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Student running late to class saves man’s life
Posted: 12/21/2009 9:51am
– 12/15/2009
By LINDSAY LARIN, BELLEVUE REPORTER
Taylor Kowalski was running late to class. The Eastlake senior and Running Start student at Bellevue College had overset her alarm clock and was hustling to her early morning English class. Kowalski was kicking herself for being late for the first time in over five weeks, an accomplishment a non-morning person could be proud of. Suddenly her focus shifted to concern and then action as she witnessed the collapse of campus police officer James McClung at around 6:40 a.m. Nov. 7. Wearing a thick ye...
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By LINDSAY LARIN, BELLEVUE REPORTER
Taylor Kowalski was running late to class. The Eastlake senior and Running Start student at Bellevue College had overset her alarm clock and was hustling to her early morning English class. Kowalski was kicking herself for being late for the first time in over five weeks, an accomplishment a non-morning person could be proud of. Suddenly her focus shifted to concern and then action as she witnessed the collapse of campus police officer James McClung at around 6:40 a.m. Nov. 7. Wearing a thick ye...
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‘Best Dressed’ man helps homeless land jobs
Posted: 10/13/2009 2:33pm
Miami motivational speaker says his project worthy of reality TV show – 08/20/2009
By Associated Press
MIAMI - The three homeless men stand before well-groomed Frank Kelly, "America's Best Dressed Real Man" of 2007, according to Esquire Magazine. He's there to help them get work."Don't just tell me your strengths. Tell me a situation where you were able to implement that strength," Kelly tells them.Two months later, each has a job.The group is part of Project Vacant Streets, Kelly's initiative to get the homeless back on their feet one job at a time. Each participant undergoes...
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By Associated Press
MIAMI - The three homeless men stand before well-groomed Frank Kelly, "America's Best Dressed Real Man" of 2007, according to Esquire Magazine. He's there to help them get work."Don't just tell me your strengths. Tell me a situation where you were able to implement that strength," Kelly tells them.Two months later, each has a job.The group is part of Project Vacant Streets, Kelly's initiative to get the homeless back on their feet one job at a time. Each participant undergoes...
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Ariz. woman finds taxi driver is a kidney match
Posted: 10/13/2009 2:28pm
Donor cabbie says giving the organ is a ‘whole new kind of lift’ – 08/24/2009
By Associated Press
PHOENIX - Rita Van Loenen had no idea that a trip in Thomas Chappell's taxi cab could end up being the ride that saves her life."There are better odds of getting struck by lightning," Van Loenen said. "A random taxi driver offering to give me his kidney and all these pieces match. There has to be something behind this. How can this be?"Chappell, who has been driving Van Loenen to dialysis appointments, shocked the Gilbert, Ariz., woman a month ago by offering to donate his ki...
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By Associated Press
PHOENIX - Rita Van Loenen had no idea that a trip in Thomas Chappell's taxi cab could end up being the ride that saves her life."There are better odds of getting struck by lightning," Van Loenen said. "A random taxi driver offering to give me his kidney and all these pieces match. There has to be something behind this. How can this be?"Chappell, who has been driving Van Loenen to dialysis appointments, shocked the Gilbert, Ariz., woman a month ago by offering to donate his ki...
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Doctor who lost arm to cancer now helps others
Posted: 08/08/2009 5:07pm
His battle with the disease as a young teen inspired a future medical career – 03/29/2009
By Associated Press
DOTHAN, Ala. - Having to undergo radiation treatments five days a week can take its toll on a patient, but having a doctor who is a cancer survivor himself can make it easier.Dr. Hejal Patel lost his right arm to bone cancer at the age of 13, but the experience turned into a motivating force: He became an award-winning medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is now a radiation oncologist helping others try to overcome the same obstacles he faced 20 years ago.In his office ...
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By Associated Press
DOTHAN, Ala. - Having to undergo radiation treatments five days a week can take its toll on a patient, but having a doctor who is a cancer survivor himself can make it easier.Dr. Hejal Patel lost his right arm to bone cancer at the age of 13, but the experience turned into a motivating force: He became an award-winning medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is now a radiation oncologist helping others try to overcome the same obstacles he faced 20 years ago.In his office ...
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At 95, Big Brother cherishes 30-year friendship
Posted: 08/08/2009 5:03pm
Unlikely pairing in mentor program forged bond between old man and boy – 04/29/2009
By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - It was an unlikely pairing, the old man and the boy.Chester Ross, 65, a textiles and fashion entrepreneur, had long since raised his two daughters and had three grandchildren of his own. David Loughran, a timid 7-year-old longing for someone to play ball with, was an only child being raised by his divorced mother.But Ross reluctantly gave in to a friend's urging and agreed to meet the youngster. As a social worker told Mary Loughran that day in 1979 how the Big Brothers Big ...
