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Special Firetruck Ride

A nine-year-old boy in Iowa named Colton Holmes took time to shovel snow from around a fire hydrant near his house last week.  And it paid off the very next day when there was a HOUSE FIRE on the same block. The fire department said not having to clear the snow may have saved lives. They’re rewarding Colton by giving him a ride to school in a firetruck this Friday.
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Retiree Goes Viral

People online have now donated almost $2 MILLION to help an 88-year-old in Michigan retire.  Ed Bambas went viral last week after a “positivity influencer” shared a video of him working at a grocery store. Ed lost his pension when G.M. went bankrupt.  Then his wife got sick and passed away.  He went back to work to try and pay off over $200,000 in medical debt. Over the weekend, he found…
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Special Delivery

An aquarium in Missouri announced the arrival of a new baby . . . HUMAN?  A woman went into labor last Wednesday at Wonders of Wildlife aquarium in Springfield.  The whole thing took four minutes.  Mom and baby are both fine.