Pat Coate's great news column
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Gates Foundation donates $10 billion for vaccines in developing countriesBill and Melinda Gates announced today in Davos, Switzerland, that their foundation would donate $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines to the world's poorest countries. |
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KC Woman Brings Home Adopted Haitian ChildAmanda Taylor was certain it would be years before the adoption of her baby boy from Haiti went through, but it was because of the earthquake in Haiti that baby Isaac is at home in Kansas City. |
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Gym for the Homeless Helps the EnvironmentA new gym opened in Detroit today. |
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Highway hero honoredBryan Jacobs was on his way to a quick lunch at McDonald’s on Jan. 11 when a Chevrolet Blazer in the outside lane of Interstate 35E suddenly veered across his lane in front of him and struck the concrete median barrier. |
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Champion climber helps avert cat-astropheYou could hear the screeches before you saw him perched high on a ledge above a trail. |
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Students give up pizza party for charityNot many sixth graders would give up a pizza party for charity, but Mr. Dompierre's sixth grade class did just that. |
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Cold noses get help from hot cocoa standDenton resident William Walker, 7, hopes to raise money and collect supplies for an area animal shelter, so he’s offering an incentive for donations: hot cocoa on a cold day. |
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Enemies unite for world record hummusIsraeli Arab and Jewish chefs have served up a world record for cooking hummus in the name of Middle East peace. |
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Good News is great news: Portsmouth mom gets car to transport son to and from Tilton facilityKim Yacobucci no longer has to turn the car ignition on a weekly basis and "pray" that she will be able to go pick up her son at the Tilton living facility that helps treat him for his neurological impairments. |
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Looking ahead, Brazil’s farmers take up reforestationFor nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland. |
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Mickie Drake loses 236 pounds, shares her secret to beating obesityIt's often said there's no magic bullet when it comes to losing weight. |
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Child entrepreneur gives back for holidaysIn the home of eighth-grader Jason O'Neill, teddy bears are everywhere. |
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