Monday, January 14, 2013

A story of resilience and always looking on the bright side... "Don't cry, Jane, we've been through worse."

Labor Day was late that year. So on a sunny Thursday three years ago Joan hopped into her car with a list. The usual errands (post office; recycling) and some extras, a school entrance interview for her grandson Leo and for herself, a doctor's visit. (Before she'd moved her doctor'd said, "Joan, when you get to Virginia, find yourself a smart young internist.) She arrived on time, leaving 14 year old Leo in the car to amuse his cousin, 15 month old Owen. 90 minutes later Joan left in an ambulance, with a diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer and ten days to live.

Long before she was a grandmother she was just "Joannie from Pringle". A cheerleader with lots of boyfriends. They called her 'Kid Dictionary' because she was smart. Joan graduated high school at 16 and had 4 kids in 7 years. A more resilient woman you could not find. She faced everything life threw at her--and it threw a lot--with grace and grit.

Paralyzed woman says she never got the "why mes?"...after taking her first steps she says, "this is the best day of my life"

ALLENTOWN - Paralyzed from an all-terrain vehicle wreck in October 2008, a groggy Lisa Sudo looked up at the surgeon in the operating room and asked for the truth.

"Will I be able to walk again?" she asked.

He couldn't offer much hope. The outlook was bleak.

"That really didn't mean much. It was just a medical prognosis. If they said no, definitely not, not ever again, I still wouldn't believe it. So, I'm here to prove them wrong," Sudo said recently as the anniversary of the crash nears on Thursday.

Kids at Children's Hospital get a big surprise when Spiderman shows up to clean their windows

Cleaning windows at a hospital can be totally awkward for everybody involved so All Children's Hospital in Tampa Bay got creative by having their window washers dress up as Spiderman while they cleaned their windows. It brightened up their entire day. Dozens of children got a big surprise when window washers dressed as Spider-Man descended on the outside of All Children's Hospital on Thursday. The workers from Clearwater's High Rise Window Cleaners made several trips from the top of the building to the ground, washing windows and waving at patients.

Child life clinical coordinator Holly Ott relished the chance to bring in the super hero.

"Today at All Children's we had a really exciting opportunity to meet any child's hero, Spider-Man, climbing up the sides of the building, surprising chidren and making their day," Ott said.

The event offered kids a chance to experience something they aren't likely to encounter again. And for Ott, the best part of the appearance was the surprise.

Two brothers speaking out with a message of love and tolerance by being a voice for their sisters who have Down's Syndrome

Two brothers who wanted to speak out for their bullied sisters are spreading a message of love and tolerance.

The Hollis family lives in a small town in Central Illinois. One morning in April 2011, they woke up to find that their house had been vandalized. Words like "retard" and "get outta here" were spray-painted on the side of their house and on their cars, Anne Hollis told the YouTube channel Everyone Matters.

Why was the family targeted? Ostensibly because both the Hollis girls -- Meg and Alina -- have Down Syndrome.

"That day changed my life forever," Hollis said.

The Hollis boys –- aged 6 and 7 –- however, were ready to take on the delinquents and anyone else who showed intolerance toward their sisters. They asked their parents to help them make a video to speak up for their siblings.

The resulting video has since been posted on the Everyone Matters YouTube channel, a platform that advocates seeing "humanity in everyone."

This police officer goes above and beyond the call of duty for a elderly woman in his town

A Kansas cop went out of his way to help an elderly woman left just before the holidays.

The woman, 86, had new medication that kept her from driving (see video), according to KCTV. Her son and another close relative, who usually helped her out, both passed away recently.

On December 23, Overland Park police dispatched Officer Derrick Hogan to her home. The station reported she needed help contacting her church, which provided her food.

"Good Morning America!" said Robin Roberts, kicking off Monday's show. "I am excited."

And it was evident. The morning anchor, who has been recovering from a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder, announced with a big smile she'll soon be back on the job.

Ted Williams the man with the "golden voice" gives back by starting his own foundation for the homeless

The man with the “golden voice” used his unmistakable gift to escape homelessness and is now using his fame to help others still living on the streets.

