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Teen Who Returned Thor's Wallet Gets a Hero's Reward

'Ma, do you know who this is?'

(Newser) - A 17-year-old kid who returned Thor's missing wallet is an even bigger Boy Scout than Captain America—literally. Mashable reports actor Chris Hemsworth was eating with his family in a "rough" area of Los Angeles when he forgot his wallet. "I left my wallet on the table...

Kind Audience Comes Through: 5 Brilliant Stories This Week

Including an 'angel' at Denny's

(Newser) - Here's a look at some of our favorite stories of the week:
  • Autistic Teen Forgets Song, Gets Bailed Out : Jagger Lavely loves music, and Frozen in particular, but the 13-year-old with autism briefly forgot the lyrics to "Let It Go" while performing the song at a middle school
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Anonymous Denny's 'Angel' Is Revealed

He left a $1.5K tip for his single-mom waitress

(Newser) - A anonymous big tipper with a kind heart is anonymous no more. As Fox 5 DC explains, a man walked into a Denny's in Utah and specifically asked for a waitress who was a single mother. After watching other diners for about two hours, the man paid for the...

Message on SUV Gets Man New Kidney
Message on SUV
Gets Man New Kidney
Apr 14, 2016 12:33 AM CDT

Message on SUV Gets Man New Kidney

Stranger decided to help ailing Ohio man

(Newser) - An ailing Ohio man whose family taped bright yellow letters asking for a kidney to the rear window of his SUV has found a donor, per the AP . The Columbus Dispatch reports 68-year-old Neal Raisman received a new kidney Friday at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center after suffering...

Sean Parker Just Made 'Unprecedented' $250M Cancer Move

New institute will bring together leading research centers

(Newser) - Big news in cancer research Wednesday: Sean Parker, the founder of Napster and a co-founder of Facebook, is giving $250 million to six leading cancer centers so they can collaborate on immunotherapy in what Fortune calls "unprecedented" fashion. The nitty gritty:
  • The new Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy will
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Man Wins Decade of Free Whataburger, Becomes Burger Hero

He turned a recipe for gluttony into an opportunity for generosity

(Newser) - A Texas man who won what's supposed to be a decade's worth of free Whataburger is unlikely to make it even a year before he's out of complimentary hamburgers, and the reason isn't gluttony but generosity. The Houston Chronicle reports 22-year-old Blake Miller and his Whataburger...

Conjoined Sisters Separated in Texas

Mom says they're already getting used to life apart

(Newser) - Two sisters in Texas are spending their first hours apart Tuesday—literally. KZTV reports conjoined sisters Ximena and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres have been successfully separated in an operation their mother calls a "miracle." The sisters, who were connected below the waist and shared a colon and bladders, were born...

Autistic Teen Forgets Words at Talent Show, Audience Jumps in

'They showed him that he is not disabled but he is just differently able-ed'

(Newser) - Jagger Lavely loves music, and Frozen in particular, but the 13-year-old with autism briefly forgot the lyrics to "Let It Go" while performing the song at a middle school talent show in Massachusetts on Saturday. But not to fear: The audience chimed in to help him remember, even though...

Is That You Mom? 5 Brilliant Stories

Including some inspiring steps from a young survivor of the Kalamazoo shooting

(Newser) - Here's a look at some of our favorite stories of the week:
  • Baby Sees Mom Clearly for First Time : A 4-month-old boy with a rare vision disorder dons glasses and sees his mom clearly for the first time. It's aww-inspiring.
  • Teen Survivor of Kalamazoo Shooting Is Walking Again
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Baby Sees Mom Clearly for First Time in Viral Video

Little Leo was recorded after his glasses were put on for the first time

(Newser) - A 4-month-old boy sees his mom clearly for the first time in an awww-inspiring viral video uploaded to YouTube over the weekend, People reports. Little Leopold Wilbur Reppond of Seattle has oculocutaneous albinism, which can cause severe vision impairment, "but today he received his glasses....and can now see...

Mom's Insight May Lead to Heart Disease Treatment

Compound used to treat kids' rare disorder unclogs arteries, too

(Newser) - The unlikely use of a compound in powdered booze could ultimately help save millions of people from heart disease—and it was the mother of twin girls with a rare genetic disorder who first pitched the idea to scientists. The compound is called beta-cyclodextrin, which is already approved by the...

Holocaust Survivor's MLB Dream to Come True

Hermina Hirsch to sing national anthem at Detroit Tigers game

(Newser) - Hermina Hirsch has sung the national anthem at weekly meetings of Holocaust survivors for decades, but she always dreamed of having a larger audience. Now she'll get her chance. After telling her family her dream of singing at an MLB game, a granddaughter reached out to the Detroit Tigers,...

Man's Fitbit Helps Doctors Save His Life

It revealed vital heart data at the hospital

(Newser) - It happens every day—someone going about his or her ordinary schedule has a seizure, gets looked over by a doctor, and hopefully lives to tell about it. Only in the case of a 42-year-old man who went to the emergency room at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in...

Greg Louganis Finally Gets His Wheaties Box

3 decades after his Olympic gold medal wins

(Newser) - Greg Louganis is finally on a Wheaties box, three decades after his four Olympic gold medal wins. The diver won gold at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and though he didn't come out as gay until 1995 (when he also revealed he was HIV-positive), Louganis has argued in the...

Teen Survivor of Kalamazoo Shooting Is Walking Again

Abigail Kopf may leave rehab within the next month

(Newser) - The 14-year-old survivor of the Kalamazoo shooting rampage has taken a big step—literally. Abigail Kopf, who was shot in the head and believed to be dead until she squeezed her mom's hand , is walking again. Her family posted a video to social media Sunday that shows the teen...

Extra-Sweet Success: 5 Great Things This Week

Including a surprise note to cops written on a napkin

(Newser) - The kids are all right—a young entrepreneur, a girl who took time to thank cops, and a teenage crimefighter are among this week's list of feel-good reads:
  • 11-Year-Old's Lemonade Now for Sale at Whole Foods : A sixth-grader in Austin, Texas, has turned a lemonade stand into a
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Cops Moved by Teen's Surprise Napkin Message

Small gesture goes a long way

(Newser) - Kansas City police officer Rance Quinn recently shared a secret about cops: "We like to feel the love just like everybody else does," he tells fox4kc.com . And Quinn and a colleague felt that love when last week a teenage girl walked past their table at a restaurant...

14-Year-Old Football Player Tackles Shoplifter

He was "just trying to be a good citizen"

(Newser) - Police pursuing a shoplifter through a Bellevue, Wash., mall got a little help from a high school football player. Kevin Merz, 14, was at Old Navy at the Factoria Mall with his parents and two brothers on Tuesday when he saw the suspect trying to give officers the slip. "...

11-Year-Old's Lemonade Now on Sale at Whole Foods

Mikaila Ulmer first won a $60K investment on Shark Tank

(Newser) - A sixth-grader in Austin, Texas, has turned a lemonade stand into a booming business now that she has expanded her reach to multiple states through a deal with Whole Foods, reports Time . Mikaila Ulmer's secret recipe for BeeSweet Lemonade comes from her great-grandmother, and contains flax seed and honey...

Woman Swaps Prize Twitter Handle for Water for Flint

She gave up her Dr Pepper account for 41K bottles of water from soda company

(Newser) - For seven years, Diana Hussein has held the @DrDietPepper Twitter handle she created on a whim, tweeting mainly about local sports and her cats and hoping to maybe one day get some money or free swag if the Dr Pepper Snapple Group wanted to barter for it, the Detroit Free ...

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