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‘Heroic’ Social Worker Tried to Save Lives in Joplin Tornado, Now Denied Workman’s Comp
A social worker in a group home for the disabled almost lost his life trying to save residents when a tornado decimated much of Joplin, Missouri this spring. Now, his company’s insurance provider is denying him workman’s compensation.
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Firefighters Use Mouth-To-Nose Respiration To Save Dog’s Life In Gut-Wrenching Photos
What’s better than a firefighter? Two animal-loving firefighter with huge hearts.
On Tuesday in Wausau, Wisconsin, firefighters Jamie Giese and Jared Thompson were responding to a residential blaze when they found the homeowner’s seven-year-old yellow Labrador, Coda, trapped inside. Once they got him out, they performed mouth-to-nose respiration and gave him oxygen — despite having no formal training in animal rescue.
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One in Five Americans to Get Second Job for the Holidays – Survey of the Day
The holidays can be expensive, and this year 21 percent of Americans plan to get a second job to help pay for all the gifts and travel costs that go with the season.
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Guy Keeps Falling for Coworker’s Clear-Tape-Across-the-Door Prank [VIDEO]
Brian is able to terrorize his coworker with the same clear-tape-across-the-door prank over and over.
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Boy Dropped From Burning Building Thanks Firefighter Who Saved His Life [VIDEO]
Xavier Lamb, the brave six-year-old who was caught by a firefighter on Monday after being dropped from the window of a burning building, offered thanks to his rescuer on ‘Today.’
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Brave Firefighter Catches Boy Dropped From Third-Story Window [VIDEO]
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Hallmark Sympathy Cards for the Unemployed
With the US unemployment rate hovering around nine percent, it’s nice to know someone‘s business is thriving. In this case, that someone is Hallmark, which recently began selling sympathy cards aimed at those who’ve lost jobs.
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Fired Twitter Ghostwriter Gets His Revenge – on Twitter!
Hell hath no fury like a scorned ghostwriter.
So learned Mark Davidson, an “internet sales and marketing professional” with more than 56,000 followers. His bio also says he “write a lot of things to amuse myself and others” and that he sometimes has “deep thoughts.”
Only it turns out he’s not the one writing the amusing things or having the deep thoughts — those are coming from an alleged staff of Twitter ghostwriters.
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Nothing Like Starting Your Day Off With A Song [VIDEO]
September 20, 2011 Whenever I am getting burned out at my job, I run across things like this video and it always reminds me it could always be worse...A LOT WORSE!
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Insomnia Costs America $62 Billion in Productivity
Insomnia isn’t just a bad deal for those who suffer through it.
It’s also a bad deal for the nation’s economy.
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David Thorne’s Epic Office Pranks Revealed in Coworker’s Complaints
Australian humorist David Thorne, best known on the internet for trying to pay a bill with a drawing of a spider, has taken his mischief to the workplace.
His elaborate pranks on coworker Simon Dempsey include replacing his business cards with ones that list his position as “Horse Whisperer” and tediously painting his black iPhone white with Liquid Paper. Thorne recently posted scans of Dempsey’s complaint forms on his blog, and they detail his pranks in all their hilarious glory.