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5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including a generous tip—and a very generous doctor

(Newser) - A devoted couple, a selfless hunter, and two heroic inmates make the list of stories that were sure to raise your spirits this week:
  • Couple Who Never Spent a Night Apart Die Together: Helen and Kenneth Felumlee didn't spend a night apart in 70 years of marriage—including one
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Animals Can Fall In Love
 Animals Can Fall In Love: Study 
Apr 26, 2014 10:25 AM CDT

Animals Can Fall In Love: Study

That's what one heartwarming study suggests

(Newser) - In quite possibly the most awww-inspiring experiment ever conducted, researchers found that animals can love, just like humans. Paul Zak writes about a series of studies in which he was involved in the Atlantic , all of them revolving around oxytocin, the "neurochemical of love" that's released when humans...

Military Bikers Help Soldier Reclaim Old House

Squatters had taken over his Florida property

(Newser) - A soldier stationed in Hawaii got quite the surprise when told he could move back home to Florida with his wife: Squatters had moved into his house, and refused to leave. What's more, they were ex-convicts with 14 years of prison time between them. "They are criminals,"...

Good Samaritan Stops a Suicide

Saw distraught person on highway bridge

(Newser) - On his way home from work in Oakland, a man spotted a suicide attempt in the making—and managed to stop it from happening. Lonnie Monroe saw another man walking on the wrong side of an overpass railing above I-580. "You could see the look on his face,"...

Customer Leaves $1K Tip for Dog's Surgery

Bartender tried to return money, but tipper insisted she keep it

(Newser) - Another story about a big tip is in the news, but this one has a couple of twists—the recipient tried to give the money back, and it all revolves around a sick dog. As CNN reports, a couple ordered drinks and wings at a bar in Clinton, NJ,...

How Gospel Singing May Have Saved Kidnapped Boy

Willie Myrick spent hours after abduction in song

(Newser) - After Willie Myrick, then 9, was taken from his home in Atlanta, the kidnapper drove for several hours, police say—and all the while, Willie sang. The song was "Every Praise," a gospel tune recorded by Hezekiah Walker. "He was cursing at me, telling me to shut...

Mom Bites Off Dog's Ear to Save Kid

Texas woman fends off pit bull

(Newser) - When a pit bull began attacking her 2-year-old daughter, Chelsi Camp fought fire with fire. The Texas woman bit the dog's ear off in a desperate attempt to save her kid—and it worked, reports KHOU-TV . She also shoved her fist in the dog's mouth and somehow managed...

After Boy's Freak Death, 'Mr Awesome' Portrait Goes Viral

Calder Sloan had drawn himself 5 months before he died

(Newser) - Five months ago, Calder Jacob Sloan drew a self-portrait he called "Mr. Awesome." On April 13, just one week after he turned 7, the Miami boy was killed in a freak accident. But "Mr. Awesome" continues to inspire—just like Calder did, say parents Carla Kaufman and...

Inmates on Trash Detail Help Unconscious Supervisor

Instead of making a run for it, they call 911 and stay with officer

(Newser) - It could have been an easy walk to freedom. But instead, two inmates on a work-release program chose to stay and help the detention officer supervising them when he fell unconscious, reports Statesville.com . The inmates were collecting trash in North Carolina's Iredell County when the supervisor fell to...

Doctor Donates $1M to Keep Gun Research Alive
Doctor Donates $1M to Keep Gun Research Alive
propublica
Apr 22, 2014 4:13 PM CDT

Doctor Donates $1M to Keep Gun Research Alive

Congress cuts off money, so Garen Wintemute dips into his own pockets

(Newser) - The CDC currently allocates $0 toward research into gun-violence prevention, notes ProPublica , and one such researcher at UC Davis has taken extraordinary steps to remedy the situation. Dr. Garen Wintemute has so far donated $1.1 million of his own money to keep his own research alive at the university'...

Farmer Lets Hunter Use His Land, Gets a Kidney

One stranger saves another's life

(Newser) - There's the donor waiting list, and then there's this: A Mississippi hunter who knocked on a Kansas farmer's door seeking permission to hunt ended up giving the stranger a kidney. As the AP recounts, Rob Robinson first knocked on Gil Alexander's door in 2008 to hunt...

Newborn Thrown in Trash Can Survives

Baby boy found in a pink blanket and a plastic grocery bag

(Newser) - A newborn baby boy is lucky to be alive this morning after being found yesterday near death in a garbage can in Greenville, SC. He was put there, police say, by his mother, who has since been charged with attempted murder and child abandonment. NBC News reports he was found...

Couple Who Never Spent a Night Apart Die Together

After 70 years of marriage

(Newser) - Helen and Kenneth Felumlee didn't spend a night apart in 70 years of marriage—including one night they spent on an overnight ferry trip, during which they shared the bottom of a bunk bed to avoid being separated, the Zanesville Times Recorder reports. When spending the night with a...

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including a classy move by an NFL player

(Newser) - An impromptu show of unity from passengers on a plane and a hero two times over make the list:
  • Jet Passengers Refuse to Buckle Up, Save Deportee : Passengers aboard a Swedish plane united in a simple but effective protest that stopped what they viewed as an unfair deportation: They refused
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Kittens Survive 130-Mile Trip Packed in Box

They're now 'fat and happy,' says Humane Society nurse

(Newser) - No worries, animal lovers, this story has a happy ending. A warehouse employee at a San Diego company opened a box that had been shipped there—and found not just fiberglass equipment but two newborn kittens inside. In a very fortunate coincidence, the employee's nephew is an investigator at...

NFL Player Proves He's Buddies With Teen

Texans' JJ Watt makes video for his pal

(Newser) - Houston Texans' star JJ Watt has a viral video on his hands for all the right reasons, reports NBC News . It seems Watt has stayed in touch with local teen Trey Brandt, after Trey waited after a game for an autograph more than two years ago. But Trey's friends...

Man Saves Neighbor— on Way to Get War Honor

James Yates rescues woman from pinned car before ceremony at football game

(Newser) - Army reservist James Yates served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and received a Purple Heart when a roadside bomb damaged his spinal cord. He got some public recognition for his service last weekend from the crowd before an arena football game in Des Moines, and KCCI reports that he would...

Missing Boy Found Safe ... in Toy Claw Machine

3-year-old wandered to bowling alley across street

(Newser) - A frantic search for a missing toddler in Lincoln, Neb., ended happily—and hilariously. The 3-year-old boy, who had slipped out of his home while his mother was in the bathroom, was found happily playing with stuffed animals inside the claw machine of the bowling alley across the street. An...

Jet Passengers Refuse to Buckle Up, Save Deportee

They wouldn't fasten seat belts, and pilots couldn't take off

(Newser) - Passengers aboard a Swedish plane united in a simple but effective protest that has stopped a deportation, at least for now: They refused to buckle their seat belts, and that was enough to keep the plane from taking off, reports the Independent . The unusual action took place when passengers got...

30 Years Later, Cop Adopts Murder Scene Baby

Officer Joanne Jaffe carried little Christina Rivera from massacre site

(Newser) - Thirty years ago, Officer Joanne Jaffe was one of the first responders at the Palm Sunday Massacre, in which 10 victims were killed in Brooklyn. Someone handed Jaffe the sole survivor—13-month-old Christina Rivera, whose mother and two siblings were among the victims—and pictures of the pair appeared on...

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