Monthly Archives: October 2012

On 10 September 2012, Chelsey Walker, the manager of the Fairway Plaza McDonald’s restaurant in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, found an envelope of money next to a till. She said, “All I kept thinking was somebody somewhere was having a very … Continue reading →

Chy Johnson, a 16-year-old special-needs student, suffers from a brain disorder called microcephaly. Her head is smaller than it otherwise would be, and her life expectancy is only 25 or 30 years instead of three score and ten years. Her … Continue reading →

The first black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South was six-year-old first-grader Ruby Bridges, who broke this race barrier in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960. Her parents wanted her to attend the all-white elementary school because … Continue reading →

Some good deeds are unusual; for example, Alicia Richman of Granbury, Texas, donated her breastmilk so it can be used to feed premature and medically fragile infants. In fact, as of October 2012 she holds the Guinness World Record for … Continue reading →

On 22 October 2012, Gaynol Waugh, a T repairer, found a wallet containing $912 on a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus. He did the right thing and handed it in to the authorities. Mr. Waugh said, “Whether it be one … Continue reading →

It took 42 years, but Robin Tomlin finally received an official apology from the North Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) school district in which he had been bullied in grade 12. No doubt, getting help from a lawyer and going public … Continue reading →

An internet domain name can be deleted from the relevant domain name registry and network information center so that it no longer belongs to anyone. Some of the domain names are valuable. Tucows is a global Internet services company based … Continue reading →

In 2012, Juana Moreland lost her purse in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. After a month had passed, she thought that she would never see it again. Fortunately, Richard Penny, an elderly man who spends a lot of time doing the … Continue reading →

On 5 October 2012 at the Cottonwood Apartments in Memphis, Tennessee, two men tried to rob and abduct a woman. Fortunately, Eduardo Perez, who speaks Spanish but not English, witnessed the robbery and came to her rescue. He was shot, … Continue reading →

In August 2012 in Springfield, Missouri, the city council held a public hearing on amending the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to include sexual-orientation and gender-identity protections. Reverend Phil Snider of the Brentwood Christian Church made a seemingly anti-gay speech in which … Continue reading →