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Super Samaritan Saves Subway Stranger
Starting off the new year with a feat of heroism, a New Yorker jumped onto the subway tracks to save a stranger who had fallen onto them due to a seizure. With a subway train roaring into the station Wesley Autrey covered the man with his body and kept them both safe in the trough beneath the tracks.
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Exciting - potential breakthrough in Diabetes research
Great article about a Canadian research team that has found a possible treatment for Diabetes. "The treatment and diagnosis of neuropathic diseases is poised to take a dramatic leap forward because of the impressive research."
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Students read over 10,000 books: Principal Sleeps on Roof to celebrate (on a cold December night)
Harrington Park, NJ school principal Scott Davies promised his 700 students that if they read 10,000 books in a school year, he'd do whatever they like. 4 months in and the kids had surpassed 10,000. The kids shaved the school's HP logo in his hair, dyed it blue, and had him sleep on the school's roof on a cold December night. Formerly of Montana, Davies knew about cold nights. Student and parents camped out, visited, offered hot coffee and cocoa and cheered when he came down he next morning, a little chilled, after making good on his promise and spending the night on the roof.
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