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The new (and only acceptable) way to crash a wedding
What do you do when you and your partner run out of ideas for weekly date night? You’ve binge-watched TV, gone out to dinner, and been to the movies and local concerts. What else can you do? “Wouldn’t it be fun to attend a wedding?”…
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When the hive’s 3AM volunteer went missing
It started with a comment from Sarah from Western NC: “Where’s Steve G?? He’s never this late posting. Hope he’s ok.” Other early risers agreed. Cheryl Leigh, also from North Carolina, posted: “…it’s 4:06amET and SteveG has not posted…Anyone else feel a bit uneasy about…
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Minnesota coffee shop gives away its best-selling latte recipe
Little Joy Coffee, an independent coffee shop in Northfield, Minnesota, is known for its best-selling Raspberry Danish Latte. But around the world, it has become famous for something else: giving that popular recipe away. Little Joy has sold thousands of Raspberry Danish lattes since putting…
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The best commencement speech that was never given
Author Sharon McMahon was scheduled to give the commencement speech recently at Utah Valley University, where Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was killed last fall. But just days before graduation, the school cancelled her speech, citing safety concerns, so she never got the chance…
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Good news about what sticks with kids into adulthood
After dinner at a friend’s house, the young mom followed her three-year-old around, trying to keep him occupied – and making sure he didn’t break anything. When she mentioned that his birthday was coming up, I asked whether they had any special plans to celebrate.…
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How one school made its only deaf student feel heard
New Hampshire first-grader Ben O’Reilly is only seven, but he understands all too well how isolating and lonely the world can feel. As the only deaf student in his school district, Ben relied heavily on his classroom aide, Cheryl Ulicny – the only person on…
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How a payphone got strangers in SF and Texas talking
Inside the shell of an old payphone labeled “The Party Line,” biotech company Matter Neuroscience installed cell phone technology so people from the most conservative city in America – Abilene, Texas – could talk to people in the most liberal city in America – San…
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Kicking my two-day habit
Last week, I ordered a harder-to-find book online. Three days later, I got an email from the vendor saying the book had shipped, but it would take another six days to arrive. What?!? I couldn’t get the book locally, but I didn’t urgently need it.…
