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5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Strangers really stepped up to the plate this week

(Newser) - A week in which "Batkid" saves San Francisco —with the help of thousands upon thousands of strangers—is a pretty uplifting week. Here are five more stories that will go a long way toward restoring your faith in humanity.
  1. Lonely Obituary Draws Hundreds to WWII Vet's Funeral
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Thousands Help 'Batkid' Save SF

Miles Scott's Make-A-Wish granted in a big way

(Newser) - A 5-year-old boy grabbed the attention of San Francisco today as thousands of residents joined an elaborate effort to help the tiny leukemia patient play crime-fighting "Batkid" for a day. With the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Miles Scott rescued a woman, captured the evil Riddler during a bank...

Nonverbal Autistic Boy Stuns Mom, Sings Katy Perry

8-year-old had never uttered more than single words previously

(Newser) - An autistic boy in Texas who had never strung together more than a few words is now a bit of a YouTube sensation for doing far more than that. Jack Robbins, 8, stunned his parents when he began regularly singing the lyrics to Katy Perry's song "Roar" around...

Fliers Rebel After Blind Man, Dog Booted Off Flight

All passengers walk off US Airways flight

(Newser) - An amazing show of solidarity on a US Airways Express flight Wednesday night: After a flight attendant made a blind man and his guide dog exit the plane, all the other passengers exited with them in protest. The flight attendant was upset because the guide dog, Doxy, wouldn't stay...

Sick Boy Who Got Town-wide Early Christmas Dies

Port Clinton made sure dying Devin Kohlman got his own holiday

(Newser) - A boy whose last wish was to be home for Christmas has died, two weeks after his hometown welcomed him with a festive tree outside his window and a motorcycle-riding Santa Claus. Doctors had told the family of 13-year-old Devin Kohlman that he didn't have long to live so...

7K Strangers to Help Sick Boy, 5, Become Batman

Miles will have a day as 'Batkid' in San Francisco

(Newser) - A 5-year-old boy with leukemia has a wish: He wants to be Batman. So the Make-a-Wish Foundation asked for help from San Francisco residents, and more than 7,000 have signed up so far. They'll help stage a series of stunts on Friday, during which little Miles will get...

At NJ Fire Dept., Veterans Go to Head of Line

Vets get preferential treatment; 43 hired so far this year

(Newser) - Unemployment is a big problem for veterans, so New Jersey's North Hudson Fire Department is doing what it can to help: The department has hired 43 veterans this year, and the fire chief says he plans to hire 10 to 20 more in the near future. The vets who...

Lonely Obituary Draws Hundreds to WWII Vet's Funeral

Harold Jellicoe Percival never married or had kids

(Newser) - WWII veteran Harold Jellicoe Percival died last month at age 99, leaving no close family behind. So the funeral home organizing his service put a note in the UK man's obituary asking that "any service personnel who can" come to the funeral today, the BBC reports. The obituary...

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including a hero dog, a hero senior citizen, and an awesome dance party

(Newser) - Saviors of kids, of both the canine and human variety, along with an amazing pre-op dance party, make the list this week:
  • Dog Rescues Abandoned Baby : A British man was walking his dog in a Birmingham park last week when the German shepherd suddenly ran over to the bushes and
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Double Mastectomy Patient Throws Dance Party in OR

"Nothing brings me greater joy than catalyzing others to dance," says Deborah Cohan

(Newser) - An operating room might sound like an inappropriate place to bust a move to Beyonce, but that's where Deborah Cohan decided to get down, minutes before her double mastectomy Tuesday. Cohan, an OB-GYN and mother of two, enlisted her medical team at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center...

Boston Marathon Victim Shows Off Prosthetic, With Heels

'I can't believe how much it looks like a real foot,' says Heather Abbott

(Newser) - Heather Abbott rarely wore flats before she became one of the many people to lose a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. She calls herself a "professional heel-wearer" and preferred heels that reached the towering height of 4 inches. Today, she showed off a new prosthetic that will help...

Korean War Vet's Remains Go Home, 6 Decades Later

George Conklin, 18 when killed, gets buried this weekend in upstate NY

(Newser) - George Conklin was all of 18 when he got killed fighting in the Korean War in 1950. More than six decades later, the Army corporal is finally back home for burial in upstate New York, reports AP . His were among the remains recovered near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir in...

9 Years Later, Missing Wis. Girl Found in Mexico

Connie McCallister and her 3 kids may make it home for Christmas

(Newser) - A Wausau, Wis., family may get an emotional Christmas gift this year: the return of their daughter and sister who's been missing for more than nine years. Connie McCallister, now 26, disappeared when she was 16 after she went to a party with her boyfriend, then 22, in 2004....

Teens Surprise Kid With New Bike After Theft

High-schoolers chip in for 9-year-old, whose family pays it forward

(Newser) - A gesture by a group of high school students is making headlines, in a good way. Teens at Fresno High School chipped in and bought a new bike for a 9-year-old who had his stolen, reports CNN . In fact, Atticus Seng had his previous bike stolen as well just a...

Dog Rescues Abandoned Baby
 Dog Rescues Abandoned Baby 
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Dog Rescues Abandoned Baby

Infant, just a few days old, named after German shepherd

(Newser) - A 68-year-old British man was walking his dog in a Birmingham park last week when the German shepherd suddenly ran over to the bushes and refused to return. Owner Roger Wilday walked over to find her lying down next to what looked like trash ... but as he got closer, he...

92-Year-Old Meets Girl He Risked His Life to Save

John Shear put himself between her and a charging horse and took the brunt of it

(Newser) - Two years ago—at age 90—John Shear positioned himself between a charging horse and a 5-year-old girl about to get trampled. The girl emerged unhurt, and Shear survived as well, though he was in the hospital for weeks. Now back to his 30-pushups-a-day self, Shear finally got a chance...

5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

Including one about a town throwing Christmas early for sick boy

(Newser) - An Ohio town's moving Christmas gesture and some thoughtful 8th-grade football players make the cut this week:
  • Entire Town Throws Early Christmas for Dying Boy : Port Clinton, Ohio, sounds like a pretty incredible town. Devin Kohlman, one of its own, is dying of brain cancer, and he may not
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8th-Graders Devise Secret, Inspiring Touchdown Play

Olivet Middle School's football team wanted to make Keith Orr's day

(Newser) - Talk about a touching touchdown: Sheridan Hedrick was about to hit the end zone at a Olivet Middle School football game in Michigan on Oct. 5 when he stopped at the one-yard line. Unbeknownst to anyone, the 8th-grade team was about to perform the "Keith Special"—a play...

Lou Reed's Wife Places Tender Obit in Local Paper

Says he spent last days 'dazzled by the beauty and power and softness of nature'

(Newser) - Lou Reed's wife, artist and musician Laurie Anderson, has offered up a tribute to her late husband and the Long Island community they loved via an obituary she placed in the East Hampton Star yesterday. Stereogum has a copy: "Even though we're city people this is our...

Bus Driver Stops, Pulls Woman Off Ledge

Buffalo man credited with preventing a suicide

(Newser) - A Buffalo bus driver is getting the hero's treatment after stopping his bus to get a suicidal young woman off a bridge overpass, reports WIVB-TV . Darnell Barton, who had just picked up about two dozen high school students, spotted the woman on the wrong side of the ledge, seemingly...

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