Couple uses shopping spree win to stock up groceries for food bank
What would you do if you had less than a minute to dash through a grocery store for a Supermarket Sweep? Chantal Leroux and her partner, Ryan Warren, decided to...
Teacher gives student shoes off his feet to walk across stage at graduation
RICHMOND, Va. — Right before graduation, a fifth grade student had his shoe break, but the teachers and staff had his back. Vohn Lewis, a substitute teacher, stepped in to...
War-time lovers enjoy emotional reunion in France 75 years after last seeing each other
KT Robbins was stationed with the US army in France in 1944, where he fell in love with Jeannine Pierson. But he had to leave suddenly for the eastern front,...
School encourages students to help disabled and elderly with yard work
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Students at the Alternative Learning Center have various activities to choose from during the last 2 weeks of school to fulfill their physical education credits. Among those...
Metal detectorist 'ecstatic' after find on farm turns out to be ultra-rare Roman coin
DOVER, United Kingdom — A small, penny-sized coin was unearthed on a farm by a man with a metal detector. The coin turned out to be a very rare gold...
College pairs service-dogs-in-training with stressed students
College can be a stressful time, but Rutgers University has one unique coping strategy: training guide dogs. The Rutgers University Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club (RUSEPRC) enlists a small number...
14-year-old sells enough cupcakes to take his family to Disney World
Isaiah Tuckett, 14, discovered a love of baking and began selling cupcakes when he was 12. He provided the treats for graduations, weddings, birthdays, and a whole host of other...
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A brief history of the s'more, America's favorite campfire snack
The quintessential summer snack, the s’more, has many years of history behind it
An entire school started learning sign language to welcome a deaf kindergartener
Morey Belanger, 6, is the first deaf student at Dayton Consolidated School in Maine. To welcome her, the entire school – from students to teachers and faculty – have started...
An abandoned plot of land is being transformed into the largest public food forest in the U.S.
ATLANTA — Seven acres of vacant forested land in Atlanta will become the largest public food forest in the nation. The site will include “a public park with edible trees,...