Reunited Stories
Woman discovers co-worker is her motherMichelle Wetzell, who was adopted when she was 4 days old, wanted to find her birth mother. |
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Long-lost World War II sub likely foundFor 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy in the last months of World War II. |
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Runaway tortoise foundA tortoise that "did a runner" after 55 years with the same partner has been found safe and well. |
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Looted Maya Treasure Returned AnonymouslyA 1,500-year-old Maya stone box that had been looted from a Guatemalan cave has been returned by an unnamed collector. |
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Bamboo tunnel to help panda groups reuniteThe construction of a national highway 23 years ago separated the two largest giant panda populations in the Qinling Mountains of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. |
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Lost Hikers Survive 3 Nights in MountainsTwo lost hikers who survived three nights in the frigid San Jacinto Mountains said they stumbled upon the campsite of a man who vanished a year ago and were able to scavenge food, clothes and matches from his backpack. |
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Australian Miners Walk Free After 14 Days Trapped UndergroundTwo Australian miners walked free today after being trapped for 14 days almost 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) underground in a gold mine at Beaconsfield in Australia's Tasmania state. |
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Rescuers Within Inches of Trapped MinersTaking turns, rescuers lay on their backs in the cramped tunnel, chipping away with hand-held tools: By Monday, only 12 inches of hard rock separated them from the Australian miners trapped 3,000 feet underground. |
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Brothers Reunited After Half A CenturyA 13,000-mile journey ended with Eddie Paterson knocking on his brother George's door in Mittagong, Australia. |
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Missing Oregon family found after two weeksA camping trip became a survival mission for one family who took a wrong turn and got stuck in a snowy wilderness along the Oregon coast. |
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Tiny dog survives eight days in the elementsOgden, Utah, residents Lee and Irene DellaSilva got their Christmas wish this year. |
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- Seeking justice for Haiti’s rape victims
- Community Comes Together To Fulfill Fallen Soldier’s Final Wish
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- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Giving a childhood to young cancer patients
- Non-Profit Chauffeurs Cancer Patients To Treatments In Exotic Cars
- In the worst calamities, these veterans rush to the rescue
- Insurance Company Ordered to Pay $34 Million For Kicking 90-Year-Old Off Plan
- Indian Man, Jadav Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam
- Pulling children out of Nepal’s prisons
- Bringing health care to the world’s most remote areas
- Used shipping containers find new use as classrooms
- Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government
- Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future
- Florida group rebuilds vital coral reefs
- Svante Myrick, Ithaca’s Youngest-Ever Mayor, Grew Up Homeless
- Marine Pledges To Donate Marrow, Wins $2.9M
- More American Adults Hold Bachelor’s Degrees Than Ever Before
- Digital tools ‘to save languages’
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