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Pink dolphin a standout in La. shipping channel
Wed May 27, 2009 2:57 PM EDT
What's pink, has red eyes and leaps around a Louisiana shipping channel long enough for you to believe your eyes? A rare albino bottlenose dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins are common in the lower Calcasieu Ship Channel, feeding in the deep water and riding on top of boats' waves. And when the pink one jumps amid four dark gray dolphins, it's easy to spot.
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Mom in fake abduction case used ex-colleague's ID
Tue May 26, 2009 8:44 PM EDT
A woman said Thursday she gave her driver's license to a former co-worker who told her she needed it to fix office paperwork, and had no knowledge that the ex-colleague planned to fake her abduction and fly with her daughter to Florida.
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Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol
Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:54 AM EDT
Michelle Obama has done what few others have managed — getting Queen Elizabeth II to break protocol.
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Woman Calls 911 Three Times Because McDonald's Is Out of McNuggets
Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 1:05 AM EST (Consumerist)
A Florida woman called 911 three times because the McDonald's where she was dining ran out of McNuggets.
Canada judge: Man not responsible for beheading
Tue Mar 3, 2009 12:11 PM EST
A Canadian judge ruled Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The decision means Chinese immigrant Vince Li will be treated in a mental institution instead of going to prison. The family of victim Tim McLean said Li got away with murder.
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Morgenthau Heads for Door, Legacy Assured
Seeded on Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:20 AM EST (The New York Times)
New York, then, was left to draw the measure of a man who for decades nearly personified the role of prosecutor, first as United States attorney in Manhattan and then for 34 years as the Manhattan district attorney.
Indonesia's psychedelic fish named a new species
Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:46 AM EST
A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. The frogfish — which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqua eyes to its tail — was initially discovered by scuba diving instructors working for a tour operator a year ago in shallow waters off Ambon island in eastern Indonesia.
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On this Good News day, how much do we actually GIVE back?
Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:24 AM EST
I have a simple policy for my column on Newsvine: no matter who comes to comment, I vote for that comment regardless of what it says, unless it is clearly offensive, derogatory or adds nothing to the discourse.
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Season of Nonviolence 2009 |Day 25: Friendliness
Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:51 PM EST
Day 25 ~ FRIENDLINESS (Feb. 23) To humorist Will Rogers, strangers were simply friends he hadn't met. View those you encounter today in that light. Make a new acquaintance.
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On this day in history: Nuclear Disarmament logo designed, 1958
Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:54 PM EST (The Modern Historian)
The well known symbol for peace is 51 years old. Designer Gerald Holtom explains the origin of the symbol: I was in despair. Deep despair.
Lesbian Batwoman (DC's 1st Gay Hero) Gets her own Comic
Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:20 AM EST (theweek.com)
Give me a break, said John Capone in NBC Chicago.
It's a falcon for wildlife eponym Stephen Colbert
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:19 PM EST
It helps to have fans in high places. Just ask Stephen Colbert, who has had a peregrine falcon making its nest atop City Hall named after him.
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Woman sues Santa, claiming he fell on top of her
Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:05 PM EST
Call it the case of the overserved Santa. Antoinette Basso filed a lawsuit Thursday against a man dressed in a Santa suit who she said stumbled and fell on top of her, knocking her face-first into the sidewalk outside a Chicago restaurant.
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Come Out and Play! -- A Kindness Story
Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:03 AM EST (Helping Others)
I thought it was rather odd when my friend from the nursing home asked me to motor her wheelchair through the puddles that formed from the melting snow. I didn't really get it, but I went along with it.
Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship
Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:56 PM EST (AP)
A high school team purposely misses free throws as a show of support for an opposing player.
Indiana Woman Said "I Do" 23 Times
Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:30 PM EST (NBC Chicago)
.......and the 68-year-old Guiness world record holder would get married again.
Love From Childrens Point of view
Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:44 PM EST
Quotes from children when asked what love is . Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.
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Life of Blindness Now Getting Clear
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:31 AM EST (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Teenager finds success in China from treatment with stem cells. Macie Morse turned 16, got her learner's permit and got behind the wheel. That's big news for any 16-year-old, but it's a huge deal for a young girl who a year ago was nearly blind.
What do your street signs read?
Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:22 AM EST
I am posting this tid bit just for a good laugh. This is what I saw driving home at 4:30am. The night before it read, "Road Closed Local Traffic Only." As you can see, Love was still in the air after St. Valentine's Day. Happy Good News Wednesday!
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Space crash called "catastrophic," lots of debris
Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:55 AM EST
The crash of two satellites has generated an estimated tens of thousands of pieces of space junk that could circle Earth and threaten other satellites for the next 10,000 years, space experts said Friday.
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Koala rescued from Australia's wildfire wasteland
Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:29 AM EST
It was a chance encounter in the charred landscape of Australia's deadly wildfires: A koala sips water from a bottle offered by a firefighter.
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What a Black Belt Means to Me
Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:58 AM EST
What is a black belt? When you start as a white belt, you see a black belt as someone who is really cool, and as someone who can kick someone else's butt.
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Girl 4 said: "Mom cooks Me in the oven like a turkey"
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 8:12 AM EST (The Boston Herald)
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - After telling police that "Mom cooks me in the oven like a turkey," a 4-year-old Hamtramck girl and her four siblings are in foster care and their mother is facing years in prison on torture charges.
British R coming — but beware of road work ahead
Fri Feb 6, 2009 4:37 PM EST
A hacked electronic highway sign in northwestern Texas carried an international message that seemed to predate, well, the use of electricity.
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Made in Poughkeepsie, Sold in Poughkeepsie
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 4:00 PM EST (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Taxicabs are not only driven in Poughkeepsie. They're made in Poughkeepsie, and now, they're sold and running in Poughkeepsie.
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