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An Australian charity has significantly expanded its poverty-busting work in rural Cambodia thanks to the generosity of ABC viewers.

Source: This ‘cow bank’ is helping Cambodian families leave poverty behind

Interesting idea.

One of the 13-time Grammy winner’s biggest hits has new meaning for one Kansas City family

Source: Taylor Swift song helps Kansas City woman wake up from coma

Love it. Now I’ll have to listen to the song myself (again).

Mr. Homer said that using cats as the vehicle to forgive patrons for losing or damaging books or other borrowed items could help to soften the stereotype of the stern librarian.

Source: Library Fees? No Problem. Just Show Us Your Cat Photos.

Very cute.

“Bravery comes in all shapes and sizes,” he told the outlet. “You don’t have to be a 6’5″ guy that’s muscled up to get out and do something. This is a little small young woman, and she’s done what most people wouldn’t do.”

Source: Hero Girl, 18, Rushes onto Train Tracks to Save the Life of a Woman in a Wheelchair

Bravery indeed.

MIT spinout and battery maker 24M Technologies has a new direct-material battery recycling process for EV batteries and battery storage.

Source: This VW-partnered battery maker just pioneered a novel recycling process

As expected, many of the “objections” are slowly being overcome by … progress.

An animal shelter employee’s lunch order led to an incredibly happy ending for one patient rescue dog.

Source: Chance Lunch Delivery Leads to Dog Adoption at Virginia Shelter: ‘Love at First Sight’

Lovely.

One Atlanta resident has taken it upon himself to clean the streets of nails, screws and other metal bits that have been left to accumulate in large amounts. Known as […]

Source: The ‘Atlanta Magnet Man’ is saving our car tires, one bike ride at a time – WABE

Neat idea!

In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better.

Source: Electric vehicles outperformed diesel in this winter’s extreme cold

Pretty cool (so to speak). And the tech is only going to get better.

A new robotic exoskeleton could allow people who have lost the use of their legs to stand up and even walk. It may also help get them walking unaided again, by guiding their movements and holding them up as they take part in rehabilitative therapy.

Source: Italian exoskeleton gets disabled users walking and standing

Very cool.

The fire is believed to have started when an e-bike battery exploded while on charge.

Source: ‘Hero’ binman rescues man, woman and dog from Tipton house fire

Wow.