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Failed Reception Becomes Party for the Homeless
When Katie Hosking decided to break up with her fiancé, it was only 12 days before the wedding. Along with her parents, Katie had reserved a country ...
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Overdue Book Prompts Generosity
Joel Schelsinger borrowed a book from his local library in Orchard Park, New York. But by the time Joel revisited the library to return the book, it was ...
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Strangler Fig Leaves Tree Hollow
The Brazilian walnut tree is majestic in size and strength. But this beautiful tree has one enemy, the strangler fig. When a strangler fig seed lands ...
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"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre": Prospector Misses What Counts
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the story of three down-on-their-luck prospectors and their search for gold in Mexico.
At one point in their search, ...
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Woman Uses Valuable Coin for Parking
When we possess something of great value, we generally safeguard it. Through a series of errors, a South African woman failed to properly care for a collection ...
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Boxer Mike Tyson Squandered Fortune
Minimum amount boxer Mike Tyson earned in the nine years before filing for bankruptcy in August 2003: $300,000,000.
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Mother Recognizes "Dead" Daughter
In 1997, a rapidly moving blaze destroyed the Philadelphia home of Luz Cuevas. It was concluded that, tragically, the fire had killed and completely consumed ...
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Grieving Father Trusts Eternal Shipbuilder
Author Richard Exley writes:
I know one minister who returned to his pulpit ten days after his son committed suicide. Under duress he read his text: "And ...
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Boxer Refuses to Be Consumed by Bitterness
On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, ...
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"Citizen Kane": The Pain of Loss
Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, traces the life of fictional newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (played by Welles) from childhood to his deathbed. ...
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