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Woman delivers grandchild on Thanksgiving
A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter. Full story
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Wedding ring found amid 10 tons of trash
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‘Slow money’ gains momentum
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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
Filling a gap in Pakistan's school system
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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WWII plane pulled from Lake Michigan
Dec. 1: A World War II hellcat fighter plane was raised from the depths of Lake Michigan on Tuesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
On T-Day, Grandma delivers baby, dinner
Connecticut teens to the rescue
One teacher’s life lessons for his students
Moms brigade moves mountains in Appalachia
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Men grow mustaches for a mission
  Participants who've sported mustaches for a month as part of a global charity campaign called "Movember" to raise money for men's health are now free to shave again.
Poll: Americans still in giving spirit
More seniors showing up at soup kitchens
  $1,000 gold coin dropped in donation bucket
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Salvation Army kettles now take plastic
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