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Video: Baby saved from washing machine
Nov. 14: A Mississippi restaurant owner is being called a hero after saving a baby trapped in a running washing machine. WPMI’s Andrea Ramey reports.   Full story
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Wedding ring found amid 10 tons of trash
Two share U.K.’s largest lottery payout
‘Slow money’ gains momentum
Unlikely friends: Why we love odd animal pairs
  Blind band to march in Rose Parade
Hail, Otto! Near 21, he’s now world’s oldest dog
Wife, 88, walks 10,000 miles to honor spouse
He wins $20,580 (in real money) at Monopoly
Priest auctions family silver for homeless
Baby OK after train hits stroller in Australia
  400 miles later, family finds dog
Gloria Estefan buys concert tickets for jobless
NYC fire Samaritan proposes on live TV
92-year-old sky diver still finding adventure
World's oldest man marks 113th birthday
Woman shoots 2 holes-in-one — in same round
Australian cat strays 2,400 miles, returns home
A Gazan student’s dream hangs in the balance
Couple get married at child's funeral
Man's next blood donation will be gallon No. 40
Mich. town to promise scholarships to all
Boaters missing for a week rescued at sea
S.C. retiree wins $260 million Powerball
Woman finds cabbie is a kidney match
Winner picked in Italy's record lotto jackpot
Mo. woman donates kidney to her neighbor
Man spells out marriage proposal in Ohio field
Persistence helps diver find wife’s lost ring
‘Best Dressed’ man helps homeless
Lottery ticket matches $260 million jackpot
Woman missing 5 days found on raft
Dallas woman reunited with dog found in Fla.
Poems turn to song on Israeli ex-leader's 86th
Hallelujah! Church wins $70,000 in lottery
  Donations equip Iraqi baseball team
Hero brothers pulled boy, 4, out of burning SUV
  Video: TV viewers step up to the plate for Iraqis
Tot survives 8-mile river ride on toy
At 84, man gets high school diploma
Saving summer: Gifts keep city pools open
Wallet stolen in 1982 found in NYC tree
Man's wallet returned after 63 years
Dogs help injured soldiers overcome challenges
Man working 3 jobs wins $39 million
Car wash, bake sale to pay for funeral
‘Boy vs. Wild’? TV tips help lost hiker survive
Carpenter nails 2 lottery wins in a week
Baby sea lion rescued on freeway
Teen makes 100-mile wheelchair trek
103-year-old throws out first pitch
Boy's essay lands him in 'Superman'
Pixar fulfills dying girl’s wish to see ‘Up’
Lottery winner plans to grow better carrots
Dolly Parton surprises Girl Scouts
Twice the luck! Man wins lottery 2 times
Kanye West performs for students
Obama writes girl a note for missing school
Grad student, 96, says all-nighters were key
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Man crowned rock, paper, scissors champ
Nov. 18: A Michigan man clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches. WDIV-TV's Roger Weber reports.
Panda cub named ‘Yun Zi’
Steer thinks he's a dog
Man returns library books 51 years overdue
Whales celebrate Christmas in Japan
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  Salvation Army swamped with bell-ringer applicants
Nov. 18: The Salvation Army in Grand Junction, Colo., says it has received 150 applications for 30 jobs that pay $8 an hour and often are filled by disabled residents or the homeless. KUSA-TV's Chris Vanderveen reports.
U.S. charities may not have a happy holiday
Goldman, Buffett to help small businesses
Used shoes gain traction in poor countries
Exhibit unmasks horror of human trafficking
Tim McGraw helping neighbors in need
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  Nightly viewers open hearts to Afghan orphans
  Singer’s school fosters kids’ love of arts
  Bike restorers bring joy, inspiration

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