After panhandling on the streets for 17 years, Ted Williams’ life took a turn for the better when a reporter from the Columbus Dispatch posted a video of his sultry announcing voice that quickly went viral. Williams has since gotten a contract with Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, reunited with his mother, moved into an apartment and is working on kicking his alcohol and drug addictions.

Now that he's gotten back on his feet, Williams wants to make sure that those struggling without shelter, as he once did, get the same chance to start over, NBC reports.

Here's a New Year's Resolution to work on - getting your nest egg in shape for retirement

Still looking for just the right New Year's resolution to kick off 2013? Try: "Get my retirement plan in order. Before it's too late."

Chances are that your nest egg and preparations for later life need more work than your physical condition. Two-thirds of surveyed workers in 2012 said they are a lot (37%) or a little (30%) behind in planning and saving for retirement, the Employee Benefit Research Institute reports. Those who believe they're on track are down to 22% from 37% in 2005.

The seeming magnitude of the task stops many people from taking action, but it's almost never too late to start. More tools and services than ever are available. And financial planners, having guided millions across the retirement threshold in recent years, are better able to pinpoint the obstacles ahead.

To help, we've come up with seven resolutions. Adopting any one of these, even if you're within 10 years of retiring, can help get your planning on track. Provided you get started.

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Selfless...this mom raises thousands of dollars for her own brain surgery and then donates it all to her 11 year old neighbor who was facing similar surgery

Jamie-Lee Hall raised thousands of dollars for her own brain surgery and donated all of it to her 11 year-old neighbor, Connor, facing a similar operation to remove a life threatening brain tumor.

The 24-year-old mother of two has an uncommon neurological condition called Moyamoya Disease, where arteries at the base of the brain are blocked, risking paralysis. This is her second brain operation in 3 years.

From selling gum and maps in Afghanistan to an Oscar nomination for this teenager

KABUL, Afghanistan -- It is a long way from the grimy, poverty-stricken streets of Afghanistan to the red carpets of Hollywood -- but 14-year-old Fawad Mohammadi is on his way.

The teenager, who sells chewing gum and maps from the curbside in Kabul, was an actor in"Buzkashi Boys," a film nominated Thursday for an Oscar.

In a city normally associated with misery, there were tears of joy as Mohammadi learned of the nomination at a small Internet cafe.

"I'm so happy!" he exclaimed.

Couple receives modest inheritance and anonymously donates it to paralyzed police officer

PORTLAND -- A couple received what they called a modest inheritance, and instead of spending it on themselves, they headed to a local auto dealership and bought a van for a recently paralyzed police officer.

The couple, who wished to remain anonymous, bought the van for Portland police officer Paul Meyer and his family after seeing news about the officer's freak accident.

This airport worker turns in lost iPad and $13,000 and then gets reward which he....gives away.

A cleaning service worker at a Florida airport found an iPad – with $13,000 stuffed in its case – and turned it in. He then gave away the small reward he got from the owner to two people in need.

But that honesty and kindness paid off for Patrick Morgan, who was honored in a recognition ceremony Wednesday, NBCMiami.com reported.

A photograph showing a man teaching his wife how to read the alphabet has gone viral this week, with many touting the image as a shining symbol of love and dedication.

Reddit user sho3 posted the heartwarming image on the social news site on Thursday, with the caption: "I was sitting next to this couple at Starbucks this morning, this man John was teaching Linda the alphabet. He told us that she lost her memory and was re-learning how to read. Patience, love, and understanding at it's finest." The photograph has since been viewed more than 1.4 million times.

12 year old writes moving song after being inspired by the story of Malala Yousafzai the 15 year old female activist that was shot by the Taliban on her way home from school

12 year-old Samantha Anne Martin recently heard the story of Malala Yousafzai, the 15 year-old Pakistani female activist who was shot by the Taliban on her way home from school. Inspired by Malala's courage and fight for women's rights, Samantha wrote an original song and recorded a music video with

the help of her father.

Malala Yousafzai spoke out against the Taliban for their frequent ban of girls attending school, as well as many other human rights she deserved, yet was denied. She is currently recovering from the near fatal shot at a hospital located in England.

Is your key ring filled with store loyalty cards - there's an app for that too- no more "do you have your Staples card" at checkout.

From this....

to this...

