Starting this week (Armed Forces Day), the National Park Service and BLM (Bureau of Land Management) will start issuing free annual passes (which normally costs $80) for military families.
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Children with autism enjoyed the Broadway performance of Mary Poppins after creating an autism-friendly version by toning down bright lights and loud noises.
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There are already 10,000 veterans working at G.E., and the company is now committing itself to hire 5,000 more, over the next 5 years.
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The administrative chief of a small village in Western Kenya started to use Twitter to prevent crime. Whenever there is a theft happening, the chief tweet about it and he village help with catching the thief. Even the criminals are following this twitter account now and sometime will just leave whatever they stole.
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Frank Guidara,a Vietnam veteran and the CEO of Boston-based Uno’s Restaurant Corp., helped in organizing a 10,000 pizzas delivery to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the super bowl game.
According to a report released last week by Atlas of Giving, during 2011, Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity. This total is a a 7.5% increase comparing to 2010.
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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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A girl from Indonesia, who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami 7 years ago, tracked her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her alive last week.
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A secret Santa handed $100 bills to people he thought needed some extra help at Christmastime. The secret Santa is estimated to give away $20,000 of his own money.
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Few internet service providers such as Cox, Charter, Time Warner Cable and others will offer $9.95 monthly broadband service to households eligible for aid. Refurbished PC’s and Laptops will sell for $150.
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