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  Project Cuddle Rescues Unwanted Babies

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:25 PM ET

  didn't want to keep her newborn could put it in a basket and drop it off on the Magnusen porch in Costa Mesa, Calif., no questions asked, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.And now, she's going to be on TV again, or at least her story will, in a TV movie about her life produced by John Stamo Read More

  More like this in: California, Babies, Adoption, Ricki Lake, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Kindness, Volunteerism, Activism, Human Rights, Movies, TV
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  Wanna Hang?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:28 PM ET

  are also doing the environment a service. Dryers account for six percent of US electricity use, the nonprofit says.So far, six states — including Florida, Utah, Maine, Colorado, Hawaii and Vermont — have laws that don't allow authorities to prevent residents from hanging their clothes.We lov Read More

  More like this in: Non-Profit, Nonprofit, Reuters, Hawaii, Colorado, Vermont, Maine
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  The Past 10 Years — Abridged

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:35 AM ET

  Politically, the decade began with a nail-biting 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, which ultimately placed the eyes of the world on Florida. The next year, the earth (or at least lower Manhattan) literally shook when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, sparkin Read More

  More like this in: Martha Stewart, Al Gore, Iraq, Afghanistan, American Idol, 9/11, Budweiser, Newsweek Inc.
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  New Jersey-loving Manatee Heads Home

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:02 PM ET

  said. "But that's a good thing.'' (Ilya is my kind of manatee!) Marine mammal veterinarians deemed him well enough to be transferred back to Florida with the help of the Coast Guard earlier this week. He's now residing at the Miami Seaquarium, whose staff will further rehabilitate Ily Read More

  More like this in: New York, New Jersey, Miami, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Animals & Pets
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  Coconuts for the Post Office

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:08 PM ET

  recession — even the post office. But the Palm Beach Post reports that the potential closure of their local office has the residents of Lantana, Florida going a little cuckoo, or we should say, coco.The US Postal Service says 371 stations are being considered for closure around the country. T Read More

  More like this in: Recession, Washington, Postal Service, US, Business, Regional/Local, Good Ideas, Economy
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  Public Libraries Help Erase Digital Divide

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:31 PM ET

  A new initiative by the Knight Foundation aims to enable more public libraries to offer patrons Internet services and training. Read More

  More like this in: Grants, North Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Knight Foundation, Finland
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  Holy Moly, Guacamole!

  By Courtney Rubin | Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:03 PM ET

  wasn't a purist's recipe), 600 limes, and 3,500 pounds of avocados. Local chefs pitched in, juicing limes and peeling and squashing avocados (the Florida green-skin variety, of course) for nearly seven hours. The resulting guacamole then was sold in less Godzilla-size proportions. Total raised Read More

  More like this in: California, Schools, Cooking, Agriculture, Tomatoes, The Miami Herald, Chefs
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  Facebook Reunites Long-Lost Father, Son

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:59 AM ET

  While assigned to the US Embassy you met a woman named Ko Kim Lien. Four months after you left a baby was born. Your baby." McKibben, who lives in Florida, learned that he was exchanging messages with his now 36-year-old son, Richard Nabineaux, who lives in Paris with a wife and two kids of hi Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Paris, Love, Vietnam, Cambodia, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Asia, Americas, Europe, Family
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  Florida Moms Donate Breast Milk to Infant

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:54 PM ET

  situations.To learn more about baby Sara's story and Pacheco's admirable efforts, check out the Get PUMPed! Web site. Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Babies, Breast-feeding, Breast milk, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Kindness, Giving, Family
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  Beware the Drain-Dwelling Alligators!

  By Sarah Parsons | Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:01 AM ET

  Luckily, the alligator was not injured during the process.Apparently, it's not so uncommon for gators to show up in residential neighborhoods in Florida. Locals told WPLG that they sometimes see the animals in canals behind houses, but this is the first time they've seen a gator of such Read More

  More like this in: Everglades, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Animals & Pets