton, Ill.
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Meteorologist Saves Kitten in Tornado Rubble

Tiny critter is OK now after rescue

(Newser) - The tiny kitten had no business surviving the Ohio tornado that brought down a barn around it, but WHIO meteorologist Rich Wirdzek found it mewling its little heart out in the rubble. (He posted different footage of the actual rescue on his Facebook page .) Wirdzek got the kitten into...

In Court, Widow Hugs Driver Who Killed Husband

She forgives woman who caused fatal accident

(Newser) - A Georgia widow confronted the woman responsible for her husband's death in a fatal car accident in court yesterday—and gave her a hug, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . “I know she is going through as much pain as I am feeling,” Sandra Walker told WSB-TV of her...

Roommates Return $40K Found in Old Sofa

Cash was widow's life savings

(Newser) - A 91-year-old widow in New York state has been reunited with her life savings thanks to the honesty of three young roommates who found the cash in a beat-up sofa they bought from the Salvation Army. Months after buying the couch, the trio were astonished to discover $40,000 stashed...

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