Amish Give Couple a Unique 'Thank You'

An Amish show of gratitude and a long-overdue military honor highlight the week's list of uplifting stories:

• Amish Plan 'Garage Raising' for Couple Who Returned Girls: Jeffrey and Pamela Stinson don't need a barn, so the Amish community plans to hold a "garage raising" for the upstate New York couple who returned two young girls who had been kidnapped. The Stinsons even tried to say no, but their Amish neighbors wouldn't hear of it.

• Black WWI Soldier May Get Medal of Honor: A black World War I soldier who single-handedly fought off nearly two dozen Germans with only a knife and a jammed rifle to save a fellow soldier is on his way to getting the nation's highest military honor almost a century after the fact.
• City Plays Schindler's List Theme at Neo-Nazi Rally: The Swedish city of Norrkoping allowed neo-Nazis to stage a rally, but officials managed to tweak them just the same—by ringing the bells of city hall to the theme song from Schindler's List.
• Buffett's Son Buys Rosa Parks Items to Donate: One lucky museum will be getting a treasure trove in the form of hundreds of items belonging to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. A foundation run by Howard Buffett, son of Warren, has purchased the items and will donate them to a soon-to-be-chosen museum or institution. They've been in storage for years amid a legal fight over Parks' estate.
• Portland May Build Micro-Homes for Homeless: It isn't cheap for Portland, Ore., to house its sizable homeless population, so Mayor Charlie Hales' office is trying to think outside the standard dorm shelter box: The current top idea under consideration is providing micro-homes for minimal rent to help people get off the streets and into jobs. A task force will dig into the issue next week.

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