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DALAI LAMA’S TRANSLATOR: BEING KIND TO YOURSELF IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD
By Elizabeth Tenety
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THE UNEXPECTED TWIST AFTER SON OF FALLEN DEPUTY IS OUTBID FOR HIS LATE FATHER’S CRUISER
By Elahe Izadi
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THIS 94-YEAR-OLD IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, MORE THAN 70 YEARS AFTER HE STARTED
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TIGER WOODS WRITES TOUCHING LETTER TO FAN WHO WAS BULLIED FOR STUTTER
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THIS FIREFIGHTER-PARAMEDIC PROPOSED TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM HE HELPED SAVE
By Elahe Izadi
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A FAMOUS POET EXPLAINS HOW GREAT VERSE CAN HELP US SOLVE BIG SOCIAL PROBLEMS
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HOW AN ISRAELI PROFESSOR WAS DUBBED THE ‘BABY WHISPERER’
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AN EMERGENCY DISPATCHER BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR AN 81-YEAR-OLD VETERAN WHO CALLED 911
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