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Jeff Raines, the plane’s captain … decided to cheer up the 159 frustrated passengers with a universally coveted prize

Very cool. Hope that kind of customer service catches on. 🙂

https://notallnewsisbad.com/2716-2/

Ben and Marilyn Keryluke were forced to put their dead son’s 1973 Pontiac Parisienne up for auction to pay for their grandchildren’s medical care.

Source: Community buys grieving Red Deer family’s classic car at auction — then gives it back | CBC Radio

Community coming together…

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen — and put on a football helmet. Kaylee Foster was crowned homecoming

Source: Homecoming queen nails game-winning kick

Pretty cool….

The new ‘snap packs’ will reduce plastic waste by 75 percent.

Source: Carlsberg replaces plastic six-pack rings with glue

I love the concept, I hope it catches on.

India is on the greatest toilet-building endeavor in human history, and it’s a windfall for some companies.

Source: India’s toilet push benefiting vendors of sanitation items

Things we take for granted that can make an immense difference to health and welfare.

A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat infant pneumonia

Source: How a shampoo bottle is saving young lives

Cool innovation with impressive results.

The Luck Public Schools confirmed for KARE 11 that that Dennis Frandsen — a self-made success who now has 35 branches of Frandsen Bank and Trust in communities across Minnesota and Wisconsin — offered to pay for two years of technical college for all of Luck’s 34 prospective graduates this year.

Source: Banker picks up college tuition for entire school class … AGAIN!

Awesome.

The O-Wind Turbine captures wind from any direction and, unlike traditional turbines, could be effective in cities

Source: Groundbreaking ‘spinning’ wind turbine wins UK Dyson award

Lots of opportunity here…

Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach Deland McCullough went searching for his biological parents. He found them where he never would have expected.

Source: The jaw-dropping story behind an NFL coach’s search for his family

For once “jaw-dropping” isn’t hyperbole, this is pretty amazing.

Starbucks made headlines this summer after two black men were arrested in Philadelphia for sitting inside without ordering anything. A similar situation at a Nashville Starbucks could have ended similarly, but instead took an unexpected and heartwarming turn.

Source: Heated argument at Nashville Starbucks takes unexpected turn

Well done, corporate.