A North Texas police department decided to hand out gift cards to good drivers and by that reward good traffic habits. The police officers are pulling over good drivers and instead of a ticket giving them a $10 gift card.
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At 2003, Petunia, an American Staffordshire terrier went missing from the family farm at Virginia. This dog was found few weeks ago in Northern California and will be returning home for the holidays.
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At the beginning of the week, Fauja Singh, a 100 year old marathoner , finished Toronto race and became the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon.
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In 2007, Ernie Fessenden sent his brother, Staff Sgt. Chris Fessenden, a toy truck which had a radio-controlled (RC) outfitted with a wireless video camera to assist on checking for bombs under trucks. 2 weeks ago, this toy truck prevented the potential deaths of six soldiers in Afghanistan, as Chris detailed in an email to Ernie.
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Lula Cora Hood, disappeared in 1970 after she walked out of the house during a family fight. this week, she was found at Florida and her child, Grace Kivisto, who was 15 when she saw her mom last, will meet her again.
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Alison and Sam, best friends for the last 16 years from Bristol, England, discovered after Alison traced her birth mother and found out the name of her birth father, which was the same of her best friend’s. A DNA test confirm it.
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Orismar de Souza, a 35 years old homeless man from Brazil, built his own car using junk and used parts he could get. Once car was completed he was able to search for a job and started to work.
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An injured passenger that fallen into New York subway tracks was saved by another passenger who ‘didn’t want to be late for work’. The rescuer said: “I was thinking, if he gets hit I can’t go to work. It’s Sunday. I can’t miss out. It’s a time-and-a-half day”.
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Paul and Marion Caruso, of the US, got married in 1965, they had wedding photos taken, but didn’t have the money to buy any copies for themselves. After the photographer passed away earlier this year the couple searched for hours between thousands of negatives which were stored at a scrap yard in 55-gallon tanks until their photos were found.
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Joan R. Ginther (63), from Las Vegas, won a 7 figures lottery prize for the fourth time now. Joan won this time $10 million, the top prize in Texas Lottery’s $140,000,000 Extreme Payout scratch-off ticket. This winning will be added to her previous wins which total at $20.4 million.
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