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By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - It was an unlikely pairing, the old man and the boy.Chester Ross, 65, a textiles and fashion entrepreneur, had long since raised his two daughters and had three grandchildren of his own. David Loughran, a timid 7-year-old longing for someone to play ball with, was an only child being raised by his divorced mother.But Ross reluctantly gave in to a friend's urging and agreed to meet the youngster. As a social worker told Mary Loughran that day in 1979 how the Big Brothers Big ...
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Strangers swap kidneys in ‘pay it forward’ chain
Posted: 08/08/2009 4:58pm
Program has spurred 10 transplants since its start in 2007 – 03/11/2009
By Associated Press
When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward" chain.His kidney donation to a Phoenix woman in 2007 set off a long-running organ swap that resulted in 10 sick people getting new kidneys over a year. It hasn't ended yet.This chain of living donors and others like it could help increase the number of kidney transplants, lead to better matches that will increase survival and even reduce s...
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By Associated Press
When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward" chain.His kidney donation to a Phoenix woman in 2007 set off a long-running organ swap that resulted in 10 sick people getting new kidneys over a year. It hasn't ended yet.This chain of living donors and others like it could help increase the number of kidney transplants, lead to better matches that will increase survival and even reduce s...
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Hemmed-in Ballard house to rise above
Posted: 08/08/2009 4:50pm
The cottage once owned by Edith Macefield... – 07/08/2009
By Nick Perry and Charles E. Brown, Seattle Times staff reporters
The strange and inspiring tale of the Little Ballard House That Could took another bizarre twist Tuesday.The cottage once owned by Edith Macefield, an elderly woman who turned down an offer of $1 million to sell her home to developers, has been sold to a company run by a motivational speaker who says he intends to raise the home into the air — both literally and philosophically.King County property records show the home — now hemmed in on three sides by the five-story Ballard Blocks ...
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By Nick Perry and Charles E. Brown, Seattle Times staff reporters
The strange and inspiring tale of the Little Ballard House That Could took another bizarre twist Tuesday.The cottage once owned by Edith Macefield, an elderly woman who turned down an offer of $1 million to sell her home to developers, has been sold to a company run by a motivational speaker who says he intends to raise the home into the air — both literally and philosophically.King County property records show the home — now hemmed in on three sides by the five-story Ballard Blocks ...
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Sound of Music
Posted: 08/08/2009 4:39pm
At Central Station Antwerp – 08/08/2009
By Tangle
Tired of the hustle and bustle. This will brighten your day!! Check it out!http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=ecdf7b249b5bdc228e92 ...
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By Tangle
Tired of the hustle and bustle. This will brighten your day!! Check it out!http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=ecdf7b249b5bdc228e92 ...
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Hero cop saves woman from oncoming train
Posted: 08/08/2009 4:25pm
Betsy DeVall says says Sgt. Marcus O’Shields is her ‘guardian angel’ – 10/17/2007
By Mike Celizic, TODAYShow.com contributor
Betsy DeVall has always believed in guardian angels. Early Tuesday morning, she got to meet hers, and he wasn’t an ethereal being with wings, but a flesh-and-blood police officer — Greer, South Carolina, Police Sgt. Marcus O’Shields.“She called me her guardian angel,” O’Shields told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira some 30 hours after he saved DeVall from being killed by a train.Coming home from a friend’s house about a half hour after midnight, DeVall, of ...
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By Mike Celizic, TODAYShow.com contributor
Betsy DeVall has always believed in guardian angels. Early Tuesday morning, she got to meet hers, and he wasn’t an ethereal being with wings, but a flesh-and-blood police officer — Greer, South Carolina, Police Sgt. Marcus O’Shields.“She called me her guardian angel,” O’Shields told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira some 30 hours after he saved DeVall from being killed by a train.Coming home from a friend’s house about a half hour after midnight, DeVall, of ...
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He received life-saving kidney from a stranger
Posted: 08/08/2009 4:18pm
They met through Web site that matches patients with living donors – 05/04/2009
By Mike Celizic, TODAYShow.com contributor
In these days of Match.com and other such sites, it’s not unusual for two people to meet and form a lifelong bond through the Web. But this story is different: For Michael Cleaves and Nicholas Alo, it wasn’t about romance, but about life itself.Cleaves is alive today because of the kidney he received from a man who just a few weeks earlier had been a total stranger — and now is a life-giving friend for life.“It’s all to thank Saint Nick for giving one of his kidneys...
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By Mike Celizic, TODAYShow.com contributor
In these days of Match.com and other such sites, it’s not unusual for two people to meet and form a lifelong bond through the Web. But this story is different: For Michael Cleaves and Nicholas Alo, it wasn’t about romance, but about life itself.Cleaves is alive today because of the kidney he received from a man who just a few weeks earlier had been a total stranger — and now is a life-giving friend for life.“It’s all to thank Saint Nick for giving one of his kidneys...
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