Perfect Attendance Could Mean New Car

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 3:28 PM EST (newsnet5.com)

EHOVE Career Center in Milan will give away a car to one lucky student as part of its Perfect Attendance Initiative. Students can also win big prizes for perfect attendance.

education, high-school

Good News Wednesday: A Tribute to a Dog and Beloved Friend

Wed Feb 3, 2010 1:41 PM EST

By Nic-24

Most recently we lost a dear friend and comrade, Ringo Star. He was a delightful blend consisting mostly of Rottweiler and a potpourri of other animals. Some of those animals are rumored to be Doberman, Labrador, Unicorn, Liger, and the Minotaur.

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loss, dogs, tribute, mans-best-friend, good-news-wednesday

Good News: No bones were pooped during mommy's bathtime

Wed Feb 3, 2010 12:56 PM EST

By It's Gretchen!

After three weeks of running solid here and there, we decided that Sunday morning we were going to be church skipping-heathens after it was clear that any efforts to get 5 of us out the door were clearly going to fail.

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poop, good-news-wednesday, paretning

A dog's purpose

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 11:55 AM EST (NOLA.com)

Seeded by redshadowwithgreenbackground

He said, "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."

death, animal, life, family, dog, doctor, love, society, us-news, pet

Nonviolent Practices: 1st week of February : Self-forgiveness

Wed Feb 3, 2010 10:52 AM EST

By Angel_C

This week's theme is one that is often overlooked. When we hear about forgiveness, we often think about forgiving others. Being self-forgiving is not like letting ourselves "off the hook". It means that we take care of ourselves so that we can better function and be more whole.

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religion, personal-growth, nonviolent-practices, good-news-wednesday, self-forgiveness

Dog Gets Rescued from Iceberg and Adopted by the Ship Crew that Saved Him | Gimundo | Good News... Served Daily

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 10:43 AM EST (gimundo.com)

Seeded by Wheel (Clipped by rottlady)

The sailors on board the Baltica were accustomed to seeing seals on icebergs out in the middle of the Baltic Sea. But the one they spotted on January 25th looked a little different—for one thing, it had four legs.

animals, dogs, world-news, u-s-news, troll, rescued-animals

NewsChannel 5 Anchor Leon Bibb Honored

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 7:49 AM EST (newsnet5.com)

Seeded by Augur Well

CLEVELAND -- NewsChannel 5's own Leon Bibb was honored on Tuesday night by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the contributions he's made to the broadcast industry and to the community. It was part of the team's Black History Month celebrations.

media, discrimination, race, abc-news, us-news, equality, local-media, black-history-month, racial-discrimination, news-anchors

GNW - I'm From Buffalo

Wed Feb 3, 2010 7:24 AM EST

By Spikegary

O.K., though I'm not really from Buffalo, more of a transplant, but I've been here for 10 years now and have grown to love the area. A co-worker sent me this list of Buffalonian traits.....so here goes: I'm from Buffalo. We eat chicken wings, not buffalo wings.

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bills, winter, snow, buffalo, satire, fun, western-new-york, good-news-wednesday

Man lost at night on North Sea ice saved by webcam

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 6:08 AM EST (thelocal.de)

Seeded by cartooncat

A German man who lost his way in the dark while wandering around on ice off the North Sea coast was saved by a woman 500 kilometres away who spotted him on a webcam, police said on Wednesday.

germany, north, lost, woman, odd-news, frozen, ice, webcam, saved, sea

Lost Vase Used As Umbrella Stand By Elderly Couple For 50 Years - Expected To Sell For £500,000

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 3:21 AM EST (Sky.com)

Seeded by cartooncat

An ancient Chinese vase used as an umbrella stand by an elderly couple for 50 years has turned out to be worth up to £500,000 - more than the value of their house.

odd-news, imperial, couple, dorset, chinese-vase, umbrella-stand

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