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Our readers' tales of kindness will surprise you, warm your heart and make you smile

Laurel Dalrymple

We invited you to share acts of kindness. The topics include new shoes, a basket of berries that aren't very tasty and an unexpected twist for someone treating the person behind them in line.
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Readers share wishes for 2025: Be kind to each other and Earth! Learn from birds!

Laurel Dalrymple

We asked our readers to make a wish for 2025. If even one of these wishes comes true, the world will definitely be a better place!
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Can a picture make you happy? We asked photographers and here's what they sent us

Laurel Dalrymple

For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.
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PHOTOS: What it's like to be 72 — the faces (and wisdom) behind the age

Laurel Dalrymple

We live in a rapidly aging world. A new global photography project captures the lives behind the statistics by documenting the lives of 72-year-olds — the world's median life expectancy today.
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Saved In The NECCO Time! Bankrupt Candy Company Sold At Federal Auction

Laurel Dalrymple

The 171-year-old New England Confectionery Co. — known for its iconic wafers and Valentine hearts with witty phrases — was sold to the family-owned Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company for $18 million.
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Food, Housing Insecurity May Be Keeping College Students From Graduating

Laurel Dalrymple, Selena Simmons-Duffin

A new survey finds that many students at universities and community colleges are struggling to pay for basic needs — and that's hampering their ability to learn and complete their degrees.
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This Food Critic's Quest To Eat A Taco A Day For A Year Is Almost A Wrap

Laurel Dalrymple

Mike Sutter has eaten 1,300 tacos so far this year. And it's been tough: He tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about dealing with offbeat taquerias, getting thyroid cancer, and why it's good to have a quest.