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Grandmother finds out she won the lottery moments after finding out she beat breast cancer

“It’s always darkest just before the dawn,” the old expression goes. It’s true: sometimes we go through our worst ordeals right before something amazing happens. That’s never been more true than it is for one ...

School district apologizes after staff throws out students’ lunches over $15 debt

It’s important for students to have access to a good lunch at school. Kids growing up need a healthy meal to get them through the long school day, and many kids from low-income families rely ...

Model with Down’s syndrome who wants to show world “how beautiful she is” achieves dream on catwalk

Like any young woman harbouring ambitions of becoming a supermodel, Katie Harries was over the moon to make her catwalk debut. The 24-year-old, from New South Wales, Australia has Down’s syndrome, but she’s never let ...

Girl born with ‘spots everywhere’ bullied for years, now she’s a model

Every single human being on this planet is, in some way, unique. Even twins and other identical siblings differ at some stage, no matter how hard to spot or minuscule those differences may be. Our ...

Police find ‘kidnapped’ children after mom’s call, but they say they don’t want to go home

Parents are supposed to protect and nurture their children. That’s simply nature’s way of ensuring a species continues for generations to come. For the vast majority of us, loving and doting upon our sons and ...

How to grow a bigger Christmas cactus

When I think of Christmas flowers, only a few plants come to mind. There is one, however, that produces stunning blooms during the holiday season. The Christmas cactus displays colorful blossoms on thick, scalloped stem ...

High school students club together to make “plarn” blankets for the homeless

Don’t you just love it when you stumble upon a solution that tackles two problems at the same time? Of course you do. We all do. I mean, what’s better than solving an issue while ...

HOA tells family to remove Christmas decorations ‘until closer to the holiday season’

How soon is too soon to decorate for Christmas? A recent study suggests that the earlier you decorate for the holiday season the better it is for your health. But one neighborhood in Texas recently ...

Americans eat green bean casserole on Thanksgiving simply because it’s tradition, survey finds

The survey found that more than half of Americans dislike a classic dish, but eat it anyways because it's tradition.

Mom adopts “white baby boy” from foster care, but people think she’s stolen him

When Keia Jones-Baldwin and Richardo Baldwin fell in love with each other, they knew from early on that they wanted to grow their family by having a baby. Keia already had one biological daughter, 16-year-old ...