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Ben O’Reilly is a 7-year-old boy at Compton Elementary School in Compton, NH, who is deaf and can only use sign language. He had difficulty relating to his classmates and even the teachers. He only could communicate with his aide, Cheryl. One of his classmates, Reid Spring, wanted to relate to him so he started learning sign language. Other kids started doing that. Would you believe that the entir...

It’s interesting to me how different foods all of a sudden become popular. Now they are saying that pumpkin spice is being replaced by pickles. That’s right pickles. Pickles were once just associated with burgers but today you can get pickled flavored chips, nuts, smoothies, popcorn, dill pickled baked beans, dill pickle mayonnaise, lollipops, snackable cheese, and many other things. I enjoy playi...

Police in Lima, Peru, used the popularity of the World Cup matchup between Mexico and South Africa to capture a highly sought after drug king, Carlos Cabera. They found out that he was a big fan of football, or as we call it soccer. They dressed up as mascots Clutch and Maple as a disguise and were able to approach him and apprehend him without raising suspicion. Now that’s creativity. Of the 48 t...

Eighty-two years ago, Ray Svejnoha was attending high school in Illinois. World War II came and he had a choice to make, join the armed forces, or enjoy senior prom. He chose to serve his country. Now he is 100 years old and some students at the high school decided to dedicate their prom to him. They provided him with a haircut, a manicure, and a tuxedo. He was met by students with cheers who welc...

Freedom isn’t free. It cost a lot to those who signed the Declaration of Independence. Of the 56 signers, 17 lost their fortunes, 12 had their homes destroyed, 5 became prisoners of war, one had two sons imprisoned on the British Starving Ship Jersey, one had a son killed in battle, one had his wife die from harsh prison treatment, and nine signers died during the war. John Hancock, the first sign...

I played basketball at Young Harris College in North Georgia. We were the “Mountain Lions.” We were told it was the most dangerous animal you could face. Recently, in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood, a mountain lion appeared on the porch of one of the residents. Roxanne Blank thought it was just a dog or something else. She had seen lots of coyotes and other animals in this area. She called...

Growth is an interesting phenomenon to observe. Sometimes it’s really unusual. Ask Amy Sharp and her family as they bought an Alaskan Malamute puppy. It has grown to be the size of a Shetland pony. The 5-year-old dog today weighs 182 pounds, which is more than double the norm. Amy says that his collar is as big as someone’s belt. He eats $1000 worth of food in a year. They refer to him as a “gentl...

There is a picture of President Trump walking across the tarmac with a beautiful, blonde Army soldier. She has become a dream girl for many of the troops. Her name is Jessica Foster, even though she is not a real person. Her picture has been AI-generated, but she has even been included in fake pictures with Russian President Putin and also smiling next to an F-22 fighter jet. She doesn’t exist. Sh...

We read a lot today about how adults have created the world where deception is practiced in so many different ways. How did this happen. Some British researchers wanted to answer that question and discovered that about 25% of babies grasp the concept of deception by the time they reach ten months old. They learn fast and by age three they become, in researchers’ words, “quite adept and cunning lit...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. They persist. President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent....

Is it best to put on display your failures or your accomplishments? A Vancouver resident Evvan Collin decided to cope with a personal heartbreak by creating an exhibit in a shopping mall that is entitled “The Museum of Personal Failure.” He invited others to submit artifacts. One person exhibited a wedding dress from a failed marriage, tie rods from a blotched car repair, and a wall of rejection s...

Recently, researchers announced that there is a possibility to determine the authenticity of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Holy Child” chalk drawing. They have discovered fragments of DNA that they think belong to the artist and that DNA from about 1510 AD could determine whether or not de Vinci was the author of some of these disputed masterpieces. That’s amazing to me. God’s work has been around a lot lo...

Joe Sass is a school crossing guard in Chicago. One day after a huge rain, he noticed a 7th grader who arrived at the crosswalk that was submerged in deep icy water. Sass asked him if he would mind if he put him over his shoulder and carried him across the street. The 44-year-old guard did that and dropped him off on dry land. Nobody realized that WGN Morning News’s skycam captured the event and i...

