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After Plenty of Faith, Hope, Conjoined Twins Separated

Knatalye Hope, Adeline Faith Mata are 10 months old

(Newser) - Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata were born conjoined on April 11 and spent 10 months connected at the chest and abdomen—but on Tuesday at Texas Children's Hospital, the girls were successfully separated. After months of preparation, a team of more than 26 medical professionals from numerous specialties...

Determination: 5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including a classy move by a fast-food franchisee

(Newser) - A runner who wouldn't quit and two young kids making a difference make the list of the week's most uplifting stories:
  • Runner Crawls Her Way to Marathon Finish : Hyvon Ngetich was leading the elite women's racing group at the 23-mile mark of the Austin Marathon, but as
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Girl Agitates for Female Superheroes, Becomes One

DC Comics pays tribute to Rowan Hansen

(Newser) - An 11-year-old girl in Illinois made headlines last month when she wrote to DC Comics wondering why there weren't more female superheroes and why the ones who did exist got stuck with "not very practical" costumes. The company first answered Rowan Hansen via tweet , "Thanks, Rowan. We...

Burger King Franchisee Goes to Extremes to Give Bonuses

Owners had been given Corvette, Rolex by the chain

(Newser) - Consumerist picks up on a classy little move by the owners of two dozen Burger Kings in Arizona. When the chain designated Barnett Management as "franchisee of the year," it doled out a Corvette and a Rolex in thanks. Tom Barnett and the other owners then sold...

Blind Boy's Campaign Changing Australia's Cash

Nation will add tactile features so bills can be told apart

(Newser) - Australia is redesigning its cash and adding a tactile feature so blind people can tell the bills apart. And as the nation's ABC News reports, the pending change is largely thanks to a 13-year-old kid named Connor McLeod. He launched a campaign and online petition that gained steam and...

Man Proposes to Wife He Divorced 43 Years Ago

Louis Demetriades, Renate Stumpf set to walk down aisle again

(Newser) - Louis Demetriades and Renate Stumpf's marriage ended 43 years ago, but in December, they spoke again for the first time in years. Apparently the flames were rekindled, because on Valentine's Day, Demetriades drove all the way from Tennessee to a Walmart in Fort Smith, Ark., where Stumpf works...

Marathon Runner Crawls to Finish as Body Gives Out

Hyvon Ngetich completed the Austin Marathon through sheer will

(Newser) - Hyvon Ngetich was leading the elite women's racing group at the 23-mile mark of Sunday's Austin Marathon in Texas, but as she got closer to the finish, her body said "No more," KeyeTV reports. But the 29-year-old wasn't about to give up so close to...

Husband Sends Valentine's Flowers, From the Grave

Jim Golay's widow will get flowers every year for the rest of her life

(Newser) - For you guys who can't remember to get flowers on Valentine's Day, well, Jim Golay is making you look extra terrible: As ABC News reports, the man from Casper, Wyo., learned about a year ago that the brain cancer he'd fought for almost two years was inoperable,...

A Husband's Sweet Gesture: 5 Most Uplifting Stories

Including a loyal dog out to find its owner

(Newser) - Four decades of daily love notes and a Fashion Week milestone make the list this week:
  • Man Pens Love Note to Wife Every Day for 40 Years : For Bill Bresnan, it's not so much Valentine's Day as Valentine's Decades. He has penned a love note to his
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SUV Plunges Off Bridge, Lands Upright; Women OK

Vehicle just missed landing in river in Hackensack

(Newser) - There's surviving a car accident, and then there's this: Two women are going to be fine after their SUV plunged off a New Jersey bridge and landed upright 60 feet below, reports NJ.com . Authorities say the 23-year-old driver, Elizabeth Wolthoff, swerved to avoid another vehicle on the...

Dog 'On a Mission' Finds Owner in Hospital

Sissy spotted wandering hospital lobby, 20 blocks from home

(Newser) - Dale Franck was worried sick. Around 1:30am Saturday, he noticed one of his and his wife's two miniature schnauzers had vanished from outside their Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home. "I kept checking everywhere, calling out, 'Sissy! Sissy!'" he tells ABC News . Hours later, he got...

