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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Good News
- Verizon recovers man's missing recording - Yahoo! News
- An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005.
- Bird Flu Good news at last!
- By adding an agent that stimulates the immune system, it appears that the existing vaccine is effective against various strains of the bird flu virus.
- IndieScribe: Amazing Story: Dolphin Rescues Whales
- A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said
- 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo
- It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother',"
- Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From...
- Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air –– good news for the Earth's atmosphere.
- Dog Walks 70 Miles Through Desert To Find Marine
- But two days later after Dennis had moved, Nubbs came along and gave Dennis the surprise of a lifetime. The dog had walked 70 miles in the desert in 18 degree temperatures while he was still recovering from his wound to find Dennis.
- Sweethearts in the nick of time
- ..in wheelchairs and living at the opposite ends of a hallway, the two 83-year-olds finally closed the gap across both time and space. The result: love at second sight.
- Death Row dog gets taste of freedom
- Duke the pit bull left the doggy equivalent of Death Row Friday for heaven on earth.
- Nintendo of Australia makes one little girl's Christmas...
- one little girl in Australia suffering from arthrogryposis, a degenerative muscle disease, recently got a wonderful gift from Nintendo.
- Russian couple reunited after 60 years apart
- There, in front of her, was Boris, the man she had fallen in love with and married 60 years earlier. The last time she had seen him was three days after their wedding, when she kissed him goodbye and sent him off to rejoin his Red Army unit.
- Your Favorite Sweet Can Save the World
- As you may already know, chocolate is good for your heart. And it's definitely good for your soul. Now, thanks to a team of researchers and farmers in Brazil, it turns out that chocolate could be good for the planet, too.
- Marine, Iraq Dog Reunited in San Diego
- A San Diego-based Marine major was reunited on Saturday with one of his closest war buddies - a 2-year-old dog named Nubs.
- 5-Year-Old Alex Reeves Saves Family In Portage, Indiana
- A Northwest Indiana boy gave his family a priceless gift on Christmas day. He helped them escape a fire inside their home early Tuesday morning.
- 11-year-old helps rescue classmate
- You don't always know when life will test you.
- Firefighter saves dog by performing CPR - Yahoo! News
- A firefighter performed CPR on a dog, saving its life after responding to a mobile home fire
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Good News
- LAist: Extra, Extra: The Good News Edition
- Good news in Los Angeles
- Politics aside, Russian result is good news for investors
- ...the victory of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in the recent parliamentary election and the likelihood of his protege, Dmitri Medvedev, becoming president in March 2008, have improved the risk-reward balance for investors.
- 2007 the good: vitamin D and one Hershey's Kiss
- The past 12 months brought a mix of nutrition stories to the forefront. ...[this] last column of the year looks back at 2007's nutrition headlines. Here's a recap.
- Scientists Publish Good News for Green Turtles Long-Term...
- A new study shows that long-term protection of the sea turtles' nesting beaches is successful in achieving increases in the green turtle populations.
- Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From...
- Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air -- good news for the Earth's atmosphere.
- 'Good' News From Iraq, By Kevin Drum - CBS News
- According to the Pentagon, new focus group findings in Iraq have produced some good news: it turns out that Iraqis have a number of "shared beliefs" about their current situation that "cut across sectarian lines." Great! And what is this good news?
- Dog Saves Elderly Woman After Icy Fall
- Mary Hartman's friends say a heroic hound is the reason she's still alive today. ... it was a 3-year-old dog's insistent nature that prevented Hartman from freezing to death as she laid on the frigid cement...
- The Daily Breeze - Good news: Congress did little
- Consider Congress' agreeably meager record:
- Adopted son finds birth mom at his workplace
- For years, Steve Flaig, a delivery truck driver at the Lowe's store on Plainfield Avenue, had searched for his birth mother. He found her working the cash register at the front of the store.
- Some good news, some bad in 2007
- This is the time of year to be grateful for what we have and to look back at what was accomplished. We also need to look forward to what we want to accomplish during the upcoming year.