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My Mother-in-Law Not Only Gave Me Her Son Back in 1959—She Made Me the Most...
With my wedding fast approaching, I began putting serious thought into what I wanted for my gown. Even after looking at a number of Brides magazines, I was unable to find the perfect dress....
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This Firefighter Pulled a Baby Out of Fire and Saved Her Life. 17 Years...
Seventeen years ago, now 61-year-old Mike Hughes, who was the captain of the Wenatchee, Washington, Fire Department, rescued a 9-month-old infant named Dawnielle Davidson from her burning house. In...
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He’s a Super Recognizer: This Cop Can Recall Every Face He Has Ever Seen
On a sticky August afternoon in 2011, as rioters looted and fires burned in the streets outside, police officers gathered in a room in North London. Projected on the wall was the blurry silhouette of...
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Awww: 66 Years Later, These High School Sweethearts Finally Attend Their...
Even though Ralph and LaVerne Wozniak have been married for over 60 years, Ralph has always had one regret: He never got to ask her to the senior prom. When the Wozniaks first met as teenagers, the...
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Saving a Stranger Cost This Woman Her Neck, Knees, Legs, and Hips. And She’d...
Caroline Dorton was having dinner with her fiancé and a friend at a Chili’s Bar & Grill in Lake Mary, Florida on April 17, 2016 when she noticed a woman being dragged across the restaurant parking...
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This Man Fooled Millions of People With His Atomic Bomb Sound Effects. Were...
I had created thunder and rain, Times Square on New Year’s Eve—I’d fooled millions of people as a sound-effects artist. But one night in 1957, I had to come up with a sound that would fool even...
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Fascinating: How the Disney Hit ‘Frozen’ Was Almost a Massive Failure
In 2014, the Disney movie Frozen became the top-grossing animated movie of all time. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and “Let It Go” won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The...
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This Man Was Stranded at Sea for 438 Days. His Survival Story Will Amaze You.
Salvador Alvarenga loved the simple lines of the fiberglass craft. No cabin or roof. Just a 25-foot-long narrow, canoe-shaped boat designed to carve up the waves like a huge surfboard, agile and fast,...
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When the Mother of His Infant Died, This Dad Asked the Internet for Breast...
When their son, Brody, was born last year, Alex Green and Catherine Twete cherished the newborn baby. On Facebook, Catherine gushed about the joys of motherhood: “I hold onto these moments and never...
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This Woman Picking Up Garbage on a Country Road Will Inspire You to Protect...
Recently when the air turned warm and summery, I went for a drive through the local countryside. I had no destination in mind, but the sun was shining and the animals were out foraging in the forest....
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Welcome to “Bomb Dog U,” Where Pooches Are Trained to Thwart Terrorism
When I first meet a young Labrador named Merry, she is clearing her nostrils with nine or ten sharp snorts before she snuffles along a row of luggage pieces, all different makes and models. They’re...
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A Korean War Vet Remembers the Tearful Ceremonies Honoring the Dead
When I was in Korea with the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment, we went into “reserve” about every three months. That meant spending about a month at Camp Tripoli in the mountains of...
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This Amazing School Is Teaching the Blind to “See”—By Using Their Tongues and...
The space before the blind man was a riddle he needed to solve. Was he facing a house, a car, a hedge, a fence, a tree, or open space? Ryo Hirosawa pushed the tip of his tongue hard to his palate and...
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This Is What It Looks Like When an Animal Shelter Finds Homes for 310 Cats...
At the Fort Worth Animal Shelter in Texas, finding forever homes for all of its 310 cats and dogs—all in one day—seemed like an impossible task. But on July 23, they accomplished exactly that. What...
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Awww: This Deaf Girl Rescued a Deaf Puppy and Is Teaching Him Sign Language
Ten-year-old Julia and her new nine-month-old puppy Walter are a unique pair. Both have been deaf since birth, and now, Julia is training Walter with sign language. Julia’s family rescued Walter from...
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This Letter Perfectly Captures What It’s Like to Be a Kid Spending the Day...
Kelly and her Grandma Leona are pictured with the homemade quilt Kelly still uses. I never expected to see the beautiful words my granddaughter Kelly wrote to me at the end of last year. Her letter...
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This Dad Responded to His Son’s Requests for Extravagant Gifts in the Best...
In 2010, Alec Johnson was just 12 years old when he presented his father Michael with a Christmas list with a multitude of pricey items, including a MacBook Air, an iPad, and an iPhone. Wanting to...
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Try Not to Cry While You Watch This 10-Year-Old Girl Get a Doll With a...
Emma Bennett, a 10-year-old girl from Houston, Texas, has had a prosthetic right leg since she was nine months old due to surgery for a rare birth defect. Ever since she was little, she has dreamed of...
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After 47 Years of Marriage, This Couple Still Shares McDonald’s for Every...
I met Sharon at church in September 1962, when she was 12 and I was 17. I didn’t ask her out until April 22, 1965, when she was 14 and a half and I was 18. Our date started at church, and afterward we...
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The Story Behind This 51-Foot Long Love Letter Will Melt Your Heart a Little
I met my husband when we were both in the fifth grade, but I didn’t fall in love with him until I was 14. During the Korean War, Manny was in the Army. In the beginning, I didn’t know where he was...
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