This high school senior is going to prom with the one woman who has always been there for him–his mother. Trey Potter popped the big question to his mother Melissa Roshan at their home in Gahanna, Ohio, as a sign of respect and appreciation for everything the young woman has
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A 20-year-old with Down syndrome becomes the youngest business owner in town this weekend during the grand opening of a venture that combines his two favorite passions – people and snow cones. Blake Pyron had a hard time finding a job in this small Texas town after the restaurant closed
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What’s the best gift you could imagine receiving for Mother’s Day? Your kids delivering breakfast in bed? Your husband giving you a foot massage to express his gratitude for all you do to hold the family together? I’m wired to wake up at 5:30 a.m., so waiting in bed a
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More than 95,000 people have shared this dramatic two-minute video to say “thank you” to their mothers for being strong. As a sponsor of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the Procter & Gamble Co. created this touching video with the theme, “It takes someone strong to make someone strong.” Even
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Abandoned as a puppy and growing up on the streets, this mixed German shepherd was vicious —until he was rescued, shown some love, and then he, himself, rescued a dying baby hummingbird. The grateful bird refuses to leave the dog’s side, and so apparently Rex has a gentle friend for
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When a fast-moving wildfire stranded dozens of pets behind fire lines, a group of Canadian truck hobbyists kicked their compassion into high-gear, and slipped through barriers to rescue as many animals as they could before police forced them out of the area. The massive Fort McMurray fire hit the Canadian
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A Northern Irish woman only discovered in 1989, that she had an older sister—and finally embraced her for the first time at Dublin airport
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Friday ending greyhound and any other kind of dog racing in the state. “Greyhound racing has run its course in Arizona,” said Governor Ducey. “It’s heartening that these beautiful greyhounds will soon be off the track and in loving homes. For any families looking
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A retiree’s new career is devoted to creating a “seed bank” of endangered rhinos in Australia to save their species from extinction. Former sales executive Ray Dearlove immigrated to Australia from South Africa 30 years ago, and has launched an effort to have 80 rhinos follow the same route to
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On this day 10 years ago, Apple, Inc. opened its first Genius Bars, where customers can go get to free tech support. They debuted in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and Glendale, California in the back of their wildly successful Apple stores. (2001) MORE Good News on this Day: The electric fire
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A craft beer maker in Florida has created a six-pack ring that feeds animals instead of endangering them. Saltwater Brewery has replaced the dangerous plastic rings with their own innovation–a 6-pack carrier made out of the wheat and barley waste leftover from making beer. The rings are as strong
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Fanna is a young Nigerien mother of 20-month-old twins, Dawami and Daguira. She lives on less than two dollars a day in one of the poorest regions in one of the poorest countries in the world. She could not afford to buy medicine for the twins when they came down
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A Florida police officer was taking a routine report at an animal shelter, when he locked eyes with an abandoned puppy with a story that tugged on his heart. Officer Marcus Montgomery was wrapping up his investigation when a worker at the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) walked in with
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There weren’t a lot of jobs suited to Russell Carey, so the young man with autism, who also suffers from seizures, was given the chance to use his passion to earn his own income. When Carey is walking, he’s an unstoppable force. The 28-year-old just doesn’t like to stand still —
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The house where Princess Diana grew up is helping orphaned children grow toward a brighter future. Karen Spencer, who married Diana’s brother, Earl Charles Spencer, is temporarily turning the 500-year-old Althorp estate into a charity bed and breakfast for high-priced donors. Guests will contribute $25,000 to $40,000 to spend one
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This couple drove 33 hours across the U.S. to adopt a second blind dog so their own pup would have a brother just like himself.
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Almost 32 years after Jillian Sobol was abandoned as a newborn at San Francisco State University, she has donned a cap and gown as one of their graduates. CHECK OUT: 14 Yrs After Receiving Shoebox Gift, Filipino Girl Marries Boy Who Sent it Students there found Sobol just hours after she
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A little boy sometimes bullied for his dwarfism has newfound confidence thanks to a new dog that happens to have the exact same condition. The bullying was so upsetting that five-year-old Quaden Bayles wouldn’t even let his family talk about the fact that he has dwarfism—until he met Buddy, a Shih
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On this day 32 years ago, Bruce Springsteen released ‘Born In The USA’, which became the best-selling album of the year in the US (and also Springsteen’s most successful album ever). The LP produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles–tied with Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm
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A dog rescued from rising flood waters has a new home with the Texas sheriff that has been saving animals, lives and property throughout his Houston jurisdiction. A news crew spotted the dog chained to a porch during flooding last week. They jumped into waist-deep water to pull it to
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