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Audacious NFL Walk-On Rookie Scored 86-Yard TD
In a preseason game against Washington, Cleveland Browns rookie receiver Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown. Not only were ...
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Ousted Hip-Hop Country Single Tops Billboard Charts
When newcomer Lil Nas X was told his viral single was being removed from a Billboard chart, that might’ve looked like the end of his run of success. ...
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Olympian Jim Thorpe Won Gold Medals with Discarded Shoes
The famous Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe was no stranger to adversity. Growing up in the early 1900's as a Native American, Jim experienced his fair share ...
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Succeeding Because of the 'Advantage of Disadvantages'
In his book David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell documents the lives of many successful leaders and entrepreneurs who succeed not in spite of challenges ...
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Aging Detroit Stadium Resists Demolition Attempt
After a dramatic countdown and the expected sights, sounds and smells of explosions and plumes of smoke, onlookers were denied the ultimate spectacle ...
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Waffle House 'Selfie-Service' Shows Audacious Initiative
Hungry patron Alex Bowen waited for 10 minutes to order during a recent visit to a Waffle House at 2am; then he took matters into his own hands.
Upon finding ...
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Hot Air Balloonists Find Success Out of Past Failures
In her article "Soaring Journeys," Jill Carattini relates that on March 1, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones stepped into the gondola of a hot air ...
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Chinese Christian won't Make Jesus Bow Down to the State
Derek Lam is a courageous young Christian leader living in Hong Kong. Recently (August 2017) he wrote for The New York Times about the suppression of ...
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When Life Moves From 'Plan A' to 'Plan B'
A special report on This American Life follows the lives of several people currently living what they unequivocally call "Plan B." Host Ira Glass expounds ...
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'World's Ugliest Dog Contestants' Judges Participants a Little Differently
We all like rooting for the underdog—but at the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, that word takes on a whole new meaning.
For years, the competition has ...
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