There is a debate right now because New York magazine has recorded that Representative Nancy Mace had ordered a staff member of hers to go on Reddit forums and figure out how to boost her standings in the rankings of “the hottest women in Congress.” I don’t know Rep. Mace, and she has called the allegations ridiculous. I hope they are. How would you like to have your standings boosted in what area...

In a time of desperate need, people can go beyond what is expected. They are people who go the extra mile. Austin Applebee is thirteen years old. His mother, Joanne, and his two younger siblings were stranded in shark infested waters off the coast of western Australia. They were on inflatable paddle boards and a kayak when strong winds unexpectedly swept them out into the Indian Ocean. Applebee sw...

Sometimes huge challenges bring out the best in us. I love those kind of stories. When Hurricane Ian hit Naples, Florida, Johnny Lauder decided to stay at home. When he saw water gushing inside his house, he moved his two sons and one son’s girlfriend to the attic thinking they would all be safe. But then his cell phone rang. His wheelchair-bound mother, Karen, 84 years old, was trapped in a house...

During the past winter, heavy snowfall paralyzed many cities. Kenneth Harrell lives in Missouri. He came into a St. Louis neighborhood, in which he didn’t live, and started cleaning the streets with a bobcat construction vehicle. He paid for the rental of the bobcat out of his own pocket. He had no intention of being paid back. Folks in the neighborhood referred to his as the “plowing vigilante.”...

If you have something that needs to be destroyed, be sure it is not mistakenly open to further exposure. A hospital in Thailand learned this recently when a very popular person in the community saw street vendors wrapping food in confidential patient records. He took a picture of one of the patient’s medical forms holding an order of crepes. He gave it the caption, “Should I continue eating?” The...

It’s very embarrassing when a man’s toupee comes off. This happened at Madison Square Garden recently when a boxer, Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller had his toupee loosened when he took a barrage of licks to his face. In the second round, Miller reached up and took the loosened toupee and pulled it off. He threw his toupee into the crowd. I’m not sure how big a fight it was for somebody to get it. He wen...

The Polar Plunge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is a cold-water swimming event to raise funds for Special Olympics. This past winter they had to cancel the Polar Plunge because the temperature was too cold to have people try to participate in the plunge. Instead, they tried to find some other way to raise money and the people participating were told to “stay home, stay warm, and stay safe. I’m no...

How do you handle things that are creating stress? A lot of people in China who are adults are using a pacifier to relieve their stress. I am surprised they are becoming popular. Some stores indicate that they sell more than 2,000 each month. The China Morning Post lists several testimonies of people who say it helps relieve pressure and how to deal with a stressful situation. Chinese adults are w...

How high can you count? A Nigerian woman has recently set a new Guiness World record for the highest number counted out loud when she counted to 1,070,000. It took her 14 hours a day for 70 days. That’s quite a tough thing to do. She said her daily routine was eat, pray, and count. She said that she was driven to break the limits of a record and achieve something nobody else has done. That’s a nob...

There is a Texas chain of MAGA-themed eateries called the Trump Burger. The owner was recently arrested by ICE and now faces deportation. This 28-year-old, Roland Beainy, came from Lebanon in 2019. He advertises the Trump Burger that is a “taste of American greatness.” Between the buns you will see TRUMP FLAMED-SEARED into each burger. ICE explained that his visa expired in 2024. When he thought t...

If you are over 102 years of age, this message will not affect you. If you are under it, listen carefully. George Strausman is a Long Island native who wanted to continue an active life in retirement. He turned to pottery, after he gave up tennis when he turned 90. Now he spins bowls in weekly classes for a large group of women. His granddaughter surprised him one day and filmed him at work and pu...

Sometimes people become so fascinated by the name of a town that they steal the road signs bearing that name. This has happened in the tiny Texas town of Bug Tussle. Bug is not a very big town-a population of just 15. Because tourists like that name, they steal the signs. The state transportation department has told the town that they will not replace the signs anymore. Over 17 have been stolen. W...