Trying to keep your resolution to save more money? One way is to make the most of all those store loyalty cards you carry around. And a few free smartphone apps can help.

Apps such as Key Ring and CardStar let you store the information for grocery stores, pharmacies, big-box retailers and other stores. And you get the added benefit of lightening the load of your key chain or wallet.

A growing percentage of Americans is heading into retirement with considerable debt.

If you are among them, a new crop of largely free online tools and mobile apps can help you get into better financial shape—provided you are willing to divulge information about your bank accounts and credit-card and loan balances.

Most people used to pay off their debts before retiring. Now, though, almost 55% of U.S. households with heads ages 55 through 64 have mortgages, up from 34% in 1989, according to the Federal Reserve Board's survey of consumer finances. Among 65- to 74-year-olds, about 40% have mortgage debt, almost double the figure in 1989.

In the days after Chanel Reynolds’s husband was hit while riding his bicycle near Lake Washington here and the best-case possibilities just kept getting worse, she was not yet consumed by grief. There were no dogged middle-of-the-night Web searches for faraway cures for his crushed upper spine or tearful bedside vigils with their 5-year-old son.

Instead, the buzz in her brain came from a growing list of financial tasks that grown-ups are supposed to have finished by the time they approach middle age. And she and her husband, José Hernando, had not finished them.

“I was finding it really hard for me to stay present and in the room and to be able to hear what the doctors were saying because I was so overwhelmed with not knowing how much money we had in our checking account, and the fact that we had our wills drafted but not signed,” she said. “I didn’t know whether I was going to be able to float a family by myself.”

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A 5 year old empties his piggy bank to help a baby in Kenya...inspires others to raise thousands of dollars

A baby in Kenya needed life-saving heart surgery, but it would cost $23,000 and the family couldn't afford it.

Enter a 5-year old Canadian boy from Waterloo who heard the story and marched to his bedroom to empty his piggy bank.

After seeing their boy Cameron's heartfelt gesture, the parents decided that maybe they could help him inspire friends, family and strangers to kick in the extra funds needed to reach the goal.

Watch video here...

Elderly couple overjoyed after stolen World War II love letters returned 40 years later

In this era of text messages, emails and Snapchats, the idea of receiving love letters seems hard to imagine. But Lloyd and Marian Michael, a couple who just celebrated their 70th anniversary in December, had saved hundreds of them exchanged during their courtship and Lloyd's deployment in Europe during World War II.

"We even have letters here that I would send in college," Lloyd told the Daily Bulletin, a southern California newspaper. "We first started dating in 1941" and were married on New Year's Eve in 1942.

This may be a little extreme for those looking to lose weight, but this gadget actually sucks food out of the stomach - a whole new way to watch your calories

Counting calories? No need to worry about that anymore.

A team of gastroenterologists have developed a weight-loss gadget, called AspireAssist, that pumps food directly out of the stomach after a meal is consumed. The team says it's an ideal way for anyone struggling with obesity to shed a few pounds.

Watch this eighth grader's incredible buzzer beating overhead shot

An eighth grader had his Michael Jordan Game 6 moment, and while the kid didn't walk away with an NBA championship, he did end up with a pretty awesome story to share.

Number 50 got the ball with only moments left in the game, and with little room to square up, he scrambled to let off the old granny shot. Did we mention this amazing basketball moment happened with the shooter's back to the net?

A Rubik's Cube for the blind...

Remember the Rubik's Cube? Of course you do. Invented in 1974 and sold non-stop from 1980 onward, the fiendishly difficult six-faced puzzle has fascinated the planet for generations. It is widely regarded as the best-selling toy in the world, shipping more than 350 million units. There's even a touchscreen version.

But there has always been one group unable to enjoy it — until now.

When the baseball card first went up for auction on eBay, it was priced at 99 cents. That may have been a tad low.

The e-mails started coming immediately: someone offering $5,000, someone offering $10,000. The seller, who had found the card in an old photo album he purchased at a yard sale in Baileyville, Maine, quickly removed the eBay listing and brought in professional appraisers, who determined that the card was more than rare:

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Flash Mob cheers people up when it breaks out the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" at unemployment office...

The world is going through hard times. Austerity measures have been put in place across Europe, hitting countries like Greece and Spain the hardest.