Man Pens Love Note to Wife Every Day for 40 Years

The happy couple's advice: Put the phones down and focus on each other

(Newser) - Bill and Kirsten Bresnan are off to an early Valentine's Day start—they've been sharing holiday-themed cards since Feb. 1. But that's not even close to the whole story. Bill has penned a love note to his wife nearly every day since 1974. Bresnan tells the Asbury ...

Checkup at Dentist May Have Saved Girl's Life

Hygienist spots worrisome sign

(Newser) - Sometimes, that trip to the dentist pays off in unexpected ways. When 11-year-old Journee Woodard went in for her checkup in Edmond, Okla., a sharp-eyed hygienist noticed that her eyes looked yellow, reports KFOR-TV . The dentist agreed, informed the family, and a trip to the doctor revealed the reason: Journee...

Fashion Week Milestone: Model With Down Syndrome

Actress Jamie Brewer will walk the runway

(Newser) - Visitors to New York Fashion Week will see a first today: a model with Down syndrome walking the runway, reports USA Today . Actress Jamie Brewer, best known for her work on American Horror Story, will do the honors, wearing an original by designer Carrie Hammer as part of Hammer's...

Australia's Oldest Guy Knits Sweaters—for Penguins

Alfie Date has been knitting for 80 years

(Newser) - When Alfred "Alfie" Date moved into a new retirement home on the New South Wales Central Coast last year, his reputation preceded him. But it wasn't his title of Australia's oldest person that the facility's nurses were most intrigued by. "I think I'd been...

Girl Named for Crash Victim 'Saves' Dad From Crash

4-year-old got Dad to buckle up

(Newser) - A Utah man whose car ended up jammed under a semi truck on an interstate tells KSL that he's got his 4-year-old daughter to thank for his life. Jordan Peterson was in the car alone, and he says that he was never much of a seatbelt guy until daughter...

NYPD Nabs 8 'Burglar' Puppies in Holiday Sweaters

Police were responding to a suspicious call in Brooklyn

(Newser) - There were a few tense moments yesterday morning as NYPD officers rushed into an unoccupied three-family Brooklyn home while responding to a burglary call. But that tension turned to tenderness when cops discovered the true source of suspicious noises: eight white Maltese-mix puppies in a cage dressed up in holiday...

Hours Before Family Pulls Plug, Woman Wakes From Coma

 Hours Before Family 
 to Pull Plug, Woman 
 Wakes From Coma 
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Feb 8, 2015 7:00 PM CST

Hours Before Family to Pull Plug, Woman Wakes From Coma

Teri Roberts had been in coma for 12 days

(Newser) - "About four hours before we took her off life-support," son Ryan Roberts says, his mom awoke from a 12-day coma. Teri Roberts, 56, went into a coma in December after getting a rare skin bacteria that led to toxic shock syndrome. Her family, devastated at the apparently impending...

Dad Refuses to Give Up Baby With Down Syndrome
 Dad Refuses to Give Up 
 Baby With Down Syndrome 
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Feb 8, 2015 8:50 AM CST

Dad Refuses to Give Up Baby With Down Syndrome

He says wife told him to choose between newborn and her

(Newser) - When he discovered his newborn son had Down syndrome, a New Zealand man living in Armenia was horrified not by the condition, but by the assumption that he wouldn't want to keep little Leo. When the boy was born, "the doctor came out, he said, 'There's...

Kindness and Miracles: 5 Most Uplifting Stories

Including Target workers and a birth mom who went beyond the call of duty

(Newser) - A miracle birth, a miracle recovery, and some miraculously kind people make this week's list:
  • Woman Born Without Womb Has Twins : Hayley Haynes was devastated at 19 to learn she had no Fallopian tubes, ovaries, or womb, but in 2007, doctors found new hope—and at 28, she was
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