17 May 2013
Dipping into the family cookie jar has never been as rewarding as it recently was for a Chicago-area man who stuck his hand in and pulled out a winning lottery ticket. The cookie jar was actually the resting place for old lottery tickets and had grown full when Ricardo Cerezo’s wife asked him to dispose [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
17 May 2013
A research report released this week shows some interesting and powerful brain connections that are absolutely great news. The study was focused on simple forms of brain stimulation and brain exercises as well as their link to math skills and the results from the study were quite profound. The researchers at the heart of the [...]
Published in Health
14 May 2013
Starting in August of this year Minnesota will become the 12th state in the United States to officially allow and recognize gay marriage. The vote officially took place today and as expected the bill passed with a 37 to 30 vote that will push the bill into a state law once the Governor signs it [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
10 May 2013
In the town of Squantum, just southeast of Boston, four little girls found a way to turn the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing into a plan of action for good. These ten-year-olds, all best friends, wanted to raise money to help the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy who died in the [...]
Published in Charity
09 May 2013
This week two different states announced that they will be sending medical marijuana to a state health council to help draft some more regulations for the drug and while it is just the first step many view it as a big step in the right direction. The two states that are leading the charge are [...]
Published in Health
06 May 2013
A lone Kayaker out for some quiet time on the river is now being hailed as a hero after rescuing a family from their SUV after it went off road and careened into the river in April. The SUV went out of control and hit a concrete mile marker, a tree and a boulder before [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
03 May 2013
Dallas Wiens was one of the first Americans to receive a full face transplant, needed after a bizarre construction accident in 2008. Saturday, he married Jamie Nash, a woman he met in a burn victims’ support group. Wiens, from Fort Worth, came in contact with high voltage power lines that caused so much damage, he [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
30 April 2013
Late last year Hostess Bakeries shut down operations following an incredibly drawn out bankruptcy process that essentially left the company with no other options. The entire ordeal put thousands of people out of jobs due to the official vote from multiple labor unions , but now it looks like those that lost their jobs may [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
29 April 2013
As a 5 year old child, Eady Rothstein really had no way to save the mysterious lifeguard who saved her life at a club pool in 1964.Now, nearly 50 years after the event, Eady decided to track him down and thank him personally. Rothstein of Ramsey, N.J. recalls the day in 1964 when [...]
Published in Society & Entertainment
26 April 2013
This past January, a remarkable Florida woman A Florida woman found $36,000 at the golf course where she works and returned it. She is being praised for her honesty and integrity by everyone, including the 76 year old man you lost it. Rachel Castillo works as a drink server at the Miami Beach Golf Course. [...]
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