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  • September 2008

    • Pay-It-Forward Movement Finds Niche on Web

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Sep 19, 08 6:32 PM CDT

      Pay-It-Forward Movement Finds Niche on Web

      (Newser) - The Internet is home to a small but growing trend that would seem anathema to hard-headed bloggers and pithy posters who regularly lay waste to others online: niceness. In Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere, the Inquirer finds, civic-minded netizens are setting up sites that extol, and even enable, random acts of kindness. More »

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      Internet  • website  • blogging  • hero  • good samaritan

  • April 2008

    • One Man's Crusade Dents China Suicides

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 24, 08 4:15 PM CDT

      One Man's Crusade Dents China Suicides

      (Newser) - One bridge over China’s Yangtze River sees hundreds of suicides as the country's rate rises—though fewer since a Nanjing man started spending weekends there saving lives. With 280,000 killing themselves ever year—twice the US total—Chen Si has so far stopped 144 suicides, the Los Angeles Times reports. “All people really need is one person willing to lend a hand,” Chen says. More »

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      China  • suicide  • good samaritan

    • Man Finds $140K, Gives It Back

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 10, 08 5:26 PM CDT

      Man Finds $140K, Gives It Back

      (Newser) - When Eli Estrada found $140,000 in unmarked bills sitting in the middle of the road, he thought he was rich. “That’s just your first reaction,” Estrada tells the Los Angeles Times , “but it’s not yours, and you feel nervous… like you did something wrong.” So the 40-year-old landscaper, deep in debt and supporting his mother, took the money directly to police. More »

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      California  • money  • good samaritan  • reward

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