Naturally, a Spanish unemployment office in 2013 is a sad, depressing place.

To bring a little sunshine into the lives of people who need it the most, Carne Cruda set up a musical flash mob at one unemployment office where musicians burst from their seats to play the Beatles’ uplifting tune Here Comes The Sun.

Soon the entire room of people were singing along.

Adopt-A-Soldier Charity has helped over 15,000 soldiers...It connects supportive civilians with deployed troops and offers a channel by which to communicate encouragement and express gratitude to those brave men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Carol Megathlin doesn’t want to see any soldiers forgotten.

That's why the Georgia writer started the Adopt-A-Soldier program which matches deployed troops from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division from Ft. Stewart with local civilians from nearby Savannah, Ga., MSNBC.com reports.

19 year old volunteer firefighter runs into burning building to save a woman fighting for her life - it was his first emergency call ever.

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On his first emergency call ever, a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter swooped into a burning home and saved a woman fighting for her life.

Adam Hebert had only been volunteering with his local fire department in Acushnet, Mass., for six months when he got the urgent call on Sunday night that a home was ablaze, myfoxboston.com reports. The determined do-gooder rushed to the burning abode with two fellow firefighters in tow, raced up to the second floor and rescued a 52-year-old woman calling for help.

Rory McIlroy wants to help children around the world through a foundation and on his golf bag.

McIlroy on Thursday announced he has started the Rory Foundation. Among the first projects is to bring attention to children by putting the name of charities on his bag when possible. The world's No. 1 player starts his season next week in Abu Dhabi.

The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland is geared toward work like this. Two years ago, he went to earthquake-ravaged Haiti the week before the U.S. Open to try to raise the spirits of children.

Rare Italian painting found at the Goodwill

A sharp-eyed Goodwill worker in Manassas knew that the painting that arrived in the usual bins of clothes and household goods seemed special.

But Maria Rivera couldn't have known how right she was: The painting, which Rivera set aside as she sorted through other donations, turned out to be the work of Giovanni Battista Torriglia, an Italian late 19th-century painter whose portraits hang in galleries around the world.

Luck changes in an instant for this storm victim

For Walter Connolly, whose home in Queens was battered by Hurricane Sandy, a chance encounter in Brooklyn provided a dose of good fortune.

Mr. Connolly, who is renting a place with his wife in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, while their home in nearby Breezy Point, Queens, undergoes extensive repairs, was walking through his temporary neighborhood one morning when he stopped at Joe’s Appliances to check out prices for replacements that were destroyed.

Unknown to Mr. Connolly, the store’s owner, Arline Lewis, had decided that morning to carry out a plan to donate a kitchen to the first Breezy Point victim of the storm who came in.

Just about 30 percent of all homeowners nationwide now own their homes outright, Zillow reports. That's 20.6 million people.

In the Greater Boston area, the land of the jumbo mortgage, where home prices are perpetually high (inflated), that number of homeowners without debt is somewhat smaller but still substantial, weighing in at 24.6 percent.

You know you have a cold when you catch it. Your nose begins to run like a leaky faucet, and your nostrils are beet red from constantly wiping the nasal drip. Your stuffy head feels like you inhaled a wade of cotton, and your throat is sore because of the continual coughing.

Unfortunately, you were unlucky enough to inhale at least one of 200 or more viruses that cause Americans to suffer with more than a billion colds annually. The common cold is the leading cause of work and school absenteeism, which can make you feel miserable for up to two weeks. Kids are walking Petri dishes as they not only infect each other but also are the likely cause of infecting adults around them.

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Little 7 year old boy writes a letter to Lego about his lost toy and Lego responds in a big way

Luka Apps of Highworth, Wiltshire, was devastated when he lost a recent Christmas present -- a Jay ZX Lego character -- while on a shopping trip. According to the Sun, Luka's father, Simon Apps, had warned him about taking the toy shopping, and sure enough, the figurine managed to fall out of the boy's pocket at a store.

Luka was so upset about the loss of his new toy that he decided to write a letter to the company explaining his misfortune.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — A World War II veteran who served in France during the war has been reunited with his Army-issued duffel bag nearly seven decades after it went missing.

