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No more shark fin at Singapore supermarkets

Good Mood Admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:07:55 +0000

The largest supermarket chain in Singapore has announced it will stop selling shark fin products starting April. About a month ago few restaurants and hotels in China also announced they will no longer be serving shark fin soup.

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Giving birth on roof of flooded health center

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:35:05 +0000

Annaliza Tumanda, A Filipino woman, had to give birth on a roof of a flooded health center after brought there by rescuers when her house got destroyed.

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14 years old boy saves a woman from fire

Good Mood Admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:07:07 +0000

A 74 years old woman from Penn, was caught in the 2nd floor of her house last week, when the first floor was starting to get on fire. she screamed from help out of the 2nd floor window. Her neighbor, a 14 years old boy, heard the screams and ran to the house, placing an old wooden ladder next to the window. The old ladder broke and the woman fell but she was out of the house, suffering minor injuries.

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Turkey: Teen pulled from quake rubble

Good Mood Admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:22:10 +0000

Last Friday, more than 100 hours after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Turkey, a 13 years old boy was pulled from the rubble and appeared to be conscious and looking at his rescuers.

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Truck driver saved by a 22 years old woman

Good Mood Admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:15:34 +0000

Keenia Williams, a 22 years old woman from San Francisco, was driving her kid to school when she witness the crash on the 101, she stopped her car and dragged the driver away from a fire which started near him.

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Heroes save man trapped beneath a burning car

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:23:08 +0000

A young motorcycle rider got trapped under a burning car after his motorcycle crash. 12 men came and lifted the burning car helping the young rider to get free.

Read the full story (ABC4)

saved soldiers’ lives with a toy

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:20:03 +0000

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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Boy Survives After 25 Minutes Underwater

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:28:47 +0000

A 12-year-old boy survived and making a miraculous recovery after spending 25 minutes underwater in the Pacific Ocean, the boy is breathing on his own and responding to the doctors.

Read the full story (ABC news)

Cable repairman saves boy from drowning

Good Mood Admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:04:03 +0000

Agustin Arreguin, a cable repair technician, heard some screams from the pool area while he was working, he jumped over the gate to save a 7-year-old boy who was not breathing.

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Saves 100 from fire

Good Mood Admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:17:33 +0000

21-year-old James Slatcher was outside around 2 am when he smelled something burning and saw smoke, he ran into the building, started the fire alarm and knocked on each of the 36 doors to wake up the people inside and get them out of the building.

Read the full story (Yahoo)