Mick Brickley from Bluffton, Indiana, who was laid off from his job last June, is one of the 2 winners  of a $2 million  prizes which was offered in the lottery’s Casino Royale scratch off game.

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Charles Woodson, A football player,  donates $2 millions to the new University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital.

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A huge donation which is given to three school districts and five charter groups by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest education grant in a decade. The donation of  $290 million will focus mainly on reforming teacher management and studying what makes teachers effective.

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On November 17th, a pregnant woman collapsed and landed on the subway tracks in Brooklyn. 2 men jumped and saved the women who is 10 weeks pregnant.

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Google will offer free Wi-Fi in airports   in the USA during the holiday season (till January 15th 2010).  Currently there are 47 American airports offering this service including  Las Vegas, Boston, Houston, Seattle, Miami and many others.

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James Hivner, a Retired Air Force Colonel, was captured by Viet Cong 44 years ago. They took all of his belongings including his wedding ring. Last Wednesday James finally got his ring back.

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UK wind energy projects can apply for 1.4 billion Euros funding which is granted by the European Investment Bank and commercial sources.

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On Oct 19, customs agents found a 1965  Volkswagen van at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. The van was stolen 35 years ago during the 1974 World’s Fair which was hosted in Spokane WA.

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You can now find at Dell parking lot  a series of solar trees that will both help power its headquarters in  Texas, and  also serve to charge electric vehicles parked there.

This  will provide 130,000 kW/h per year and some  shade for the 56 cars who get to the lot first.

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Last year, Terri White, a 61 woman who was performing on Broadway as a kid, is now back on Broadway, appearing in the musical “Finian’s Rainbow,”the  same play she first performed in as a child and opened Thursday in the St. James Theater in New York City.

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