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5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including a loyal whale friend and a classy move by Ohio State's football team

(Newser) - A seemingly worried and loyal whale and a moving gesture by Ohio State's football team make this week's list:
  • Whale Stays by Trapped Buddy : Shortly into a whale-watching trip off the coast of Nova Scotia, tour guides learned of a whale tangled up in a fishing line. When
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Whale Stays by Trapped Buddy Until She's Rescued

And then performs spectacular jump when she's freed

(Newser) - Shortly into a whale-watching trip off the coast of Nova Scotia Sunday, tour guides learned of a whale in distress. The humpback, known as Foggy, was tangled up in fishing line and couldn't lift her tail, so Pirate's Cove Whale and Seabird Cruises called the Campobello Whale Rescue...

Guy Uses Girlfriend's Pinterest Page to Plan Dream Wedding

...as a surprise

(Newser) - Turns out Pinterest is good for something other than bookmarking recipes and crafts you're never really going to make: One resourceful boyfriend snuck onto the site and used his girlfriend's "Dream Wedding" pin board to actually create her dream wedding, the Daily Mail reports. It all started...

Deliveryman Carries Teen From Burning Vehicle

But it was too late to help her 5 friends inside

(Newser) - A car crash that claimed the lives of five young adults in California over the weekend might have claimed a sixth had a deliveryman not heard her screams, reports NBC Los Angeles . Juan Ganaja, who works for the Hook Burger chain, heard calls for help about 4:20am Saturday in...

Football Team Showers Grieving Anchor With Hugs

Ohio State Buckeyes honor Dom Tiberi, daughter

(Newser) - After a longtime sports anchor at a Columbus TV station lost his 21-year-old daughter in a car crash, the Ohio State Buckeyes did what they could to comfort him. Dom Tiberi's daughter Maria died on Sept. 17. That Saturday, OSU offered a moment of silence for her before its...

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Somehow, a wedding canceled at the last minute ends on a happy note

(Newser) - A canceled wedding that manages to turn into happy news, and a little kid who demonstrates the power of friendship make the list:
  • Canceled Wedding Turns Into Feast for Homeless : Willie and Carol Fowler were prepared to lose their deposits. Their daughter canceled her Georgia wedding with just 40 days'
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Long-Lost Siblings Find Each Other, 37 Years Later

Both were serving in the Navy, stationed in California

(Newser) - Cindy Murray and Robert Williamson share the same father, but lost touch in the late 1970s, when they moved about 20 miles apart; Williamson was just 6, Murray eight years older, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune . Murray, 51, went on to spend years searching for her little brother and only...

In a Fast-Food Joint, Please Don't Be This Guy

These workers aren't your personal slaves, writes Charles Clymer

(Newser) - Blogger Charles Clymer makes a plea for decency by recounting in the Huffington Post a recent visit to McDonald's. A man sitting at a nearby table spilled his drink, let it pour onto the floor, and then simply moved to another table. "Don't clean it up,"...

Holocaust Survivor Finally Returns to Germany

Margot Friedlander, 92, once swore she never would

(Newser) - The Nazis found Margot Friedlander hiding in Germany in 1944 and shipped her off to a concentration camp. She not only survived, she met her future husband at the camp, and they immigrated to New York City after the war. Now, as NBC News reports, Friedlander has done something she...

Half-Marathoner Misses Turn, Wins 1st Marathon

Meredith Fitzmaurice qualifies for Boston in longest race of her life

(Newser) - That Meredith Fitzmaurice finished first among all female marathoners in an Ontario race on Sunday is a story that wouldn't typically make it past the local paper. But Fitzmaurice's story has a pretty awesome twist: She had never run more than 20 miles before and only entered the...

Boy Wants to Help Sick Pal, Out-Raises ... Everyone

Dylan Siegel's best friend has glycogen storage disease

(Newser) - Dylan Siegel is just 7 years old, but he's already raised more money for glycogen storage disease "than all the medical foundations and all the grants combined. Ever," says Dr. David Weinstein, who studies the rare liver disease at the University of Florida. How did Dylan do...

Doctor Saves Choking Woman With Pocket Knife

Lesson: If you're going to choke on dinner, do it in a room full of top doctors

(Newser) - It's a regular occurrence in TV and movies, but a less common scene in real life: A doctor in Bakersfield, Calif., saved a choking woman's life at a restaurant by using a pocket knife and pen to perform an emergency tracheotomy, the Bakersfield Californian reports. If there is...

Woman Makes History: Rows Across Pacific Alone

She completes solo 150-day voyage from Japan to Alaska

(Newser) - After 150 days of rowing punctuated by storms, close encounters with sharks and cargo ships, exhaustion-induced hallucinations, and an engagement, Sarah Outen is back on dry land. The British adventurer has arrived in the Aleutian Islands, having become the first woman to row the 4,315 miles from Japan to...

Deaf Cyclist on Charity Trek Hit Just Miles Short of Goal

Jacob Landis completed more than 10K miles

(Newser) - A deaf bicyclist who logged more than 10,000 miles for charity got hit by a truck on the last leg of his journey, reports NPR . Maryland's Jacob Landis, 24, suffered a concussion, a broken nose, and a fractured cheekbone in the hit-and-run incident. Landis got hit by the...

9K Silhouettes of Bodies Stenciled on D-Day Beach

Commemoration in France marks Peace Day

(Newser) - Two British artists found a striking way to mark International Peace Day over the weekend on a French beach that was used in the D-Day invasion of 1944. With the help of volunteers, they stenciled the bodies of 9,000 fallen soldiers and civilians onto the sand of the Normandy...

Canceled Wedding Turns Into Dinner for Homeless

Atlanta family donates swanky event, brings in 200 people

(Newser) - Willie and Carol Fowler were prepared to lose their deposits. Their daughter canceled her Georgia wedding with just 40 days' notice, and the venue, food, and entertainment were already paid for. Then Willie had "a vision," his wife tells ABC News . "I was in the process of...

Soldier Surprises Daughter as Entire Stadium Cheers

One word: heartwarming

(Newser) - There are plenty of reasons to cheer at college football games, but perhaps none as unexpected as this: Bella Lund, 13, thought she was being honored as Sept. 21's "Military Family of the Game" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. What she didn't realize was that as the...

70 Years Later, Daughter Gets Dad's Letter From WWII

He wrote it a few months before getting killed in Italy

(Newser) - Peggy Eddington-Smith never met her dad, a US soldier killed in Italy during World War II. But yesterday, she finally got to read a three-page letter that he wrote just before shipping out to his "darling" baby daughter who hadn't even been born yet, reports the AP . "...

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Among them: A truly classy Dairy Queen manager

(Newser) - In a week darkened by the Navy Yard shooting , there were reminders of just how good people can be. Five highlights:
  1. Dairy Queen Manager's Class Act Wins Praise : A teenage Dairy Queen manager in Hopkins, Minnesota, qualifies as the new poster boy for basic human decency. Joey Prusak, 19,
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Homeless Man Who Returned $42K Gets Big Pay Off

We're talking $130K, and growing

(Newser) - Whoever said no good deed goes unpunished probably never got six figures out of the act. But turning in a lost backpack with $42,000 in cash and traveler's checks inside has paid off for Glen James, who's raked in more than $130,000 in donations from across...

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