William Kadar, 92, opened a carefully wrapped package Tuesday at his Merrillville, Ind., home and found his drab green duffel bag inside, still stenciled in black with his name and serial number. Kadar last saw the bag used by soldiers to tote their gear in November 1944, a month before he was captured by the Germans.

When Scott McDowell, 38, was cleared to fight fires and become a certified paramedic again, he called it a blessing.

Less than 18 months before, the Montrose, Mich., volunteer firefighter lost both his legs to a mysterious infection, The Flint Journal reports.

This doctor offers his medical services for free to those who do not have health insurance

Houston doctor Aijaz Ali Khowaja offers free and afforadable medical services to patients that can not afford health insurance. Houston, Texas has the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the United States.

This is a follow up to the iPhone contract story between a mother and son from Sandwich, MA - a very sensitive subject that has obviously struck a cord with millions of people facing the same predicament

Thirteen-year-old Gregory A. Hofmann, the son of Janell B. and Adam F. of Piccadilly Road, never expected to find an iPhone 4 under the Christmas tree this year. And neither he nor his mother, ever would have expected the list of rules that she wrote to go along with the phone to attract as much attention as it has.

But as of Wednesday night, there had already been 1.2 million Internet views of the 18-point contract that Ms. Hofmann wrote and presented to her son along with his new iPhone. Last Sunday, Ms. Hofmann and Gregory were on Good Morning America, talking about his Christmas gift and, more importantly, the contract that went with it. They have been interviewed by Fox local and national news and the contract has been discussed on CNN.

By SOPHIE BRICKMAN

The New York Times News Service

January 09, 2013

Allow me to introduce you to your microwave. I met mine just the other week.

This mysterious, stigmatized box has acquired a reputation as a mere popcorn popper and leftover heater-upper. But it can do so much more. It can fry. It can dry. It can produce a perfectly steamed whole bass with ginger and scallions, topped with fried parsley. Just give it four minutes.

Amazing video of tightrope walker doing his thing during an early morning moon rise.

We all know the dance, but this is an entirely different kind of moonwalk.

In this video, accomplished climber, high-liner and BASE jumper Dean Potter scales Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park before walking a tightrope between two jutting rock formations. All of this in front of a beautiful background of the rising full moon.

Photographer Michael Shaefer captured the scene from more than a mile away as part of National Geographic Explorer's "The Man Who Can Fly." Schaefer used GPS and an app called The Photographer's Ephemeris to predict where the moon would rise relative to his vantage point.

This expert names a Cape Cod shark after his mother-not sure if that is good or bad, but an interesting story just the same...check out "Mary Lee"

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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Leukemia stricken NFL coach writes a touching letter to the fans of Indianapolis...he may have lost the game, but he's winning the battle.

From the moment that the Indianapolis Colts announced that head coach Chuck Pagano had been diagnosed with leukemia back in October, the team and city rallied around him and his team. Whether it was Colts players shaving their heads in solidarity with their coach as he underwent chemotherapy or a class of third graders from Cardinal Elementary in Brownsburg, Ind. sending letters, each week seemed to produce another chapter in the #Chuckstrong narrative that was fast becoming one of the most compelling stories of the 2012 NFL season.

With Pagano back with the team, his cancer in remission and his team on the eve of a playoff game, the 52-year-old coach, who is in his first season with the franchise, shared his gratitude. One day before his team was scheduled to face the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC wild-card playoff game, a touching letter coach Pagano wrote to the people of Indianapolis was published in Indiana's biggest newspaper.

To kick-start the new year I wanted to share this wonderful story from Pankaj Shah, a generous guy I’ve had the pleasure of meeting.

He is fortunate enough to be able to treat people anonymously in restaurants. Whenever he is out to dinner, he asks the staff to find the couple who look most in love, and takes care of their bill.

Fathers don't always know best, but in the case of recently married long lost loves Janice Rude and Prentiss Willson, mothers might have.

Fifty years ago, Janice Rude was a sophomore and Prentiss Willson a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Two sisters from Bosnia who have been apart since they were children were reunited 72 years later thanks to information found on Facebook.

Hedija Talic (82) and her sister Tanija Delic (88) saw each other again for the first time since 1941, writes the Nezavisne Novine paper.

