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Secret Santa spreads joy, disbelief in Kansas City
Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:35 PM EST
Secret Santa II hit the streets Tuesday in a long-standing Kansas City tradition of handing out $100 bills — sometimes several at a time — to unsuspecting strangers in thrift stores, food pantries and shelters.
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Power Couples
Seeded on Tue Nov 9, 2010 11:20 AM EST (Yahoo Health)
Whoever coined the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" might as well have been talking about the nutritional potential of food.
Speed Bumps of the Future: Creepy Optical Illusion Children
Seeded on Wed Sep 8, 2010 11:04 PM EDT (discovermagazine.com)
Today, West Vancouver officials will roll out a new way to keep drivers alert and slow them down: a little girl speed bump.
AuRants puts unique spin on ever-changing menu
Seeded on Sun May 2, 2010 9:31 PM EDT (The Times Tribune)
My favorite local restaurant......I seem to find myself there about once a week!
Filmmaker sharpens focus
Seeded on Sun May 2, 2010 8:32 PM EDT (The Weekender)
Local new filmmaker, and my friend, Neil Prisco gets some media attention for his newest film.
Chicken a l'Orange
Tue Apr 6, 2010 2:59 PM EDT
Melissa d'Arabian....heard of her? She has a show called "10 Dollar Dinners" on the Food Network. Last night, I made her recipe for Chicken a l'Orange. It was pretty good, but I feel like it's missing something.
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Don't criticize, condemn, or complain
Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:50 PM EST
How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, Fundamental Techniques, Principle 1
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:46 PM EST
Self examination. It's something for everyone. It's the first step toward becoming a better person, or at least it will bring you closer to becoming the person you want to be.
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Valentines Day - Pagan Origins (Temple Prostitutes?)
Sun Feb 7, 2010 8:11 PM EST
Origin
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How do I get others to like me?
Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:05 AM EST
Some people have genuine difficulty getting others to like them while others find it almost effortless. Yet, we all have the potential to be well liked right there within ourselves. It is just a matter of finding it and acting upon it, which is not that easy to do.
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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.
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