Target praised for using ‘real women’
AUSSIES have given retail giant Target the thumbs-up for featuring women of all shapes, ages and sizes in its Christmas catalogue.
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Couple’s incredible Christmas donation
A COUPLE stunned Salvation Army bellringers after quietly slipping a generous cheque into the donation bucket.
Girl delivers mum’s baby, goes to school
A GIRL, 11, casually helped her mother deliver a baby, then went off to school as usual.
Delivery driver scores $2000 tip
AUDREY Martin has been doing it tough. The single mum didn’t know how she would afford Christmas presents for her three kids, before one pizza delivery changed her life.
15 words you should stop using
WANT to sound smarter? All you have to do is drop these 15 words from your conversations. Yep, it’s really that simple.
One country Australia should learn from
IT’S home to ridiculously good looking people, who also happen to be really, really nice. There must be something we can learn from this place.
Boy’s awesome take-down of catcaller
A LITTLE boy has come to the rescue of a woman after she was verbally attacked by a stranger on the street.
Boy opens heart and piggy bank
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy in Texas has donated all of his life savings (in this case, 20 bucks) to a local mosque, vandalised in the wake of the Paris attacks.
This story will make your Friday
TODAY is World Kindness Day, so in honour of this day let us tell you the story of little Harry the Builder and his new friends.
‘Lonely’ elderly couple calls emergency services
ON THE eve of World Kindness Day, here’s a story to break your heart and then warm it right back up again.
Incredible coincidence 100 years in the making
THIS story is almost beyond belief. After being found in a rubbish dump, this book is at the centre of a remarkable coincidence.
Man realises missing boy is him
IN 2002, a 5-year-old boy vanished after his father dropped him off at preschool. Thirteen years later, something amazing happened.
This dancing cop is an absolute legend
A POLICE officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a park by challenging one of them to a dance-off to the Nae Nae song.
‘Hero’ motorcyclist saves kitten
A MOTORCYCLIST has saved a kitten’s life after it fell from a moving car in a busy intersection. Watch the heart-stopping rescue.
Sharing hummus, not hatred
UNITED by food. An Israeli restaurant is offering 50 per cent off each plate of hummus if Jews and Arabs dine together.
Dancing train guard becomes internet hit
A TRAIN guard was filmed busting out some Michael Jackson moves on a Sydney platform as he celebrated the fact he was about to clock-off and go on holiday.
Quadriplegic’s first dance with wife
A COUPLE, who wed in 2013, finally got the chance to share their first dance after the groom, who was paralysed in a 2009 car accident, stood up for the first time.
Intruder picked on wrong woman
WHEN an intruder broke into a woman’s home he met more than he bargained for — a combat fighter and roller girl, who pummelled him into submission.
PHOTO: What would you do?
THIS man has been hailed an “inspiration” after holding hands and comforting a stranger with cerebral palsy on a bus in Canada.
Harvard debaters lose to unlikely team
HARVARD University’s elite debate team was riding high after being crowned 2014 world champions. Until they faced three maximum-security prisoners.
Web raises $850k for Oregon hero
A GOFUNDME page for the army veteran who was shot seven times while trying to protect fellow students during Thursday’s shooting in Oregon has raised more than $850,000.
Man crawls four days with broken leg
A HUNTER stranded in the wild with a broken leg was poised to kill himself after writing farewell letters to family. Somehow he made it out alive.
Domino’s delivers man $1300 cash
A MAN was shocked when he opened up his chicken wings from Domino’s and found $1300. Now, he is set to dine out on the story — for at least a year.
Boy donates birthday money to police dogs
NINE-year-old Ethan Flint is a local hero, after he donated his birthday money to potentially save the lives of two police dogs.
Identified after an 11-year search
THE mystery of Benjaman Kyle, who was found beaten and without memory outside a Burger King in 2004, has been solved. But some say his story is a hoax.
‘Divine intervention’ saves ‘miracle’ baby
HER heart stopped beating for 12 minutes after she was found lifeless in a swimming pool. Even doctors say her survival is a miracle.
Police officers’ incredibly awesome gesture
HERE’S a beautiful story to warm your Friday afternoon. Colleagues of a slain policeman helped his daughter in the sweetest way.
Cheerleader turns paediatric surgeon
THIS former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader is now a successful paediatric surgeon — and she credits her time on the squad for her success.
Policeman’s gesture ‘touched my heart’
POLICE officers in the US have been getting a bad rap lately, but this sergeant’s actions have gone viral for a completely different reason.
6-year-old boy gets ‘superhero’ hand
MAXENCE was born without a right hand, but thanks to new 3D printing technology he now has a superhero-themed prosthetic hand.
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