There probably aren't many millionaires willingly volunteering to work in sanitation for about $228 a month. But 53-year-old Chinese real estate mogul Yu Youzhen gladly wakes up at 3 a.m. six days a week to sweep almost two miles of roadway for one major reason: to set a good example for her children.

Yu, who amassed her fortune as the result of hard work and real-estate, has been cleaning streets since 1998, the South China Morning Post reports.

When he was 8 months old, Jonathan Breaux took the Internet by storm. In a viral video posted in April 2008, Jonathan can be seen smiling widely when he hears his mother’s voice for the first time, thanks to a cochlear implant.

Since then, many have pressed for an update on his progress. Today, he's a 5-year-old kindergarten student who can hear and is slowly working on his speech.

"It's of course artificial hearing but he can hear and understand what we're saying," mother Brigette Breaux told NBC.com.

Peter Samuelson, Co-Founder, Starlight Children's Foundation - In his own words....

He was the biggest man I'd ever met. General Schwarzkopf was so tall, and so wide, that standing in front of him I felt seriously small. I was like Jon Stewart when he greets, well, pretty much anybody.

I was in Tampa to persuade the General to become the Chairman of the Capital Campaign for Starbright World, the non-profit social network for seriously ill teenagers that Steven Spielberg, Kathy Kennedy and I had dreamed up a few weeks earlier. We knew that when children are seriously ill, their interaction with their peers goes away, and they feel isolated and depressed. And in the brave new tech world of the early 1990s, we imagined using the new-fangled Internet to build them a virtual clubhouse in cyberspace.

Foundation Medicine Inc. said that Bill Gates of Microsoft fame is among investors who expanded the Cambridge company’s Series B financing round by an additional $13.5 million. “Advances in understanding the human genome are having a dramatic impact on almost every area of medicine,” Gates said in a statement. “Foundation Medicine’s approach in harnessing the power of genomic data to improve care for cancer patients could represent an extremely important step forward in improving routine cancer care.”

Americans began striking out for greener pastures at a pace not seen since before the recession crippled job prospects, hobbled home sales and kept many stuck in place.

About 3.9% of the population, or 11.8 million people, moved to a different county in 2011, new Census figures show. That was the highest level since before the recession, and up from 3.5% in 2010 and 2009—the lowest level since the government began the tally in 1948.

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Justin Bieber brings joy to little girl battling leukemia

Justin Bieber delayed the start of his concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 5.....

It turns out, giving thanks is good for your health.

A growing body of research suggests that maintaining an attitude of gratitude can improve psychological, emotional and physical well-being.

Now, researchers are finding that gratitude brings similar benefits in children and adolescents. Kids who feel and act grateful tend to be less materialistic, get better grades, set higher goals, complain of fewer headaches and stomach aches and feel more satisfied with their friends, families and schools than those who don't, studies show.

A little six year old in Murfreesboro is changing lives, all because of his diagnosis with cancer. WGNS realizes this is a strange way to start off a story, but Alex Scogins is in the fight for his life while undergoing cancer treatment and the stories that have blossomed around him are very uplifting.

One of those stories that we are following involves his 10-year old neighbor, Haley Burt. Haley says, "I'm standing up to be the voice for my friend Alex, and other kids fighting deadly childhood diseases like cancer every day.”

Gratitude and optimism may be a key to managing depression, a new review of relevant research finds.

Called positive activity interventions (PAIs), the treatment involves intentional positive behaviors and thoughts, such as performing acts of kindness, expressing gratitude, meditating on positive feelings toward others and using one's signature strengths.

Tired of storing all those edited photos on your Smartphone? What to share your favorite photo on your friend’s physical wall versus just their Facebook wall?

Polaroid is offering a solution in Fotobars–the photo giant’s latest venture to make the photo-sharing process easier and more accessible.

The Chalk Bomber of Ann Arbor Strikes With a Blitzkrieg of Cuteness

Illustrator David Zinn has been busy this fall, taking to sidewalks around his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan to create—with the risk of sounding girly—these adorable chalk creations. An illustrator by trade, he spends the majority of his day in the studio, until, he says, "nice weather drives me to cover nearby sidewalks with joyfully pointless chalk art."

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