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America's Newest Heroine - Sgt Kim Munley - She Took Out Nidal Malik Hasan in Fort Hood Gunbattle!

Sgt Kim Munley came face to face with Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood, and came out a heroine for shooting the Major before he continue his carnage on the Army Base.  She shot Hasan four times, but was also wounded in the gun battle.  Thank-You Sgt. Munley for your heroism!

Telegraph UK

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Kayleigh Crimmins, 6, Sells Her Toys to Aid Police Dog!

Here's a feel good story....Kayleigh Crimmin  6, sold her toys on Craigslist and used the money to buy 5 bulletproof vests for the Newport News K-9 division. Way to go Kayleigh...giving back at such a young aga is great.

WTKR

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Nixon's Speech He Never Gave! If Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin Were Marooned on the Moon in 1969!

The world was elated when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon back in 1969. I was running props for "Mame" at Cleveland's Musicarnival theatre, and when Bea Arthur broke into the song- "Man in the Moon", the audience cheered...that's how it was back then....

But I never knew that President Nixon had speechwriter William Safire write a speech, in case the two astronauts got marooned on the moon. It's a part of history now...and interesting to say the least...Thankfully it was never given.  Thanks to Some Space Guy for posting the link.....

Nixon's Undelivered Speech
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Yankee Brett Gardner Hits Home Run after Child in Hospital give him bracelet to Help Him!

Yankee Brett Gardner hadn't hit a home run in a long time. Today he visited a hospital, and a sick girl gave him a bracelet telling Gardner, it would help him hit a home run. Guess What?  Gardner hit an inside the park homerun. Though the story is buried in the Yankee's story, this is a great human interest story, and I believe we will see more media on this in the next few days.

NYPost - (Fifth Paragraph Down)

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Britain's "Calendar Girls" Release 2010 Nude Calendar for Charity - A Decade Later

You remember the group of mature British women from Rylstone Women's Institute? They posed nude for a calendar to raise funds for cancer awareness?  The movie "Calendar Girls" was made about their story?  Well...They are back with a 2010 Calendar...and they all look great

This is Bristol

Daily Mail
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Life Magazine Publishes Unreleased Photos from the Day Martin Luther King Died From Photographer Henry Groskinsky

I remember that fateful evening....and the aftermath. Life Magazine may not be publishing a print edition, but its noted photography lives on. The TW web site has just released 13 photos from staff member Henry Groskinsky taken on that fateful day. It's been 41 years, and viewing the simplicity and horror of April 4, 1968 is thought provoking

Life Magazine

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Miss Virgina, Tara Wheeler Will Shave Her Head Bald for St. Baldrick Event, if Donations for Pediatric Cancer Research reaches $500,000!

Wouldn't you like to see a beauty contestant bald?  Of course you would....Miss Virginia Tara Wheeler has challenged Virigina residents through a St. Baldrick Event, and really everyone, to donate to Pediatric Cancer Research, and if her goal of $500,000 is reached by April 11, she will shave her lovely head bald. I will stay on this story as it develops.

St.Baldrick site

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Lisa Nigro's Inspiration Cafe Finds itself a Hit during Oscars! Thanks to Helen Hunt and TrueNorth Snacks ( a Division of Frito/Lay)

Helen Hunt's 60 second documentary for Lisa Nigro's Chicago Based Inspiration Cafe was a hit during it's Oscar telecast airing. The Cafe caters to Chicago's homeless and makes them feel like human beings, providing meals, counseling and job training.

The spot was from TrueNorth- the snack company (a division of Frito/Lay)...kudos to them for bringing Inspiration Cafe to the public's eye

Inspiration Cafe Site

True North

Who's News Blog

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Obama Snubs Medal of Honor Heroes Inaugural Ball! There were no celebs in attendance!

Little mistakes by the new administration can raise the ire of groups of people.  The Cleveland Leader is reporting :

The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball was begun in 1953 for President Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration. The event recognized recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. There were 48 Medal of Honor recipients in attendance, who were undoubtedly disappointed by the Commander-in-Chief's failure to show. Over the past 56 years and 14 inaugurations, no President has skipped this event - until now.

Though the Obama's were able to attend 10 balls on Tuesday, somehow his team felt that attending this ball wasn't necessary. I don't think the White House has issued a response, but one would be the right thing to do at this point.

Cleveland Leader

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Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III - The Hero of Flight 1549!

Working with U.S. Airways since 1980, Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III was the pilot who crashed landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River Today. Miraculously no one died, and “Sully” is now considered a hero!

TSG